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Blandford

Built in 1927 (Tudor Revival architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007. 6 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1955.

From the record

“Blandford is a historic building at 28242 Lake Terry Drive near Mount Dora, Florida, United States. On November 1, 2007, it was added to the U.S.”

Wikipedia article Blandford (Mount Dora, Florida), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 31 National Register listings published here for Lake County · listed in 2007 · category: Building · built in 1927, Tudor Revival architecture.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article

The listing

  • Address. 28242 Lake Terry Dr., Mount Dora, 32757
  • When was it listed? November 2007
  • Category. building
  • Census division. Tavares
  • When was it built? 1927
  • Architectural style. Tudor Revival architecture, American Craftsman
  • National Register reference number. 07001115 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Fires near this property

78 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 78 fires within 5 miles of Blandford between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,470 acres in total. 19 started naturally. 7 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Railroad operations and maintenance25
Natural19
Debris and open burning10
Arson/incendiarism7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Equipment and vehicle use6
Recreation and ceremony3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Other causes1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
3 September 2001Natural5.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
18 September 2000Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
7 August 2006Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Service35/LAST RANCH FIRE/0865
20 August 2000Natural3.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
13 August 2012Natural1.5 acresFlorida Forest ServiceSHIRLEY SHORES(35)
6 July 1998Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
27 July 1999Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
16 July 2016Natural3.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceSHIRLEY SHORES (35)

Every fire recorded in Lake County

Mines and quarries near this property

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Blandford: 2 producers, 2 unknowns, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Diatomite, Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Astatula Sand MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Coddings Sand and Sail Inc.ClayUnknown
Unnamed Diatomite DepositDiatomiteProspect
Codding Sand and Soil Co. - Codding PitSandProducer
Florida Rock Industries, Inc - Astatula MineSandUnknown

Every working recorded in Lake County

Maps showing this location

6 surveys

United States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the middle of the area the National Park Service maps for this listing, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.

Listed places nearby

6 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Lakeside Inn3.1 miles1987
Mount Dora A. C. L. Railroad Station, Old3.2 miles1992
Donnelly House3.3 miles1975
Mount Dora Historic District3.5 miles2009
Witherspoon Lodge No. 111 Free and Accepted Masons (F&AM)4.0 miles2009
Harry C. Duncan House4.3 miles1997

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 07001115 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Lake CountyAll 31 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

  • Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
  • Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
  • How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
  • Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
  • Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.