Front Entrance to Sky Lake
Dublin Core
Title
Front Entrance to Sky Lake
Alternative Title
Sky Lake Entrance
Subject
Orlando (Fla.)
Housing--Florida
Description
The main entrance to the Sky Lake, a residential community and unincorporated area in Orange County, Florida. The entrance is located at the intersection of Lancaster Road and Voltaire Drive. Sky Lake is located approximately seven miles south of Downtown Orlando between Lancaster Road and Sand Lake Road. The community was developed in late 1950s and 1960s by Hymen Lake. Houses originally sold in the range of $10,000 to $15,000. In the 1970s, Sky Lake became one of the first housing developments to be racially integrated. The community was originally proposed to include one thousand homes within the middle of the square mile block and a ring of commercial developments along the perimeter.
Source
Original 8 x 10 inch black and white photographs, May 16, 1967: Pine Castle Historical Society, Pine Castle, Florida.
Publisher
Southern Photoprint Service, Inc.
Date Created
1967-05-16
Date Copyrighted
1967-05-16
Contributor
Lake, Harriett
Is Format Of
Digital reproduction of original 8 x 10 inch black and white photographs, May 16, 1967.
Is Part Of
Sky Lake Collection, Orange County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Format
image/jpg
Medium
8 x 10 inch black and white photographs
Language
eng
Type
Still Image
Coverage
Sky Lake, Florida
Accrual Method
Donation
Mediator
History Teacher
Geography Teacher
Provenance
Originally published by Southern Photoprint Service, Inc.
Rights Holder
Copyright to this resource is held by the Pine Castle Historical Society and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.
Contributing Project
Sky Lake Project
Curator
Barnes, Mark
Digital Collection
Source Repository
External Reference
Tracy, Jane. "Harriett and Hymen Lake .'" Orlando Memory, March 11, 2014, http://dc.ocls.info/memory/image/harriett-and-hymen-lake.
Collection
Citation
“Front Entrance to Sky Lake,” RICHES, accessed December 26, 2024, https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/items/show/7090.