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Listen: The Blues ProgramPhotographs of "Ca'd'Zan", the John Ringling mansion in Sarasota.
Image Number
Photographer
Date
Date Note
Rights
Collection
, Series 2317, Box 2, Folder 7
Subject Term
Historic houses
Architectural elements
Service industries--Florida--Sarasota County--Sarasota
Tourism--Florida--Sarasota County--Sarasota
Attractions--Florida--Sarasota County--Sarasota
Public institutions--Florida--Sarasota County--Sarasota
Historical museums--Florida--Sarasota County--Sarasota
Architecture, Domestic--Florida--Sarasota County--Sarasota
Architecture, Gothic--Details
Towers--Florida--Sarasota County--Sarasota
Historic buildings--Florida--Sarasota County--Sarasota
Dwellings--Florida--Sarasota County--Sarasota
Mansions--Florida--Sarasota County--Sarasota
Historic house museums--Florida--Sarasota County--Sarasota
Corporate Subject
Additional Creator
Additional Creator
Physical Description
General Note
Slides identifed: 1. East facade, 2. East elevation, 3. Balustrade, 4. Tower.
The Venetian Gothic residence, translated "House of John", was designed by New York architect Dwight James Baum and construction was completed in 1926. It was bequeathed to the State by John Ringling, of circus fame, and operated since 1946 by a board of Trustees appointed by the Governor. Mansion located within the Caples'-Ringlings' Estates Historic District which was later added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.
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