The Seminole Inn, also known as the Seminole Country Inn, is a Mission Revival style historic

hotel A hotel is an establishment that provides paid lodging on a short-term basis. Facilities provided inside a hotel room may range from a modest-quality mattress in a small room to large suites with bigger, higher-quality beds, a dresser, a ref ...

located at 15885 Southeast Warfield Boulevard in Indiantown,

Florida Florida is a state located in the Southeastern region of the United States. Florida is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the northwest by Alabama, to the north by Georgia, to the east by the Bahamas and Atlantic Ocean, and to ...

. It was built by

S. Davies Warfield Solomon Davies Warfield (September 4, 1859 – October 24, 1927) was an American railroad executive and banker. He is primarily remembered for extending the Seaboard Air Line Railway into South Florida in the 1920s and for connecting the east an ...

, who was president of the

Seaboard Air Line Railroad The Seaboard Air Line Railroad , which styled itself "The Route of Courteous Service," was an American railroad which existed from April 14, 1900, until July 1, 1967, when it merged with the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, its longtime rival, t ...

, which developed Indiantown. His niece Wallis Warfield Simpson, later the

Duchess of Windsor Wallis, Duchess of Windsor (born Bessie Wallis Warfield, later Simpson; June 19, 1896 – April 24, 1986), was an American socialite and wife of the former King Edward VIII. Their intention to marry and her status as a divorcée caused a ...

, was its most famous guest. On May 31, 2006, it was added to the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...

.''A Guide to Florida's Historic Architecture'', 1989, Gainesville: University of Florida Press, p. 137

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Hotel buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Florida National Register of Historic Places in Martin County, Florida Mission Revival architecture in Florida Spanish Colonial Revival architecture in Florida Railway hotels in the United States 1926 establishments in Florida {{MartinCountyFL-NRHP-stub