[Tampa] Temple Terrace Estates: Florida’s Masterpiece.

$975

Cartographer(s): Temple Terrace Estates, Inc.
Date: ca. 1925
Place: Tampa
Dimensions: Folded size: 10.3 x 23.3 cm (4 x 9.25 in)
Condition Rating: VG

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Scarce promotional brochure for the Temple Terrace Golf and Country Club: Tampa’s most historic golf course.

Details

A rare brochure for the Temple Terrace Estates, a suburban area located northeast of downtown Tampa along West Busch Boulevard. This neighborhood holds historical significance as one of the earliest golfing communities in the United States and served as a model for later real-estate developments in Florida. 

The brochure appears as issued, consisting of twelve illustrated pages printed in two columns and folding vertically into wrappers. Its multiple visuals have been adapted from early photographs and depict everything from the beautiful estate and its buildings to the splendid activities. In the centerfold, we find two small printed maps: one of Tampa, which shows the location of the Temple Terrace Estate, and a broader regional map depicting the estate’s location within the Sunshine State.

 

Context is Everything

The Temple Terrace Golf and Country Club opened in 1922. The course itself was designed by T. Bedelow, while the associated Country Club was designed by M. Leo Elliott. Most of the land was originally part of a 19,000-acre game preserve called Riverhills, which belonged to prominent Chicago socialist Bertha Palmer.

During its early years, Temple Terrace aimed to attract northern golf enthusiasts, working from the premise that they might be interested in purchasing one of the exquisite Mediterranean Revival-style villas built on the estate grounds. These properties came with a life-long membership to the golf club and, in some cases, the opportunity to acquire a 100-tree grove for $2,000. Ninety years after its initial construction, in October 2012, the Temple Terrace Golf and Country Club was added to the National Register of Historic Places.

 

Census

The brochure is rare on the market, as most such publications have not survived their initial purpose. We have not been able to identify copies of this brochure in the OCLC database, nor have we found them listed on Rarebookhub.

Cartographer(s):

Temple Terrace Estates, Inc.

Condition Description

Light wear; very good or better. [12] pp., in two columns, folding vertically into self-wrappers, as issued. Illustrated from photographs; map of Tampa with the estates, plus location map of Florida, on single column.

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