I Never Promised You A Rose Garden - Frank Lloyd Wright

Girls Journey on May 29 took us to Florida Southern College. Little did I know that Frank Lloyd Wright helped in making this college the largest single-site collection of Frank Lloyd Wright architecture in the world. The private college in Lakeland, starting with a few red brick colonial buildings in 1922, sits on what was once 67 acres of orange groves near Lake Hollingsworth. Enjoy a few pictures of his work.

Frank Lloyd Wright Architecture at Florida Southern College

In 2012, the Florida Southern College Historic District was designated a National Historic Landmark by the National Park Service of the U.S. Department of the Interior for being the largest single-site collection of Frank Lloyd Wright architecture in the world. The private college in Lakeland, starting with a few red brick colonial buildings in 1922, sits on what was once 67 acres of orange groves near Lake Hollingsworth.

Then, in 1936, Florida southern college's Frank Lloyd Wright got involved. Wright worked closely with then-campus president Ludd M. Spivey toward the end of both men’s lifetimes. They planned 18 buildings for the “college of tomorrow.” A dozen of those buildings now grace the campus, representing the largest concentration of Wright-designed buildings in the world.