Comments on: The Gamble Place https://www.floridianamagazine.com/the-gamble-place/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-gamble-place History. Heritage. Home. Mon, 05 May 2025 20:33:22 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 By: doriskeeler@gmail.com https://www.floridianamagazine.com/the-gamble-place/#comment-1241 Tue, 10 Mar 2020 10:20:52 +0000 http://www.floridianamagazine.com/?p=472#comment-1241 In reply to Mark Sutton.

What wonderful memories! Thank you for sharing! Love the tale about the frogs! I imagine as a child the Snow White House would have been a dream to play in! Thanks again for sharing!

]]> By: Mark Sutton https://www.floridianamagazine.com/the-gamble-place/#comment-1240 Tue, 10 Mar 2020 04:12:19 +0000 http://www.floridianamagazine.com/?p=472#comment-1240 My grandfather, Jesse Wilburn Sutton, and then later my uncle, Allen Sutton, were the last caretakers of the property for the Nippert family during the 50’s thru the 70’s. I grew up there and played in the Snow White house, a magically beautiful building.
I can remember my grandfather telling me many tall tales while sitting on the back porch overlooking Spruce Creek, (the bank used to be kept cleared so you could see all the way to the creek from the porch). One being of the two frogs pushing a motorcycle and carrying a gas can across the power line that went to the well house!
All the property, from the Snow White House to past the packing house used to be an orange and grapefruit grove. I don’t know why the fruit trees were removed, it completely changed the appearance of the property.
I live out of state but have been back on occasion, and have taken my children to enjoy the property, and now they are taking my grandchildren.
I’m glad the property is still accessible to the public. It is a unique opportunity to take a look back at a simpler, richer time.

]]> By: doriskeeler@gmail.com https://www.floridianamagazine.com/the-gamble-place/#comment-94 Tue, 11 Apr 2017 19:42:29 +0000 http://www.floridianamagazine.com/?p=472#comment-94 In reply to Glenda.

Please feel free to link it and thank you for your comment! I never realized so many interesting places existed in Florida!

]]> By: Glenda https://www.floridianamagazine.com/the-gamble-place/#comment-93 Tue, 11 Apr 2017 15:53:50 +0000 http://www.floridianamagazine.com/?p=472#comment-93 Wow… love this place! And, you’re right, I never knew it existed. I’m constantly searching for Florida old-world gems on the National Register of Historic Places. In fact, I try to draw attention to them on my own website, so history buffs can easily locate them. I will be linking to this article, if you don’t mind. How incredible is that replica of Snow White’s Cottage? Awesome, with a capital “A!” And, that peacock… oh my goodness. One of the most beautiful that I’ve seen! Love how they get to freely roam the property with no sense of “captivity.” The Gamble Place has definitely piqued my interest, and I will be visiting next time I’m near Port Orange.

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