On Sunday March 16, 2025 at 10am, the Polk County Jewish Men’s Club will take a field trip to tour and explore the Frank Lloyd Wright buildings on the Florida Southern College (841 Frank Lloyd Wright way in Lakeland). Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959), considered by many to be the greatest of all American architects, pioneered a style of “organic architecture” that connects buildings harmoniously with the natural landscape around them. Twenty-eight of Wright’s projects are National Historic Landmarks, including the campus of Florida Southern College.
Men’s Club President Rich Weiss invites you mix and mingle with the Jewish Men’s Club of Polk County for a morning tour of the Frank Lloyd Wright buildings at Florida Southern University led by the highly knowledgeable Brian Renz. Please RSVP to MensClub@TempleEmanuelLakeland.com.
Repeatedly called out as one of America’s most beautiful campuses, Florida Southern College is the largest single-site collection of Wright architecture in the world. Wright sought to create a “truly American campus” and designed an 80-acre network of buildings and covered walkways radiating from a central hub. Beginning in 1938 with the Annie Pfeiffer Chapel—the angular focal point of the Methodist school’s campus—Wright would see 12 of his 18 envisioned structures take shape over the next 20 years. Uniformly constructed of tan-colored concrete, Wright’s “Child of the Sun” integrates ornament within the patterning and texturing of each structure’s walls and stained glass. Wright’s completed structures include: Annie Pfeiffer Chapel, the Buckner Building (originally the Roux Library), the Ordway Building, the Danforth Chapel, the Polk County Science Building, the Watson Fine Building, the Water Dome, the Three Seminars (the L.A. Raulerson Building) and the Esplanades.
The Jewish Men’s Club of Polk County sponsors a monthly lox & bagel breakfast program with a guest speaker on the third Sunday of each month; fresh faces and ideas are always welcome. Upcoming Men’s Club breakfast meetings are scheduled for April 27 (4th Sunday), May 18, June 15 (Fathers Day), July 20 and August 17, 2025. Please email Club President Rich Weiss at MensClub@TempleEmanuelLakeland.com for an invite to the next Men’s Club meeting to meet the guys.
Men’s Club is Brotherhood. For more information about the Temple Emanuel of Lakeland / Jewish Men’s Club of Polk County Florida, visit: https://templeemanuellakeland.com/ or the Temple Emanuel Facebook page at: https://www.facebook.com/TempleEmanuelLakeland or email Men’s Club President Rich Weiss at: MensClub@TempleEmanuelLakeland.com. or info@templeemanuellakeland.com.
The Jewish Men’s Club of Polk County, Florida is a proud member of the Florida Region of the Federation of Jewish Men’s Clubs (FJMC). We serve the needs of affiliated Men’s Clubs and Brotherhoods throughout the State of Florida. Learn more about the FJMC Florida Region and our growing network of Jewish Men’s Clubs and Brotherhoods at: www.floridaregionfjmc.org and please visit & LIKE our Facebook Group at: www.facebook.com/FloridaRegionFJMC.
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