A visionary, the world’s pre-eminent landscape architect, and America’s highest regarded golf architect convened in 1915 to thoughtfully design Mountain Lake. Touting the work of Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr for the design of the Park and Seth Raynor for the golf course, Frederick Ruth ambitiously sought early investors, promising the idyllic climate and terrain as the perfect winter colony. The Mountain Lake Colony House is a historic site within the Mountain Lake Estates Historic District in Lake Wales, Florida. This three-story Mediterranean Revival clubhouse and inn was originally designed in 1916 by Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr., and features pergolas, loggias, and a barrel-tile roof.