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Tavares (/ t ʌ v ˈ ɛ ə r i z /, tuh-VAIR-ees) is a city and the county seat of Lake County, Florida. The population at the 2020 census was 19,003, [5] and in 2019 the population was estimated to be 17,749. [6]
History. The Tavares and Gulf Railroad was first incorporated in 1881 as the Tavares, Apopka and Gulf Railway. As its name suggests, it was intended to run from Central Florida southwest to the Gulf of Mexico near Fort Myers but it never made it that far. Construction began on July 15, 1885, from Ellsworth Junction and 12 miles of the line was ...
Lake County Museum of Art. / 28.8011; -81.7301. Opened in 1995, the Lake County Museum of Art (LCMA) exhibits historic, contemporary artwork from local, regional, and national sources. LCMA is the first art museum in Lake County dedicated wholly to visual art .
Tavares, Eustis & Gulf Railroad. The Tavares, Eustis & Gulf Railroad ( TE&G ), advertised as the Orange Blossom Cannonball, was a tourist railroad company operating excursion trains on historic track owned by the Florida Central Railroad, [1] from October 2011 to late March 2017. It had stops in three cities in the northern portion of Central ...
The Old Lake County Courthouse (constructed in 1922) is a historic courthouse in Tavares, Florida, located at 315 West Main Street. On September 25, 1998, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places . The Lake County Historical Museum is located on the first floor of the courthouse. The museum's exhibits focus on the county's ...
The Duncan House, or Harry C. Duncan House, is a historic home in Tavares, Florida, United States. It is located at 426 Lake Dora Drive. On August 8, 1997, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. The home is notable as an example of the Colonial Revival style of architecture [2] and was designed by Katharine Cotheal Budd ...
The Union Congregational Church is a historic Carpenter Gothic style United Church of Christ church building located at 302 St. Clair Abrams Avenue in Tavares, Florida. The congregation was organized in 1885 and the church was built on land donated by the founder of Tavares, Major Alexander H. St. Clair Abrams. The building was expanded in 1988.
Website. www .lake .k12 .fl .us /Domain /3700. Tavares High School is a high school located in Tavares, Florida, United States, and is one of seven public high schools operated by Lake County Schools in Lake County, Florida. The school was built in 1926 and originally housed grades 9 and 10. In 1927, grades 11 and 12 were added, making it a ...