The Boca Raton Resort & Club: Mizner's Inn
The Boca Raton Resort & Club, originally known as the Cloister Inn, was designed by famed Palm Beach architect Addison Mizner to house prospective investors in his planned
Boca Raton development. His dream, however, dissolved with the end of the Florida land boom and the 1926 Miami hurricane, as his Cloister Inn was acquired by utilities magnate Clarence
Geist. Geist hired hotel architects Schultze and Weaver to design a major addition to the hostelry. Reopened as the Boca Raton Club in 1930, it became a principal employer and the
primary tourist attraction in Boca Raton in ensuing years, its revival linked in many ways with that of the small community.
Join architectural historian Donald Curl as he chronicles the lovely landmark that opened in 1926 as a small inn on Lake Boca Raton and has since become the city's most exclusive destination.
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The Boca Raton Resort & Club: Mizner's Inn
The Boca Raton Resort & Club, originally known as the Cloister Inn, was designed by famed Palm Beach architect Addison Mizner to house prospective investors in his planned
Boca Raton development. His dream, however, dissolved with the end of the Florida land boom and the 1926 Miami hurricane, as his Cloister Inn was acquired by utilities magnate Clarence
Geist. Geist hired hotel architects Schultze and Weaver to design a major addition to the hostelry. Reopened as the Boca Raton Club in 1930, it became a principal employer and the
primary tourist attraction in Boca Raton in ensuing years, its revival linked in many ways with that of the small community.
Join architectural historian Donald Curl as he chronicles the lovely landmark that opened in 1926 as a small inn on Lake Boca Raton and has since become the city's most exclusive destination.
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The Boca Raton Resort & Club: Mizner's Inn

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The Boca Raton Resort & Club, originally known as the Cloister Inn, was designed by famed Palm Beach architect Addison Mizner to house prospective investors in his planned
Boca Raton development. His dream, however, dissolved with the end of the Florida land boom and the 1926 Miami hurricane, as his Cloister Inn was acquired by utilities magnate Clarence
Geist. Geist hired hotel architects Schultze and Weaver to design a major addition to the hostelry. Reopened as the Boca Raton Club in 1930, it became a principal employer and the
primary tourist attraction in Boca Raton in ensuing years, its revival linked in many ways with that of the small community.
Join architectural historian Donald Curl as he chronicles the lovely landmark that opened in 1926 as a small inn on Lake Boca Raton and has since become the city's most exclusive destination.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781625843722
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing SC
Publication date: 10/01/2008
Series: Landmarks
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 128
File size: 7 MB

About the Author

A retired architecture professor (at Florida Atlantic University), Dr. Donald Curl leads historical tours, is an active member of the Boca Raton Historical Society, a member of the city's Historic Preservation Board, advisor to the Historical Society of Palm Beach County, and sits on the Palm Beach landmarks commission. His pivotal work, 1984's Mizner's Florida: American Resort Architecture helped reestablish interest in Addison Mizner as the country's reigning architect of Mediterranean Revival style, popular in the 1920s and 1930s. He has published eight books and has regularly contributed essays and columns to Florida history and national architecture magazines.
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