Last updated: June 8, 2024
Place
Mountain Lake Corporation
Olmsted Archives
Quick Facts
Location:
Mountain Lake, FL
Significance:
Olmsted Designed Suburban Community
MANAGED BY:
In 1916, nestled among Florida’s liveliest hills, lakes, forests, and groves, Frederick S. Ruth of Baltimore purchased 3,500 acres of that lush land in the richest and most elevated real estate in the area. Ruth wisely employed Frederick Law Olmsted Jr. to artfully lay out the 600 acres of the community that would become Mountain Lake.
Olmsted Jr. centered the community around an 18-hole golf course and included Mission Revival and Colonial Revival-style houses, with a Mediterranean Revival-style club, which now serves as an Inn. At Mountain Lake, Olmsted Jr. understood the concept of beauty inside and out, and today, his grand vision remains a site to behold, as the community stands as an Audubon International leader in community sustainability.
Source: "Mountain Lake," The Cultural Landscape Foundation
For more information and primary resources, please visit:
Olmsted Research Guide Online
Olmsted Archives on Flickr
Olmsted Online
Olmsted Jr. centered the community around an 18-hole golf course and included Mission Revival and Colonial Revival-style houses, with a Mediterranean Revival-style club, which now serves as an Inn. At Mountain Lake, Olmsted Jr. understood the concept of beauty inside and out, and today, his grand vision remains a site to behold, as the community stands as an Audubon International leader in community sustainability.
Source: "Mountain Lake," The Cultural Landscape Foundation
For more information and primary resources, please visit:
Olmsted Research Guide Online
Olmsted Archives on Flickr
Olmsted Online