Lake County is the home of many historic buildings, some dated well over 100 years old.  The following are a few of our more famous landmarks.

Eustis. CLIFFORD HOUSE. 536 N. Bay St. 1910. Classical Revival. 2 and a half stories, frame, clapboarding, full-height entrance portico with paired Doric columns. Built by Guilford David Clifford, Lake County pioneer merchant and a founder of Eustis.
 

Eustis. FERRAN PARK AND THE ALICE McCLELLAND MEMORIAL BANDSHELL. Ferran Park Rd. 1918. Mission/Spanish Colonial Revival. Alan J. MacDonough, architect. Ferran Park is a 4.5-acre public recreational area developed between 1918 and 1921. The bandshell is a 2-story stucco building erected in 1926. In 1992 bandshell was restored by a state preservation grant.
 

Eustis. WILLIAM KIMBROUGH PENDLETON HOUSE. (The Palms). 1208 Chesterfield Rd. c. 1876, c. 1886. Queen Anne. William Kimbrough Pendleton, architect. 2 and a half stories, frame, originally 2-story Frame Vernacular, hexagonal observatory tower and other features added (1886). Owner was a pioneer citrus grower from West Virginia. His home became a showplace of Central Florida.
 

Eustis. WOMANS CLUB OF EUSTIS. 227 N. Center St. 1931. Classical Revival. 1 story. Concrete block with stucco walls. Main entrance pavilion. Continues to serve as a social and cultural center. Private.

Fruitland Park. HOLY TRINITY EPISCOPAL CHURCH. Spring Lake Rd. 1888. Gothic Revival. J.J. Nevitt, architect. 1 story, frame, fishscale shingles in the gable. First church in Fruitland Park, a community of English settlers founded in 1879.
 

Howey-in-the-Hills. HOWEY HOUSE. Citrus St. 1926. Mediterranean Revival. Katherine Cotheal Budd, architect. 2 stories, masonry, stuccoed, tile roof, front entrance has spiralled engaged columns, bas-relief panels. Home of the founder of the town, a Northerner who established citrus groves in the area and urged his friends from the North to settle there.
 

Leesburg. MOTE-MORRIS HOUSE. 1021 N. Main St. 1892. Frame Vernacular. 2 stories, clapboarding and shingle siding, full-width 1-story entrance porch, slender turret. E.H. Mote, from Washington, D.C., was an early developer and hotel owner in the city.
 

Mount Dora. DONNELLY HOUSE. Donnelly Ave. 1893. Queen Anne. 2 and a half stories, frame, clapboarding, carpenter decorations, octagonal turret, wraparound porch. John Phillip Donnelly, from Pittsburgh, was one of the founders of Mount Dora.
 

Mount Dora. LAKESIDE INN. 100 N. Alexander St. 1883+ . Frame Vernacular. Complex of 5 buildings, 2 to 3 stories, the first having been built in 1883. 2 built in 1926 and 1929 are stuccoed and have Jacobethan-style elements. The main building, 2 stuccoed buildings, and an Olympic-size pool (1929) define a quadrangle. A highly successful tourist facility of the late 19th century and early 20th century. Recently restored to its 1920s appearance.
 

Mount Dora. OLD MOUNT DORA A.C.L. RAILROAD STATION. 341 Alexander St. 1915. Frame Vernacular. 1 story. The first railroad to reach Mount Dora was in 1886, when a line connected it to Jacksonville and Tampa. The Mount Dora depot cost $8,223 to build. The last passenger train left Mount Dora in 1950 and freight was discontinued in 1973. Private. 
 

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