Terrace Grille

When the Lakeland Terrace Hotel first opened her doors in 1924, she was hailed as one of Florida's finest new year round inns, which at the time was a rather novel concept. Prior to that, because air conditioning was not widely used yet, hotels simply opened for “The Season,” and closed for the summer. Fortunately, the prosperity of the early 1920s meant that tourists by the trainload were pouring into cities like Lakeland, in the Sunshine State. The warm weather and the lucrative real estate market made the journey all the more enticing. Seeing this influx of tourism and trade, Florida Collier Court Hotels built their comfortable hotel in the heart of downtown Lakeland, a sister to other hotels in Miami, West Palm Beach, and Tampa.