Thurston House Times – CARS!

One of Joe’s favorite yearly events was this past weekend – the 8th annual Concours de Elegance in Winter Park. It is held in the heart of downtown Winter Park, Park Avenue. The street is lined with every high end car you can imagine, from Joe’s beloved Porsche to Ferrari, to Mercedes, and even some custom motorcycles this year. Joe hopes Santa was listening when he picked his favorites…keep dreaming! There is so much to do and see around Thurston House bed & breakfast….come stay!

Concours de Elegance along Park Avenue

Concours de Elegance along Park Avenue

Thurston House Times – Rollin’s College!

Rollin’s College Parent’s/family weekend will come fast once school gets back in session. There are only two rooms left so hurry and book soon. The weekend is scheduled 10/23-25…. Students and parents come from all over and there is always a mad scramble for rooms if you wait too long. 

Entrance to Rollins College

Entrance to Rollins College

Ironically, we have a place in York Harbor, Maine where the Rollins name is part of its’ history…yes, same family connection. That is a story for another day!

Do you like fancy cars?

One of Joe’s all time favorite things to go to is the yearly Concoures De Elegance held on Park Avenue in Winter Park. This years event date was just changed and it now is being held 11/1 & 11/2. All types of high end cars will be gathered there….Lamborgini, Porsche, Masserati and so much more! Thurston House, our Winter Park, FL bed and breakfast is the perfect place to stay for this event. We are only a short drive away!

Morse Museum of American Art Makes Big Announcement!


The Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art announced plans to build a 10,000 square-foot addition! The new space would house most of its holdings of objects and architectural elements from Laurelton Hall, Louis Comfort Tiffany’s Long Island, N.Y., country estate. It would also include additional office space and triple the size of the outside courtyard garden to 4,450 square feet. Work should begin late this year and be completed by the spring of 2010.

The Daffodil Terrace from Laurelton Hall, measuring 32 feet by 18 feet, will be the architectural focal point of the addition. The recently restored terrace, supported by eight marble columns topped with bouquets of glass daffodils, has never been on view in Winter Park.

Laurelton Hall, built between 1902 and 1905 on Cold Spring Harbor, Long Island, is thought to be Tiffany’s greatest work of art. The 84-room mansion was destroyed by fire in 1957. Surviving architectural elements and windows were salvaged by Hugh F. and Jeannette G. McKean are now part of the collections of the museum Jeannette McKean founded in Winter Park in 1942. This museum has always been and will continue to be a Winter Park treasure! The museum is just moments away by car from Thurston House, a Winter Park area bed & breakfast.

Tiffany is Special!!!!

Did you know The Charles Homer Morse Museum of American Art houses the world’s most comprehensive collection of the works of Louis Comfort Tiffany, circa 1848-1933? Did you know this includes jewelry, pottery, paintings, art glass, leaded glass windows & lamps and a chapel from the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago? AND…….did you know that this spectacular museum is only minutes away from the only Winter Park area bed & breakfast, Thurston House? Open every day except Monday, people from all over the world have enjoyed this fabulous collection. The museum resides on the famed Park Avenue, about a five minute drive from us.