Pinewood Estate at Bok Tower Gardens
Dublin Core
Title
Pinewood Estate at Bok Tower Gardens
Alternative Title
Pinewood Estate
Subject
Lake Wales (Fla.)
Gardens--United States
Tourism--Florida
Description
The Pinewood Estate at Bok Tower Gardens, located at 1151 Tower Boulevard in Lake Wales, Florida. The Pinewood Estate is a mansion that was constructed for Charles Austin Buck, the vice president of the Bethlehem Steel Corporation. In 1929, William Lyman Phillips, an architect at Frederick Law Olmstead, Jr.'s (1822-1903) firm, began designing the gardens. In 1930, Charles Wait began designing the house in the Mediterranean style of architecture. Originally called "El Retiro," which means "The Retreat" in Spanish, the estate was acquired by Nellie Lee Holt Bok , the daughter of Bok Tower Gardens founder Edward W. Bok (1863-1930), and renamed the "Pinewood Estate" in 1970.These images were taken by Russell Moore in 2010.
Creator
Moore, Russell
Source
Original color digital images by Russell Moore, March 7, 2010: Private Collection of Russell Moore.
Date Created
2010-03-07
Is Part Of
Lake Wales Collection, Polk County Collection. RICHES of Central Florida.
Format
image/jpg
Extent
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Medium
9 color digital images
Language
eng
Type
Still Image
Coverage
Pinewood Estate, Bok Tower Gardens, Lake Wales, Florida
Accrual Method
Donation
Mediator
History Teacher
Geography Teacher
Provenance
Originally created by Russell Moore.
Rights Holder
Copyright to this resource is held by Russell Moore and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.
Contributing Project
Curator
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
Source Repository
Private Collection of Russell Moore
External Reference
"About Bok Tower Gardens." Bok Tower Gardens. http://boktowergardens.org/.
"Bok Tower Gardens," Floridata, http://www.floridata.com/tracks/GardenGallery/bok/bok1.cfm.
Bok Tower Gardens (Lake Wales, Fla.). Bok Tower Gardens. Lake Wales, Fla: Bok Tower Gardens Foundation, 1981.
Bok Tower Gardens (Lake Wales, Fla.). The Bok Tower Gardens Newsletter. Lake Wales, FL: The Gardens, 1980.
Smith, Margaret. The Edward Bok Legacy: A History of Bok Tower Gardens: The First Fifty Years. Lake Wales, Fla: Bok Tower Gardens Foundation, 2002.
Transcript
NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
Collection
Citation
Moore, Russell, “Pinewood Estate at Bok Tower Gardens,” RICHES, accessed December 3, 2024, https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/items/show/5074.