West Side View of the Forrest Lake Hotel

West Side View of the Forrest Lake Hotel

Forrest Lake Hotel

Hotels--Florida

Resorts--Florida

Tourism--Florida

The Forrest Lake Hotel from the west side in 1926. 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.

Located on the shores of Lake Monroe and facing First Street on the south and the proposed Seminole Boulevard on the north, the new hostelry is erected on one of the most desirable and attractive locations in Sanford.

Original black and white photograph.

1926-01-04

1926-01-04

Print newspaper reproduction of original black and white photograph: The Sanford Herald, January 4, 1926.

Digital reproduction of newspaper reproduction of original black and white photograph: The Sanford Herald, January 4, 1926.

Forrest Lake Hotel Collection, Sanford Museum, Sanford, Florida.

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

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Cepero, Laura

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

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

"Hotel Forrest Lake - 1925"

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