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Florida Southern College
Florida Southern College
Florida Southern College
Florida Southern College


Type: School
Opened in 1960

Address: 111 Lake Hollingsworth Drive - Lakeland, FL 33801
Country: USA
Email: mjamshid@flsouthern.edu
Phone: +1 863-680 4316

Website: https://www.flsouthern.edu/frank-lloyd-wright-home/restoration
Website 2: http://www.flwright.us/FLW256.htm


Team
Mossayeb Jamshid (1993-)







60 seats











Dome of  9.1m




Technical
Optical system SPITZ : 1024
Seat: 2 rows of benches

Facilities

Operation

History
- 1958: Polk County Science Building (designed by Frank Lloyd Wright)
- April 7, 1960: first session in 9.14m/80s/Spitz A2
- February 2001: renovated, Spitz 1024/60s
- circa 2010: unused until renovation
- 2020-2021: total building renovation ($500,000)
- 2024: inside renovation (Spitz on wheels)

Last major evolution: 2023: renovation

Comments
25 or 30 foot??


Latitude: 28°01'48" N  -  Longitude: 81°56'51" W  -  Altitude: 54m
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