Ann Stevens House - Lake Helen, FL
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Janila
N 28° 58.207 W 081° 13.999
17R E 477269 N 3204697
The Ann Stevens House provided boarding for the visitors to the nearby Cassadaga Spiritualist Camp which is also on the National Register of Historic Places.
Waymark Code: WMZ4QE
Location: Florida, United States
Date Posted: 09/09/2018
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Built in 1895, the Ann Stevens house was named after its owner, Ann Stevens, a wealthy woman who wintered in Florida. She bought the property from George Colby, the founder of the nearby Cassadaga Spiritualist Camp and helped him financially with his lecture tours. The House provided rooms to many visitors to the Camp and in time, one of the main roads in the town of Cassadaga was named after Ann. The National Register of Historic Places
Registration Form (https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/52e0bc57-7dfd-47ce-8166-8993145fe8cb/ ) provides a very in depth biography of Ann Stevens as well as a detailed history of the house that she built.
Emily and Shane Gerschefske found the perfect little hideaway when they had business trips to the Central Florida area, it was so perfect that Shane proposed to Emily in the gazebo at the Ann Stevens B&B, then they married in the gazebo and then they bought the gazebo in 2014 and today they run the Bed and Breakfast business.
The Ann Stevens House was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.