Sharp Family Tourism and Education Center

The Sharp Family Tourism and Education Center^[1] is the gateway to the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed campus at Florida Southern College^[2] (also known as the Florida Southern College Architectural District) in Lakeland, Florida.  Designed and built between 1938 and 1958, the Florida Southern College Architectural District is the largest single-site collection of Wright’s work in the world and a National Historic Landmark (2012).The Sharp Family Tourism and Education Center offers a variety of self-guided, docent-led, and group tours of the Wright campus. The Center provides a home for the permanent display of photographs, furniture, and drawings depicting Wright’s relationship with the College. The Center also acts as a home for visiting exhibits on loan from various other Wright sites.

See also[]

• Usonian house, a type of design by Wright In addition to the 12 built structures comprising the Wright campus, Mr. Wright created a Usonian house design, which was never built, to be used for faculty housing. Florida Southern College completed construction of Wright’s Usonian house in 2013 as the featured structure in the Sharp Family Tourism and Education Cente.
• The 1,700 sq. ft. Usonian house features textile-block construction and colored glass inserts in perforated concrete blocks, both signature elements of Wright’s building designs at Florida Southern, as well as furnishings designed by Wright. A documentary film about the Wright’s work at Florida Southern is also available for visitors to view while touring the Usonian house.

References[]

1. Lessons to be learned from Frank Lloyd Wright at the Usonian House in Lakeland
2. Architecture at its best
3. 17 U.S. college campuses with beautiful architecture
4. Frank Lloyd Wright in Florida

External links[]

• Official website

Coordinates: 28°02′00″N 81°56′59″W / 28.033260°N 81.949855°W / 28.033260; -81.949855