Walter P. Fuller lived with his wife Eve Alsford Fuller in this waterfront estate on Park Street near his Jungle Country Club Hotel.
Related post: Walter P. Fuller's 1916 Residence
Ritchie and Wakeling, a Boston architectural firm with offices in St. Petersburg, drew up the plans for the house. The architect was Henry L. Taylor who was also the architect for the Jungle Hotel, Jungle Prada, the Vinoy Hotel and numerous other Mediterranean-style homes and buildings in St. Petersburg. The 1926 Spanish Mediterranean style home had 4 bedrooms, 3 baths, a library, sun porches, terraces, a sun deck, two maids' rooms and bath, and a chauffeur's room and bath.
It's said that during prohibition, Fuller stored boxes of bootleg liquor in the house's attic for transport to the Gangplank speakeasy a few blocks north on Park Street.
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The Fullers lived in the home until about 1933. After that the history of the house is sketchy.
Mrs. Margaret M. Acheson owned the house for a time and in 1945, she sold the house to Harriette Gunn Roberson who was a "noted lecturer and writer" who founded the non-denominational organization "Power of Prayer" that held weekly services on the property until her death in 1957.
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| St. Petersburg Times, October 28, 1945 |
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| St. Petersburg Times, Feb 16, 1946 |
The house is no longer standing ‒ there are three homes on the property now.
440 Park Street N built in 1973.
448 Park Street N built in 1976.
460 Park Street N built in 1980.
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| Google Earth view of homes from top to bottom ‒ 440, 448 and 460 Park Street North. The exterior details are obscured by trees. |
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| 1942 aerial photo. Casa Coe da Sol is directly north of the Fuller house. Central Avenue runs across the bottom of the 1942 photo. |
