Warm Mineral Springs Motel
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.[2] It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The motel is located at 12597 South Tamiami Trail.
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| Location | Warm Mineral Springs, Florida |
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| Coordinates | 27°02′51″N 82°15′43″W |
| NRHP reference No. | 12001255[1] |
| Added to NRHP | February 5, 2013 |
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." [3]
The reception desk is original (from 1958). The pool area was added in 1990.
Gallery
The Motel Office
The Parking Lot Side of Motel
Walkway and some of the rooms
The Current Motel Sign (not original)
References
- "National Register of Historic Places Listings". National Park Service. Retrieved 2014-09-09.
- Our History Warm Mineral Springs Hotel
- The Florida Association of Architects for the American Institute of Architects "Official Journal" August, 1958