Gemini Springs Park Octagon Springhouse - DeBary, FL - Octagon Buildings on Waymarking.com

John H. Padgett, who bought the Gemini Springs land in the early 1900s, is believed to have built the two story farmhouse and barn which are still on the property. The Padgett family raised cattle and grew sugar cane, operating a cane press and selling sugar juice to passengers on the trains as they passed by on the railroad to Enterprise.

Per a conversation that I had with a park employee, they also were responsible for building the the octagon building along the springs. Because of its location, they called it The Springhouse although it wasn't what most people consider a springhouse to be.

The large octagon buildings is used today as an enclosed pavilion, popular for weddings and special occasion celebrations. There is a wooden pier jutting out over the springs that provides a viewing area for the fish and, possibly, the alligators that inhabit them.

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