Preserving the Mound

In 1911, Mr. and Mrs. Wesley H. Snyder purchased this house and the surrounding land, named their homesite Seminole Rest after the Seminole Indians, and in doing so preserved the story of an even earlier culture, the Timucuan Indians. According to Jacqueline Snyder Stevens, her father bought the place from an Englishman, “Lord” Turnor, including the buildings, this house, another house, a long dock, and a boathouse on the dock. He first saw the vacant property while going duck hunting across the lagoon, then returned to see it and bought it along with a 10-acre grove for $2,000 for the hill and 10 acres. Her mother later added land south of the grove between there and Sam’s Mound to protect it.

Oak Hill, Florida · United States