Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987. 6 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1955.
“The Lakeside Inn is a historic site in Mount Dora, Florida. It is located at 100 North Alexander Street.”
Wikipedia article Lakeside Inn (Mount Dora, Florida), CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 31 National Register listings published here for Lake County · listed in 1987 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 89 fires within 5 miles of Lakeside Inn between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,541 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 13 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 maintenance | 32 |
| Debris and open burning | 14 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 13 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 September 2000 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 13 August 2012 | Natural | 1.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | SHIRLEY SHORES(35) |
| 9 July 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 8 July 1995 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 7.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 7 July 2000 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 60 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 16 July 2016 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | SHIRLEY SHORES (35) |
| 4 June 2004 | Natural | 2.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | BROWN BARN FIRE/0549 |
| 23 June 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | TREETOP (04) |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Lakeside Inn: 1 producer, 1 prospect, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Codding Sand and Soil Co. - Codding Pit | Sand | Producer | ||
| Coddings Sand and Sail Inc. | Clay | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed Diatomite Deposit | Diatomite | Prospect |
United States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the coordinate the National Park Service records for this property, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.
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 | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Mount Dora A. C. L. Railroad Station, Old | 0.1 miles | 1992 |
 | Donnelly House | 0.2 miles | 1975 |
 | Mount Dora Historic District | 0.3 miles | 2009 |
 | Witherspoon Lodge No. 111 Free and Accepted Masons (F&AM) | 0.9 miles | 2009 |
 | Purdy Villa | 2.5 miles | 2004 |
 | Blandford | 3.1 miles | 2007 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 87000481 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Lake County | All 31 listed properties in this county. |
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