Hotel Forrest Lake and East First Street

Hotel Forrest Lake and East First Street

Hotel Forrest Lake

Sanford (Fla.)

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View of Hotel Forrest Lake and East 1st Street. Named after the Sanford Mayor and president of Seminole County Bank, the Forrest Lake Hotel has also been known as the Mayfair Inn and was briefly occupied by the Sanford Naval Academy. In 1916, construction of the building began. Local architect Elton J. Moughton designed the hotel. In 1925, Hotel Forrest Lake opened and became a popular destination for tourists visiting Sanford. By 1929, the hotel closed after the stock market crash and the downfall of Florida's tourism and real estate boom. William E. Kirchhoff leased the building in 1934 and the hotel reopened in 1935 with the new name Mayfair Hotel. Under Kirchhoff's ownership, the Mayfair Hotel became known as one of the finest hotels in the South. Kirchhoff sold the hotel in 1948 to Horace Stoneham, owner of the New York Giants. Stoneham then sold the building to the Bernard McFadden Foundation who later sold it to the New Tribes Mission. The New Tribes Mission's goal is to reach tribes who have no access to the Gospel through translated publications and missionary work.

Forrest Lake Hotel (Mayfair) located on First Street in Sanford.

Original black and white photograph: Sanford Historical Society, Inc., Sanford, Florida.

Photocopy of original black and white photograph: Forrest Lake Hotel Collection, Museum of Seminole County History, Sanford, Florida.

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Forrest Lake Hotel Collection, Museum of Seminole County History, Sanford, Florida.

Hotel Forrest Lake Collection, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.

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Sanford Historic Preservation Board. "The Sanford Historic Preservation Board Presents the Sanford Historic Downtown Walking Tour." http://sanfordhistory.tripod.com/Links/wtour.pdf.

Sanford Historical Society (Fla.). Sanford. Charleston, SC: Arcadia, 2003.

"Hotel Forrest Lake - 1925"

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