Winter Park is an energetic city where residents can browse museums, shop in first-rate galleries and boutiques, take a leisurely cruise, dine in fine restaurants and sidewalk cafes and stroll tree-shaded avenues. Over one million guests visit the city annually for many nationally recognized events including the the Florida Film Festival, the Autumn Art Festival, the Bach Festival, the Sidewalk Art Festival, and the Concours d’Elegance exotic car show. |
| This area of metro Orlando
abounds with sparkling lakes and canals
in this historic area. Skirting
the shoreline of these coveted lakes are
breathtaking mansions of every description.
Beautiful Winter Park includes Rollins
College, Kraft Azalea Gardens, Isle of
Sicily, The Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art, Full Sail Real World Education and tropical birds, plants, and flowers. |
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PARK
AVENUE includes
a variety of specialty shops, carrying
everything from fine jewelry, antiques,
wine and perfume to clothing, books, coffee
and novelty gifts. Also, includes
restaurants, art galleries and salons
just steps away from the sophisticated,
cozy Park Plaza Hotel. The village green,
Central Park, offers a manicured and shady
respite from a day's shopping. |
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its humble beginnings as a log cabin situated
on real estate between Lakes Virginia
and Mizell in 1858, Winter Park has grown
from a wilderness outpost in a pine forest
to a luxurious haven for snowbirds - a
charming section of Greater Orlando in
Central Florida. This is thanks to Loring
Augustus Chase, whose vision of a planned
community with scenic, curving brick roads,
charming Mediterranean-style architecture
with houses in a park-like setting
of Spanish-moss draped live oak, all centered
around a chain of 17 lakes. |
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| Recently,
ground was broken for the new Hannibal
Square Heritage Center which will be
home to a center to recognize the contributions
of African Americans with exhibits featuring
photographs and oral histories.
Theater is also a large part of the make-up of the city. These include the Annie Russell Theatre, the Enzian Theater, the Fred Stone Theatre, the Paper Moon Theatre Company and the Winter Park Playhouse.
To help
you with buying or selling your property,
contact John
Hambrick and Angela Chapman, Orlando
Realtors.
They can help you with retirement
communities, golf
course communities or relocation
in any of the diverse areas of suburban
Orlando. And, if you're thinking
of selling your Winter Park home, they
can help you get the best return on
your investment with the least amount
of stress. Please visit our sellers
page to let them begin the process. |
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History
The Farmer's Market, now refurbished to
accommodate large gatherings, was Winter
Park's railroad station, and contains
historic memorabilia depicting the city's
roots in the Winter Park Historical Association
and Museum. The railroad, dedicated in 1880 by U.S.
Grant, opened up this new destination
to visitors from the busy St. Johns River
area to the east, and by 1882 the city
of Winter Park was dedicated. |
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A few years later Rollins College, the very first
institute of higher learning in the state and now rated number one in the southeast, was
built. By 1890, the population of the town reached
a thriving 600. Winter Park grew steadily
despite a devastating freeze in 1895, and thanks
to Charles H. Morse of Chicago who stabilized
the town by acquiring property owned by the
Winter Park Company. When the 1924 real estate
boom hit, the population had blossomed to 2,360.
It has been thriving ever since and is now one
of Florida's most unique year-round destinations
which has remained true to the plans of its
founders. Today the city is home to around 27,000 residents and considered to be one of the richest cities in Florida. |
Meeting & Gatherings
Venues for large gatherings include the historic
Farmer's Market on land just a block from Park
Avenue, the plantation-style Winter Park Country
Club and the elegant Winter Park Civic Center.
Events
Mar Winter Park
Sidewalk Art Festival
Sept Annual Creaide Benefit Event
at the Historic Winter Park
Farmer's Market
Sept Annual Winter Park autumn Art
Festival
Dec Tiffany Christmas with
the Bach Choir |
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And for those of you who enjoy the water, the Winter
Park Chain of Lakes are 2,781 acres running right through
downtown Winter Park. Lakes Virginia, Osceola,
Maitland, Mizell and Minneola are interconnected with
narrow, but relatively deep channels. A public ramp
located behind Rollins College provides boat access,
but a ramp use permit is required from the City of Maitland or
Winter Park. Water skiing and sightseers in pontoon
boats may give anglers the illusion that the chain
is not a good fishery, but Largemouth bass, sunshine
bass, and crappie populations are decent and can provide
good angling in an urban setting. Lake Virginia is
best for sunshine bass and crappie; Osceola and Maitland
for largemouth bass. With the average high temperature in January 71 degrees and the average low in July 73 degrees, beautiful Florida weather allows getting outdoors to enjoy all Winter Park has to offer.
Subdivisions of Winter Park Florida
Annebury,
Bear Gully Pointe, Gear Gully. AUTUMN GLEN PH 3,AZALEA
LANE, BOILEY GREEM SIB, BROOKSHIRE HEIGHTS, EASTBROOK
SUBD UNIT NO 05, FORREST HILLS, FOUR SEASONS,
HIDDEN OAKS, KINGS COVE, LAKE KNOWLES TERRACE,
LAKEMONT HEIGHTS, The Langford, LOST CREEK- OLYMPIA
HEIGHTS ANNEX,ORWIN MANOR QUAIL HOLLOW, SANDLEWOOD
CREEK PHASE 1,
SELWYN HEIGHTS, SYLVAN HEIGHTS,
SYLVAN LAKE SHORES, The Regent at Winter Park, VISTAS
AT LAKE HOWELL, WINDSONG, ELIZABETH'S WALK, WINTER
PARK ESTATES SEC 3,
WINTER PARK PINES,
WINTER PARK PINES UNIT 3,
WINTER PARK PINES
UNIT 4, WINTER PARK WOODS CONDO, WINTER WOODS UNIT
03, WOODCREST
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WOODCREST UNIT 01
, Chateaux du Lac, College Quarter, Hannibal Square, Northwood Circle, Park Grove, The Plymouth, Sevilla, Waterbridge,
City Parks:
Cady Way Park, Central Park, Dinky dock park, Fleet Peeples Park, Kraft Azalea Gardens, lake Island Park, Mead Garden, Phelps Park, Shady Park, Ward Park
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