Comstock-Harris House, Historic residence in Winter Park, United States.
The Comstock-Harris House, also called Eastbank, is a three-story wood house at 724 Bonita Drive, the oldest surviving home in Winter Park. Its white-painted siding is laid in diamond-pattern shingles on the main facade, and a round tower with a domed shingled roof rises at the center above a wide porch on square white columns. Red brick forms the foundation and the six interior fireplaces.
William C. Comstock purchased a modest 1878 dwelling and transformed it in 1883 into a large Queen Anne style estate. The building stands as Winter Park's oldest surviving residence.
The house is also called Eastbank, for its position on the east bank of Lake Osceola. Its white painted siding and diamond-pattern shingles are not the original finish: the house was first painted yellow with dark green trim. It has stayed in the Harris family since John Harris bought it in 1928.
The house sits in a residential area near the lake and is visible from the street, though it remains a private residence. The architecture and lakeside setting make it of interest to those exploring the town's historic buildings.
The main staircase turns in front of a stained glass window. The grounds once covered sixty acres, and camphor trees lined the long drive to the house; that drive is now Bonita Drive, and the tree-lined approach no longer exists.
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