The Belleview Biltmore Resort and Spa
Historic Hotel in Belleair Florida, The largest occupied wooden structure in the United States, Built in 1895.

Large photograph Sarah had made and framed for front reception desk of Hotel as part of museum she researched, designed and framed for the Belleview Biltmore Resort and Spa.

The Photograph shows the Hotel the first day it opened, January 15, 1897.

 

In this photograph, dated 2002, John Daniels, General Manager, and Paul Marcinko, Project Manager, stand in front of some of the displays at the museum in the Belleview Biltmore Resort and Spa Historic Hotel. This Hotel is a Landmark, with a colorful history, and Sarah Dees wrote an article about the museum and had this photograph and others about the hotel published in a national magazine. The ownership of the hotel has changed hands many times and
as of this date there is still an ongoing struggle by local people to keep the old hotel preserved and not allow it to be demolished for new development of modern condos. It is a beautiful old hotel, which has undergone additions and renovations, but still carries the character of the original structure and its Florida history. The Belleview Biltmore Historical Museum was researched, designed and framed by Sarah Dees, and is in the main lobby of the hotel, which is
on the National Register of Historic Places.