Wikipedia

Clewiston Inn: Difference between revisions

Browse history interactively
← Previous edit
Content deleted Content added
VisualWikitext
PeterSymonds (talk | contribs)
29,055 edits
fixing reflist
Citation bot (talk | contribs)
Bots
5,189,374 edits
Misc citation tidying. | Use this bot. Report bugs. | Suggested by AManWithNoPlan | #UCB_CommandLine
 
(53 intermediate revisions by 29 users not shown)
Line 1:
{{Infobox NRHP
The '''Clewiston Inn''' was built by the U.S. Sugar Corporation (then called Southern Sugar) to host company executives and visiting dignitaries. The original inn was built in 1926, and after a fire destroyed it, the classical revival style structure was rebuilt in 1938.
<ref> | name = Clewiston Inn</ref>▼
| image = Clewiston FL Inn01.jpg
| caption =
| location = [[Clewiston, Florida]], United States
| coordinates = {{coord|26|45|16.2|N|80|56|0.6|W|display=inline,title}}
| locmapin = Florida#USA
| built = 1926<ref name=fhtic>{{cite web
|url= http://www.flheritage.com/facts/reports/places/index.cfm?fuseaction=listareas&county=hendry
|title= Clewiston Inn
|date= 2008-07-02
|work= Florida Heritage Tourism Interactive Catalog
|publisher= Florida's Office of Cultural and Historical Programs
|access-date= 2011-07-27
|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070216141515/http://www.flheritage.com/facts/reports/places/index.cfm?fuseaction=ListAreas&county=Hendry
|archive-date= 2007-02-16
|url-status= dead
}}</ref>
| architect = [[L. Phillips Clarke]] of West Palm Beach, Edgar S. Wortman<ref name=fhtic/>
| architecture = [[Neoclassicism|Classical Revival]]<ref name=fhtic/>
| added = February 21, 1991
| area = {{convert|2|acre}}
| refnum = 91000106<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a| refnum = 91000106}}</ref>
}}
The '''Clewiston Inn''' (also known as '''The Inn''') is a historic site in [[Clewiston, Florida]], United States. It is located at [[U.S. Route 27|U.S. 27]], west of the junction with [[County Road 832, Hendry County, Florida|CR 832]], and is the oldest hotel in the area of [[Lake Okeechobee]].<ref name=fhtic/> On February 21, 1991, it was added to the U.S. [[National Register of Historic Places]].<ref name=nris/>
 
==History==
The Clewiston Inn is located in downtown Clewiston, Florida, at U.S. 27, west of junction with SR 832. Billed as “America’s Sweetest Town,” Clewiston is in the heart of sugar cane country and is rich with history.
The Clewiston Inn was originally built along the unprotected waterfront of Lake Okeechobee in 1926 by the Clewiston Company, the community and real estate development arm of Bror Dahlberg's Southern Sugar Company. Ownership passed to the United States Sugar Corporation in 1931 when Charles Stewart Mott formed the company and acquired the assets of the Southern Sugar Company, which went into bankruptcy in 1929. The building survived the great 1926 and 1928 hurricanes but was destroyed by a fire in 1937 and the classical revival style structure was rebuilt in 1938. The Everglades Lounge and Bar inside has a 360-degree wildlife mural featuring the flora and fauna of the Florida Everglades. It was created in the early 1940s by the [[J. Clinton Shepherd]] (1888-1975).<ref>Eliot Kleinberg, ''Historical Traveler's Guide to Florida'', Pineapple Press, 2006, p. 166 [https://books.google.com/books?id=0mvXBHbPY9MC&dq=%22J.+Clinton+Shepherd%22&pg=PA166]</ref><ref name="pebblehill">[http://www.pebblehill.com/Content/Default/22/262/0/museum/j.-clinton-shepherd-murals.html Pebble Hill Plantation: The Murals of Pebble Hill]</ref> This Palm Beach artist stayed at the Inn for many months, making frequent trips to the Everglades to sketch the animals.{{Citation needed|date = February 2016}}
 
In 2007 the U.S. Sugar Corporation sold the Inn to Big Lake Hotels.{{Citation needed|date = February 2016}}
On February 21, 1991, the Clewiston Inn was registered as a National Historic Site. Today it preserves its history and offers visitors an opportunity to step back in time with genuine Old Florida hospitality. For decades, the Clewiston Inn has been a popular vacation destination and a fashionable center for social activities.
 
In 2011 the Big Lake Hotels Corporation sold the Inn to Clewiston Hospitality LLC.{{Citation needed|date = February 2016}}
The Inn’s Everglades Lounge is famous for its impressive 360-degree mural featuring the flora and fauna of the Florida Everglades. It was painted by the world-renowned artist J. Clinton Shepherd in the early 1940s. Shepherd, who spent many months at the Inn, majestically transferred to oil and canvas the beauty of the ‘glades.
 
==References==
{{Reflist}}
 
==External links==
<ref>National register of historic places</ref>
{{commons category-inline}}
▲<ref>Clewiston Inn</ref>
* [http://www.clewistoninn.com Official site]
<ref>Hendry County Listings</ref>
<ref>* [http://www.flheritage.com Florida's officeOffice of culturalCultural and historicalHistorical programs</ref>Programs]
** [https://web.archive.org/web/20070216141515/http://www.flheritage.com/facts/reports/places/index.cfm?fuseaction=ListAreas&county=Hendry Hendry County listings]
 
==NotesGallery==
<gallery>
{{reflist|2}}
File:Clewistoninnfl1.jpg
File:Clewistoninnfl2.jpg
File:Clewiston FL Inn05.jpg
File:Clewiston FL Inn06.jpg
File:Clewiston FL Inn07.jpg
File:Clewiston FL Inn08.jpg
</gallery>
{{National Register of Historic Places}}
 
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Hendry County, Florida]]
[[Category:Hotel buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Florida]]
[[Category:Hotels in Florida]]
[[Category:National Register of Historic Places in Hendry County, Florida]]
 
 
{{HendryCountyFL-NRHP-stub}}
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clewiston_Inn"