El Real Retiro: The Royal Retreat of New Smyrna, Florida

By Emily Coughlan from the Spring 2024 Edition of Reflections Magazine In the early 1920s, both tourism and land sales were booming in Central Florida. Wealthy northerners were cultivating properties in Florida to escape the harsh winters. One such property, built in 1923, was first known as the “Handley House”

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