Pinewood Estate at Bok Tower Gardens

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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. BokĀ (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

Citation

Moore, Russell, “Pinewood Estate at Bok Tower Gardens,” RICHES, accessed March 19, 2024, https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/items/show/5074.

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