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Dublin Core
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Title
Sky Lake Collection
Alternative Title
Sky Lake Collection
Subject
Orlando (Fla.)
Description
Sky Lake is a residential community and unincorporated area in Orange County, Florida. It is located approximately seven miles south of Downtown Orlando between Lancaster Road and Sand Lake Road. The community was developed in late 1950s and 1960s by Hymen Lake. Houses originally sold in the range of $10,000 to $15,000. In the 1970s, Sky Lake became one of the first housing developments to be racially integrated. The community was originally proposed to include one thousand homes within the middle of the square mile block and a ring of commercial developments along the perimeter.
Is Part Of
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/46" target="_blank">Orange County Collection</a>, RICHES of Central Florida
Language
eng
Type
Collection
Coverage
Sky Lake, Florida
Curator
Barnes, Mark
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
<a href="http://pinecastlehistory.org/" target="_blank">Pine Castle Historical Society</a>
External Reference
Mormino, Gary R. 2002. "<a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/5544029021" target="_blank">Sunbelt Dreams and Altered States: A Social and Cultural History of Florida, 1950-2000</a>." <em>The Florida Historical Quarterly. </em>81, no. 1: 3-21.
Arsenault, Raymond. "The End of the Long, Hot Summer: The Air Conditioner and Southern Culture." <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1782314" target="_blank"><em>Journal of Southern History</em></a> Vol. 50, no. 4 (November, 1984): 597-628.
Staeheli, Lynn A. and Don Mitchell. "USA’s Destiny? Regulating Space and Creting Community in American Shopping Malls." <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/37915650" target="_blank"><em>Urban Studies</em></a> Vol. 43, nos 5/6 (May 2006): 977-992.
Dietrich, T. Stanton. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/4683014" target="_blank"><em>The Urbanization of Florida's Population: An Historical Perspective of County Growth, 1830-1970</em></a>. Gainesville, FL: Bureau of Economic and Business Research, University of Florida, 1978.
Rome, Adam Ward. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/44594084" target="_blank"><em>The Bulldozer in the Countryside: Suburban Sprawl and the Rise of American Environmentalism</em></a>. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001.
Document
A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text.
Original Format
12-page brochure
Dublin Core
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Title
California Classics: Homes by Wm Lyon: Huntington Series
Alternative Title
California Classics: Huntington Series
Subject
Housing--Florida
Description
William Lyons Home, Inc. is a California-based, residential home builder. William Lyons, a former U.S. Air Force pilot, founded the company in 1954, then called Luxury Homes. In 1968, William Lyons Home sent Hymen Lake, a Central Florida real estate developer, a brochure of his California Classic model homes. Lake is best known as the developer of Sky Lake, a residential community and unincorporated area in located approximately seven miles south of Downtown Orlando between Lancaster Road and Sand Lake Road. The community was developed in late 1950s and 1960s, and it became one of the first housing developments to be racially integrated. The brochure highlights four model homes from the Huntington Series and list numerous options available with each model.
Type
Text
Source
Original brochure: <a href="http://pinecastlehistory.org/" target="_blank">Pine Castle Historical Society</a>, Pine Castle, Florida.
Requires
<a href="http://www.adobe.com/products/reader.html" target="_blank">Adobe Acrobat Reader</a>
Is Part Of
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/179" target="_blank">Sky Lake Collection</a>, Orange County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Is Referenced By
"Letter from William Lyons Homes, Inc. to Hymen Lake (May 24, 1968)." RICHES of Central Florida.
Is Format Of
Digital reproduction of original brochure.
Coverage
Huntington Beach, California
Publisher
<a href="https://lyonhomes.com/" target="_blank">William Lyons Home, Inc.</a>
Contributor
Lake, Harriett
Date Created
ca. 1968
Date Copyrighted
ca. 1968
Date Submitted
2.09 MB
Format
application/pdf
Medium
12-page brochure
Language
eng
Mediator
History Teacher
Economics Teacher
Humanities Teacher
Provenance
Originally created by <a href="https://lyonhomes.com/" target="_blank">William Lyons Home, Inc.</a>
Rights Holder
Copyright to this resource is held by the <a href="https://lyonhomes.com/" target="_blank">William Lyons Home, Inc.</a> and is provided here by <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a> for educational purposes only.
Accrual Method
Donation
Curator
Barnes, Mark
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
<a href="http://pinecastlehistory.org/" target="_blank">Pine Castle Historical Society</a>
External Reference
Pfeifer, Stuart. "<a href="http://articles.latimes.com/2014/mar/02/business/la-fi-stock-spotlight-william-lyon-20140227" target="_blank">William Lyons lays the foundation for future growth</a>." <em>The Los Angeles Times</em>, March 2, 2014. http://articles.latimes.com/2014/mar/02/business/la-fi-stock-spotlight-william-lyon-20140227.
architecture
California Classic
California Classics
Cerritos, California
Concord, California
Conejo Valley, California
Dutch Haven Marina
Fairmont Place
Fountain Valley, California
Franciscan Fountains
Fullerton, California
home design
Homes with a Flair
housing
Huntington Beach
Huntington Beach, California
Huntington Series
model homes
Newport West
Oakcrest Series
Olive Lane
Pine Castle
Sacramento, California
San Jose, California
Shadow Downs
Sky Lake
Sunny Hills West
Terrace Kitchens
The Adams
The Bermudas
The Carolina
The Dearborn
The Dunsmuirs
The El Pasos
The Gainsboroughs
The Gates of Sunny Hills
The Greenwich
The Lexingtons
The Oaks
The Santa Fes
The Santa Rosas
The Scottsdale
The Tennysons
The Tucson
The Winslows
The Woodfords
Thousand Oaks, California
Walnut Woods
Wildwood
William Lyon
William Lyon Statewide Communities
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Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
Sky Lake Collection
Alternative Title
Sky Lake Collection
Subject
Orlando (Fla.)
Description
Sky Lake is a residential community and unincorporated area in Orange County, Florida. It is located approximately seven miles south of Downtown Orlando between Lancaster Road and Sand Lake Road. The community was developed in late 1950s and 1960s by Hymen Lake. Houses originally sold in the range of $10,000 to $15,000. In the 1970s, Sky Lake became one of the first housing developments to be racially integrated. The community was originally proposed to include one thousand homes within the middle of the square mile block and a ring of commercial developments along the perimeter.
Is Part Of
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/46" target="_blank">Orange County Collection</a>, RICHES of Central Florida
Language
eng
Type
Collection
Coverage
Sky Lake, Florida
Curator
Barnes, Mark
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
<a href="http://pinecastlehistory.org/" target="_blank">Pine Castle Historical Society</a>
External Reference
Mormino, Gary R. 2002. "<a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/5544029021" target="_blank">Sunbelt Dreams and Altered States: A Social and Cultural History of Florida, 1950-2000</a>." <em>The Florida Historical Quarterly. </em>81, no. 1: 3-21.
Arsenault, Raymond. "The End of the Long, Hot Summer: The Air Conditioner and Southern Culture." <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1782314" target="_blank"><em>Journal of Southern History</em></a> Vol. 50, no. 4 (November, 1984): 597-628.
Staeheli, Lynn A. and Don Mitchell. "USA’s Destiny? Regulating Space and Creting Community in American Shopping Malls." <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/37915650" target="_blank"><em>Urban Studies</em></a> Vol. 43, nos 5/6 (May 2006): 977-992.
Dietrich, T. Stanton. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/4683014" target="_blank"><em>The Urbanization of Florida's Population: An Historical Perspective of County Growth, 1830-1970</em></a>. Gainesville, FL: Bureau of Economic and Business Research, University of Florida, 1978.
Rome, Adam Ward. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/44594084" target="_blank"><em>The Bulldozer in the Countryside: Suburban Sprawl and the Rise of American Environmentalism</em></a>. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001.
Document
A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text.
Original Format
1-page typed letter on William Lyon Homes, Inc. letterhead
Dublin Core
The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.
Title
Letter from William Lyons Homes, Inc. to Hymen Lake (May 24, 1968)
Alternative Title
Letter from WM Lyons Homes to Lake (May 24, 1968)
Subject
Housing--Florida
Description
William Lyons Home, Inc. is a California-based, residential home builder. William Lyons, a former U.S. Air Force pilot, founded the company in 1954, then called Luxury Homes. In 1968, William Lyons Home's architect design coordinator, Phil Hove, addressed a letter to Hymen Lake, a Central Florida real estate developer, in response to Lake's interest in some model homes designed by Lyon's firm. Lake is best known as the developer of Sky Lake, a residential community and unincorporated area in located approximately seven miles south of Downtown Orlando between Lancaster Road and Sand Lake Road. The community was developed in late 1950s and 1960s, and it became one of the first housing developments to be racially integrated.
Type
Text
Source
Original letter from William Lyons Homes, Inc. to Hymen Lake, May 24, 1968: <a href="http://pinecastlehistory.org/" target="_blank">Pine Castle Historical Society</a>, Pine Castle, Florida.
Is Part Of
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/179" target="_blank">Sky Lake Collection</a>, Orange County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
References
"California Classics: Homes by Wm Lyon: Huntington Series." RICHES of Central Florida.
Is Format Of
Digital reproduction of original letter from William Lyons Homes, Inc. to Hymen Lake, May 24, 1968.
Coverage
Williams Lyon Homes, Inc., Anaheim, California
Home of Hymen Lake, Orlando, Florida
Publisher
<a href="https://lyonhomes.com/" target="_blank">William Lyons Home, Inc.</a>
Contributor
Lake, Harriett
Date Created
1968-03-24
Date Submitted
118 KB
Format
image/jpg
Medium
1-page typed letter on William Lyon Homes, Inc. letterhead
Language
eng
Mediator
History Teacher
Provenance
Originally created by <a href="https://lyonhomes.com/" target="_blank">William Lyons Home, Inc.</a>
Rights Holder
Copyright to this resource is held by the <a href="https://lyonhomes.com/" target="_blank">William Lyons Home, Inc.</a> and is provided here by <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a> for educational purposes only.
Accrual Method
Donation
Curator
Barnes, Mark
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
<a href="http://pinecastlehistory.org/" target="_blank">Pine Castle Historical Society</a>
External Reference
Pfeifer, Stuart. "<a href="http://articles.latimes.com/2014/mar/02/business/la-fi-stock-spotlight-william-lyon-20140227" target="_blank">William Lyons lays the foundation for future growth</a>." <em>The Los Angeles Times</em>, March 2, 2014. http://articles.latimes.com/2014/mar/02/business/la-fi-stock-spotlight-william-lyon-20140227.
architecture
California Classic
Chancery Lane
home design
homes
houses
housing
Huntington Series
Hymen Lake
model homes
orlando
Phil Hove
Sky Lake
Thousand Oaks
Wildwood
William Lyon
William Lyon Homes, Inc.