The Warm Mineral Springs Building Complex consists of three historic buildings built in 1959 in the Warm Mineral Springs park in

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. The buildings include a Park Spa Building, a sales building attached to the Spa Building, and a Cyclorama which contained an exhibit depicting

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's alleged discovery of the

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. The three buildings were added to the park facilities to house a Florida Quadricentennial celebration, which ran from December 14, 1959, to March 15, 1960. The Spa Building and the Cyclorama were designed by

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, a leader of the

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. The buildings were added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2019.

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{{Commons category, Warm Mineral Springs (spring) Commercial buildings completed in 1959 Commercial buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Florida National Register of Historic Places in Sarasota County, Florida Modernist architecture in Florida 1959 establishments in Florida