The Shippen Home
James
Gamble Rogers II's
first major Winter Park house in the Spanish Eclectic style was that of Dr.
Eugene R. Shippen, constructed in 1931 at 1290 North
Park Avenue. The Shippens moved
to Winter Park in 1930 when Dr. Shippen retired after a long and
distinguished career as a Unitarian minister. Shippen and his wife
Elizabeth often traveled abroad, and their intense interest in Spain
inspired the design of their Winter Park home, which they dubbed "Casa
Felice" ("House of Happiness"). The architecture of "Casa Felice"
incorporates Spanish Mediterranean and Mission styles and boasts a U-shaped
courtyard arrangement. The simulation of an old building by using
textured stucco on thick walls and incorporating a deliberate sag into the
ridge of the main gable roof is a technique that Rogers would later employ
in the construction of
"Casa Feliz"
for the Barbours.
The Shippen home
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