Home   •   Departments   •   Citizens   •   Business   •   Leisure   •   Online Payments   •   Downtown Wireless Lakeland Public Library - Special Collections African American Experience in Lakeland Bernard Family Buildings from Lakeland's Past Dancing to the Big Band Sound Detroit Tigers in Lakeland Downtown Lakeland Earl Morgan Savage's Lakeland Early Homes of Lakeland Early Lakeland Postcards Frank Lloyd Wright and FSC Hollis Photos Hollis Photos-Part II Howard Hughes Around the World Flight Lake Mirror Promenade Lakeland Loves a Parade Lakeland Police Dept. Lakeland Takes to the Air Lakeland's Early Churches Lakeland's Hotels Lakeland's Pioneer Families: the Riggins Lodwick School of Aeronautics Munn Park Then and Now New Photos from Lodwick Postcard Images of Lakeland School Daze Special Collections Home The Lakeland Public Library The Pied Piper Players Present Working for a living Main   >   Library   >   Library Special Collections   >   Speccoll Exhibits COLUMBUS W. DEEN HOUSE Back Bank president and real estate developer Columbus W. Deen built this magnificent home at the corner of Success and McDonald in 1912 for the then princely sum of $15,000. It was sold after Deen's death in 1927 and briefly served as a private hospital and sanitarium in the mid-1930's. It was deeded to Florida Southern College in 1940. The college used the building as a dormitory and fraternity house. The college sold the house in 1994 and it is currently being restored. It is one of the finest examples of "prairie architecture" in Lakeland. Lakeland City Hall • 228 South Massachusetts Avenue • Lakeland, FL 33801 • (863) 834-6000   •   Contact Us   •   Privacy Policy