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Putnam Lodge
Putnam Lodge is a historic hotel built in 1927 in Dixie County, Florida. Depending on the source it is located in Shamrock, Florida or adjacent Cross City, Florida. It was built in the company town developed around Putnam Lumber Company's operations in Shamrock. The hotel was renovated for a 2014 reopening after being closed for many years. Putnam Lodge features a lobby with hand-stenciled pecky cypress columns and heart pine floors as well as a new spa added by the Tampa Tampa () is a city on the Gulf Coast of the U.S. state of Florida. The city's borders include the north shore of Tampa Bay and the east shore of Old Tampa Bay. Tampa is the largest city in the Tampa Bay area and the seat of Hillsborough County ...-based entrepreneurs who restored and revamped the lodge. It sits on 18 acres of land. The hotel was built across from the mill and main commissary in Shamrock to welcome the growing number of tourists visiting Florida. A dairy and ice plant were also built. The h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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A shamrock is a young sprigging, sprig, used as a symbol of Ireland. Saint Patrick, Ireland's patron saint, is said to have Saint Patrick#Patrick uses shamrock in an illustrative parable, used it as a metaphor for the Christian Holy Trinity. The name ''shamrock'' comes from Irish language, Irish (), which is the diminutive of the Irish word and simply means "young clover". At most times'', Shamrock'' refers to either the species (lesser clover, Irish: ) or (white clover, Irish: ). However, other glossary of leaf morphology#trifoliate, three-leaved plants—such as , , and —are sometimes called shamrocks. The shamrock was traditionally used for its Herbalism, medicinal properties and was a popular Motif (visual arts), motif in Victorian era, Victorian times. Botanical species There is still not a consensus over the precise Botany, botanical species of clover that is the "true" shamrock. John Gerard in his herbal of 1597 defined the shamrock as ''Trifolium pratense' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
