Thank you for visiting the website of the

Mount Dora Historical Society

Lake County, Florida

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      The JAIL and BAIL PARTY 

Visit our History Museum

and Old Jail

located on 450 Royellou Lane

in downtown

Mount Dora, Florida

(in the alley between Donnelly and Baker streets and between 4th & 5th Avenues)

Hours of operation:

Tuesday through Sunday 

1:00-4:00 PM

email: mountdorahistory@gmail.com

(352) 383-0006

Books on Mount Doras history are on sale at our gift shop. The new pamphlet on the Mt Carmel ~ Simpson Cemetery are now available at our gift shop

Click on the picture or these words to access the Mt Carmel - Simpson Cemetery Project

Chautauqua

Chautauqua was a highly popular social movement in the late 19th and early 20th centuries that brought cultural entertainment to rural and pioneer towns.

Featured guests included speakers, teachers, musicians, entertainers,storytellers, preachers, and interesting specialists of the day.

Mount Dora's Chautauqua was located mainly in the Sylvan Shores area but had venues in other locations as well.

We are pleased to have recently accepted donations from several community members.

Do you have something you would like to donate? Please contact the museum!

352-383-0006

e-mail: mountdorahistory@gmail.com

Museum Hours:

Tuesday Through Sunday 1:00pm -4:00pm

 The Mount Dora History Museum and Old Jail

 hours of opeation

Tuesday through Sunday

Hours: 1-4 pm 

(352) 383-0006

email: mountdorahistory@gmail.com

Suggested donation of $1.50 per adult and $.75 for children 12 and under.

(School, scout and home-school groups making a reservation ahead of time are free.)

The City of Mount Dora is a
very benevolent and special benefactor to the Mount Dora Historical Society

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click above to access cemetery

rehabilitation page

Mt Carmel ~ Simpson Cemetery Project (click pictures to access)

 Representation of Moonshine Still

of Calvin Calhoun

During the Prohibition of the 1920's Florida became an easy destination for shipments of rum and whiskey from Cuba and Canada . Some residents of Mount Dora attempted to make some quick (if illegal) profits from their own 'moonshine' whiskey. This is an example of the kind of makeshift still the amateurs would use. It is on display next to the jail cell.

Moonshine gets its name from the fact that moonshine producers and smugglers would often work at night (i.e. under the light of the moon) to avoid arrest for producing illegal liquor.