Bibliograph

The Boca Raton Resort and Club, Mizner's inn, Donald Curl and the Boca Raton Historical Society

Type

Label

The Boca Raton Resort and Club, Mizner's inn, Donald Curl and the Boca Raton Historical Society

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The Boca Raton Resort and Club

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Donald Curl and the Boca Raton Historical Society

Sub title

Mizner's inn

Summary

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

Target audience

adult

Classification