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Nestled between a pristine chain of lakes, the quaint town of Windermere is a luxury community that has retained its small town charm. Today's Windermere, with lavish lakefront estates, little resembles the land the Englishman Dr. Stanley Scott bought in 1895. Named after the Lake Windermere area of England, the tiny community soon took hold and a 1920 census reported 182 residents. This community's small-town charm can be seen in its historically preserved "downtown" where the two-story wood frame town hall serves as an anchor to the past. When the town council began meeting in 1925, elected officials gathered at the Windermere Woman's Club. The building was adopted as city hall and moved to its present downtown site in 1938 for use as a community center and later the seat of local government. Today, residents enjoy the town hall and surrounding area, which includes the Chase Memorial Library, basketball courts, a municipal office building and the Cal Palmer Memorial Building, named after a founding resident. The town hall is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The town is literally set on a small strip of land amongst the Butler Chain of Lakes, offering residents glorious vistas and a retreat from the sometimes-tropical heat. Surrounded land, once rich with orange and citrus groves, is now dotted with lush estate homes. In fact, since the 1980s, Windermere has found fame through its residents. Many of Central Florida's rich and famous live just east and south of town in the private Isleworth community, which overlooks Lake Butler.
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