Old Pinecrest Hotel

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Old Pinecrest Hotel

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Site of the old Pinecrest Hotel
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Location Avon Park, Florida
Coordinates 27°34′31″N81°28′20″W / 27.57528°N 81.47222°W / 27.57528; -81.47222 Coordinates: 27°34′31″N81°28′20″W / 27.57528°N 81.47222°W / 27.57528; -81.47222
Area 2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built 1926 [1]
Architect William Heim [2]
Architectural style Mission/Spanish Revival [2]
Demolished before 2007
NRHP reference # 00000266 [2] [3]
Added to NRHP March 24, 2000

The Old Pinecrest Hotel (also known as the Maharishi School of Vedic Science) is a historic site in Avon Park, Florida, United States. It was located at 1609 South Lake Lotela Drive, on the shores of Lake Lotela.

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In 1989, it was listed as the Pinecrest Hotel - Florida Capital of the Age of Enlightenment in A Guide to Florida's Historic Architecture, published by the University of Florida Press." [4]

It served as a country club and a girls boarding school, The Highlands School, before it was purchased in 1994 by the Transcendental Meditation movement for use as a school. [5]

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On March 24, 2000, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. As of March 2, 2007 the hotel has been either removed from its site or demolished. The only visible remains on the site are palm trees.

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References

  1. ↑ "Highlands County". Florida's History Through Its Places. Florida's Office of Cultural and Historical Programs. 2007-03-06. Archived from the original on 2007-02-16.
  2. 1 2 3 "National Register of Historical Places - Florida (FL), Highlands County". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2007-03-06.
  3. ↑ National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service.
  4. ↑ A Guide to Florida's Historic Architecture, 1989, Gainesville: University of Florida Press, p. 113, ISBN   0-8130-0941-3
  5. ↑ IARUSSO, HEATHER M. (September 18, 1995). "Meditation school offers alternative to stress, pathway to inner peace;". Tampa Tribune. p. 1.


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