This post card shows an artist's rendering of attractive people in swimwear enjoying the beach in front of the Hotel Charlotte Harbor. The hotel, then called the "Charlotte Harbor Spa," and its swimming pool, touted on the card as "The World's Largest Spring-Fed, Sulpher Mineral Pool," are seen in the background. The slogan for the health resort, seen on Side 2, was "The Spa of Eternal Youth." This marketing ploy, an attempt to rejuvenate the aging hotel, was not successful. The venerable landmark was lost to fire in 1959.

This post card shows the Hotel Charlotte Harbor, opened in 1887 as the Hotel Punta Gorda. The photo on the post card was taken two years before the resort hotel burned. At that time, it was called the "Charlotte Harbor Spa."

This photo is a copy of artwork appearing on a 1957 brochure promoting the Charlotte Harbor Spa, formerly called the Hotel Charlotte Harbor (and opened in 1887 as the Hotel Punta Gorda). The luxury resort burned in 1959.

This aerial photo shows downtown Punta Gorda, looking northwest toward Charlotte Harbor. The large building in the background at the right is the Charlotte Harbor Spa (built in 1886 as the Hotel Punta Gorda).

This photo shows a c.1957 artist's rendering of a "health wing" to be added to the Charlotte Harbor Spa Hotel. The Charlotte Harbor Spa was opened in 1887 as the Hotel Punta Gorda and later renamed the Hotel Charlotte Harbor. It is undetermined whether the health wing was ever built; the luxury resort burned in 1959.

The 150-room Hotel Punta Gorda, later called Hotel Charlotte Harbor and the Charlotte Harbor Spa, opened for the winter season of 1886-1887. The cupola atop the ballroom is pictured here amid the flames that destroyed the venerable resort hotel on August 14, 1959.

This photo shows the Hotel Charlotte Harbor (also called the Charlotte Harbor Spa) engulfed in flames. The 150-room winter resort opened in 1887 as the Hotel Punta Gorda. The cupola atop the ballroom is silhouetted here amid the blaze that destroyed the Punta Gorda landmark on August 14, 1959.

This photo shows the Hotel Punta Gorda, built by Henry Plant of the Florida Southern Railway and opened in 1887. During its first season the luxury hotel registered 3,320 guests. It was later purchased by Barron Collier, who enlarged the structure, added a Mediterranean-style facade, and renamed it the Hotel Charlotte Harbor. The grand old hotel on the Punta Gorda waterfront burned in 1959.

This aerial photo shows the Hotel Charlotte Harbor, built c.1886 as the Hotel Punta Gorda. The hotel was purchased by Barron Collier and Cornelius Vanderbilt in 1924, they enlarged, remodeled and renamed it (as the Hotel Charlotte Harbor). In its later years it was known as the "Charlotte Harbor Spa." The luxurious resort that graced the Punta Gorda waterfront was lost to fire in 1959.

This photo is a copy of a post card showing the Hotel Punta Gorda. Constructed by the Florida Commercial Company, a subsidiary of the Florida Southern Railway, the 150-room hotel opened in 1887. The winter resort was purchased by Barron Collier and Cornelius Vanderbilt in the 1920s; it was enlarged, remodeled and renamed the Hotel Charlotte Harbor. In 1956 it was taken over by investors who renamed it the Charlotte Harbor Spa. The building was lost to fire in 1959.