In 1791 the King of Spain offered a 1100 acre land grant to Francisco Pellicer. Henry Mason Cutting purchased the property in 1886. Using local materials including cedar and palm tree trunk and pink coquina the Adirondack camp-style lodge was constructed in 1887. The complex included servants quarters, a caretakers house, tennis courts, stables, boathouse, pool house and the first in-ground concrete swimming pool in Florida. Cutting died in 1892 leaving a widow, Angela Mills Cutting and 2 small children. Angela later married an exiled Russian prince, a member of the Russian Royal Family. After the Prince died in 1949, the Princess used the lodge as her primary residence. For this reason it became known as the Princess Estate. In 1954 the Princess sold the property to Lewis and Angela Wadsworth, one of the founding families of Flagler County. Flagler County purchased the property in 1993 as a preserve. The property is located about an hour south of St Augustine on Pellicer Creek. There are equestrian and hiking trails all over the property as well as historic buildings that have been restored.
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