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Lanark Village is an unincorporated community in Franklin County, Florida, United States, located along U.S. 98, on the Gulf of Mexico. It is east of Carrabelle, Florida. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, it was known as Lanark-on-the-Gulf.
Lanark-on-the-Gulf was a resort with a large hotel, the Lanark Inn, patronized principally by people from Tallahassee. The hotel's brochure claimed that Lanark "is the most picturesque place in western Florida".
It was destroyed in the second hurricane of 1899, but was rebuilt. The rebuilt Lanark Inn was destroyed by fire in 1907, reopening after rebuilding in 1908. It had 100 rooms, and had live music almost every night at the dock, where there was a dancing pavilion.
The dock was connected to the hotel by a boardwalk. The
Lanark Village, Florida (Florida HomeTown Locator)
Unincorporated communities in Franklin County, Florida Beaches of Franklin County, Florida Unincorporated communities in Florida Populated coastal places in Florida on the Gulf of Mexico Beaches of Florida {{FranklinCountyFL-geo-stub
The Lanark Inn
Lanark-on-the-Gulf was a resort with a large hotel, the Lanark Inn, patronized principally by people from Tallahassee. The hotel's brochure claimed that Lanark "is the most picturesque place in western Florida".
It was destroyed in the second hurricane of 1899, but was rebuilt. The rebuilt Lanark Inn was destroyed by fire in 1907, reopening after rebuilding in 1908. It had 100 rooms, and had live music almost every night at the dock, where there was a dancing pavilion.
The dock was connected to the hotel by a boardwalk. The Carrabelle, Tallahassee & Georgia Railroad ::
The Georgia, Florida and Alabama RailroadSources differ on the use of ''Railroad'' vs ''Railway'' in the official name of the company. (the GF&A), known as the Sumatra Leaf Route, and colloquially as the Gopher, Frog & Alligator was a -long ra ...
ran excursion trains from Tallahassee.
Camp Gordon Johnston
The Lanark Inn was torn down at the beginning of the United States' involvement in World War II, and was replaced in 1942 byCamp Gordon Johnston
Camp Gordon Johnston was a World War II United States Army training center located in Carrabelle, Florida, United States. The site's history is featured at the Camp Gordon Johnston Museum.
History
Camp Gordon Johnston opened in September 1942 as ...
. This Army base trained
amphibious soldiers and their support teams. A quarter of a million men were trained there. The trained soldiers were used in the D-Day
The Normandy landings were the landing operations and associated airborne operations on Tuesday, 6 June 1944 of the Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during World War II. Codenamed Operation Neptune and often referred to as D ...
attack.
The camp closed in June 1946.
See also
*Lanark Reef
Lanark Reef is a partially submerged area on Gulf of Mexico coast in Franklin County, Florida. The tidal area includes sea oats and is inhabited by shorebirds. It is one mile south of Lanark Village and provides habitat for the piping plover
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Lanark Village, Florida (Florida HomeTown Locator)
Unincorporated communities in Franklin County, Florida Beaches of Franklin County, Florida Unincorporated communities in Florida Populated coastal places in Florida on the Gulf of Mexico Beaches of Florida {{FranklinCountyFL-geo-stub