The Stetson Mansion, Winter Home of John B. Stetson, DeLand, Florida

The Stetson Mansion at 1031 Camphor Lane in DeLand, Florida. 

Built in 1886 for famed hat maker and philanthropist John B. Stetson, this winter retreat is Florida’s only richly detailed mansion built in the Gilded Age. Designed by noted architect George T. Pearson, the Stetson Mansion is built in the frame vernacular style. A blend of cottage, Gothic, Tudor, Moorish, and Polynesian details are incorporated into the mansion. The eclectic and unusual High Victorian architectural design not only had the most advanced technology of its day, it also includes a variety of complicated interior carvings, 16 patterns of the nation's rarest and most intricate parquet wood floors, and 10,000 panes of original leaded glass windows. Presumed to be made by Tiffany. Thomas Edison was one of Stetson’s personal friends and supervised the installation of electricity at the mansion, making it one of the first homes in the world to be designed and built for electricity. The Stetsons were known for hosting magnificent parties and gatherings for local townsfolk and elite society, including Henry A. DeLand, President Grover Cleveland, the King and Queen of England, and Henry Flagler, who built a special railway track to the estate.

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