When the Hotel Punta Gorda was opened on the shore of Charlotte Harbor by Isaac Trabue in 1888, it was the largest luxury resort along Florida’s Gulf Coast. This 48 by 33 foot mural by Charles Peck celebrates just a few of the hotel’s famous guests including Henry Ford, Thomas Edison and Andrew Mellon. Surprisingly missing from this ensemble are Theodore Roosevelt and Winston Churchill. This 2011 painting replaced a 1995 version that was destroyed by Hurricane Charley in 2004.
