Chapel at New Tribes Mission

Chapel at New Tribes Mission

New Tribes Mission Chapel

Religious Organizations--United States

Charities--Florida

New Tribes Mission

Missions--Florida

Ballrooms

Sanford (Fla.)

Chapels--United States

The chapel at the New Tribes Mission, located at 1000 East First Street in Sanford, Florida. This room was formerly a hotel ballroom for the Mayfair Inn. Originally named after the Sanford Mayor and president of Seminole County Bank, construction of the Forrest Lake Hotel began in 1916. 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. After the Naval Air Station Sanford acquired $1.3 million to fund the construction of a naval academy in 1963, the Foundation made significant alterations to the building to house students from the Sanford Naval Academy. The Foundation later sold the building to the New Tribes Mission in 1977. The New Tribes Mission's goal is to reach tribes who have no access to the Gospel through translated publications and missionary work.

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Original color digital image by Laura Cepero, June 10, 2011.

2011-06-10

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

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Originally created by Laura Cepero and owned by RICHES of Central Florida.

Cepero, Laura

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.

“Our Heritage.” New Tribes Mission. http://usa.ntm.org/our-heritage.

"Hotel Forrest Lake - 1925"

"Our Heritage"

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