Donnelly House, Mount Dora, FL

Donnelly House

One of the most recognizable homes in Mount Dora, Florida is the John P. Donnelly House.

This home was listed on the National Registry of Historic Places on April 4, 1975.

John P. Donnelly, a native of Pittsburgh, PA moved to Mount Dora in 1879. He married Annie McDonald Stone in 1881.

He built the Queen Anne Style home in 1893.

John P. Donnelly was one of the founders of the local yacht club and served as Mount Dora's first mayor in 1910.

In 1924 he sold the land for the park named for his wife who had died in 1908.

John P. Donnelly died in 1930.

The home is now owned by Mount Dora Lodge no. 238 F. & A.M.

Posted by JoEllen Stranger-Thorsen, Lake County, FL on 04/09/2008 08:56 PM

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