Altamonte Springs
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Markerman62
N 28° 39.833 W 081° 21.771
17R E 464544 N 3170801
A small marker about Altamonte Springs in Hermits Trail Park.
Waymark Code: WMKBXP
Location: Florida, United States
Date Posted: 03/16/2014
Views: 8
In 1882, five Bostonians formed the Altamonte Land, Hotel and Navigation Company and bought 1200 acres here at Snow's Station, a stop on the South Florida Railroad. It later was called Altamonte, then Altamonte Station, and finally Altamonte Springs, when springs were found on the shore of Lake Adelaide, west of this marker. Tradition says that Presidents U.S. Grant, Grover Cleveland, and Benjamin Harrison stayed at the Altamonte Hotel on the shore of Lake Orienta. The hotel burned in 1953. From 1892 to 1909, Henry Herman Westinghouse owned a house nearby, similar to the Bradlee-McIntyre house, moved to Longwood in 1972. Henry, associated with his brother George as President of Westinghouse Machine Company, was a trustee of Rollins College, and according to tradition, a benefactor of the still existing Altamonte Chapel.
Marker Number: 0
Date: None
County: Seminole
Marker Type: Plaque
Sponsored or placed by: Seminole County Historical Commission
Website: [Web Link]
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