Holland and Lorinda Griswold came to Florida from Kansas. In 1886 they purchased property on Lake Sylvan and there constructed a house. A prominent agriculturalist, Griswold was primarily a grove man who also grew vegetables on his property. He was a cousin of the Reverend E.P. Hooker, a Congregational minister who served as the first president of Rollins College. Miss Mary Brown was a neighbor of the Griswolds. The Ward family later occupied and purchased the house.
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| Holland Willis Griswold in 1886 | Holland Willis Griswold with granddaughter, Lucy Eager May and grandneice, Nellie Baker. This photo was taken before The Big Freeze"of 1894-1895. |
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