National Register of Historic Places

Warm Mineral Springs Motel

North Port, Sarasota County, Florida
Listed
February 5, 2013
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
12001255

About this property

Warm Mineral Springs Motel is a historic 1958 motel building near Warm Mineral Springs, Florida, in Sarasota County. It was designed by Victor Lundy, a member of the Sarasota School of Architecture. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The motel is located at 12597 South Tamiami Trail. The motel is known for its mushroom champagne glass style roof and glass walls, allowing guests to see the stars. It was selected by the American Institute of Architects for the 1958 Special Awards. Lundy wrote in a 1958 issue of The Florida Association of Architects: "I was searching for a form that would somehow symbolize the thought of the Fountain of Youth by a plastic flowing shape, that would also echo the organic growing shape of a tree. The answer came in the adoption of a structural system based on using precast concrete hyperbolic paraboloids, 14ft-5in square (from basic motel unit width-requirement, plus necessary overlap) in two heights arranged in a U-shaped plan (the remaining wing will be added shortly). Three of the so called shells were lifted up on higher columns of varying height to form the sign of the motel, as a free-standing piece of sculpture." The reception desk is original (from 1958). The pool area was added in 1990.

Location

12597 S. Tamiami Trail
North Port, Sarasota County, Florida
27.04938, -82.26174

Categories

ARCHITECTURE
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Sources

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When was Warm Mineral Springs Motel listed on the National Register?

Warm Mineral Springs Motel was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on February 5, 2013.

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Warm Mineral Springs Motel is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for Warm Mineral Springs Motel is recorded as the industrial era.

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