The Abbey

The Historic Mayfair Hotel in Sanford, FL is a Mediterranean Palace style building with a rich and varied history. Originally named the Hotel Forrest Lake, it was built in the 1920s land boom but faced financial difficulties and changed hands multiple times. Today, it serves as the international headquarters of the New Tribes Mission, an organization dedicated to distributing bibles to remote villages in their native languages. With its connection to the corrupt political history of Sanford and Seminole County, the Mayfair Hotel stands as a symbol of both development and downfall. Once owned by the New York Giants Baseball Club and later used as the Sanford Naval Academy, the building now offers a unique and intriguing glimpse into the past, showcasing the impact of political corruption and greed on the local community.Generated from the website