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The Grand Hotel, known until 1980 as the Dixie Walesbilt Hotel and the Hotel Walesbilt is an iconic 10-story historic hotel in Lake Wales, Florida, originally built in 1926. It opened in 1927, two years before the nearby Edward Bok's famous Bok Tower. Original owners included many famous names, including Governor Martin of Florida, silent screen stars Thomas Meighan, Mary Pickford, Gloria Swanson and Clara Bow, famous Hollywood attorney Nathan Burkan and Hollywood Producer Victor Heerman. The interior of the building was very ornate, even more than the exterior. It included arcades, Italian-made ceilings, column capitals, a drinking fountain by Ernest A. Batchelder, antique marble floors, a wrought iron balustrade, and a central mezzanine. In 1995 the hotel was sold at auction and closed and the interior was in part dismantled.

5 W Park Ave , Lake Wales, FL 33853-4131

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