Featured Article: Parkshore Motel
Parkshore Motel
#HistoryTuesday - Tuesday October 27TH 2026
It's off Lakeview and down Park Street. It's an L-shaped concrete block building on the left - within view of the lake. It's been there for 70 years - since 1956.
It was constructed as the Parkshore Motel. It was one of a handful of mid-century motels along or just off Lakeview on the eastern shore of Lake Jackson. You could walk to and enjoy the sights and sounds of the lake, or you could walk a few blocks up the hill to our Circle to shop or eat or take in a show.
It was featured in old local directories (That's how we got this ad for it.) Even colorful postcards were made and distributed featuring the Parkshore at 10 Park Street. The postcards of the 1960s showed the building without its L-shape (before it was extended outward towards Park Street). The postcards of the 1980s touted a private beach on Lake Jackson, a quiet neighborhood, kitchenettes, cable TV, and 3 blocks from restaurants and shopping area.
Downtown Sebring was booming back in the 1950s as northerners took their automobiles on road-trips and headed south for the winter. The Parkshore was always ready for the bustling winter and spring seasons. It survived a bit longer than most of those vintage motels of the era - deep into the 1980s and even into the 1990s !
Nowadays it's utilized by Park Street Supportive Housing - operated by the 501(c)(3) non-profit Volunteers of America of Florida.
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