Batchelor Family Collection

Written on the back of this photograph: "Dick Neil Batchelor, Louise Meriwether Batchelor, Mary Christian Meriwether atop old Seminole Hotel Winter Park, Fla."

In an excerpt from The Seminole Winter Park Florida, which is part of this collection,…

It wasn't known how close the old Seminole Hotel and the Batchelor House were to one another until this photograph was loaned to the Winter Park History Collection.

From the Chase Scrap Book, May 11, 1892: "De Batchelor breaks the world record in bicycling.
He made a short distance at the rate of one mile in 16 seconds, the first time he ever rode".

E. M. Meriwether was the father of Mrs. DeHaven Batchelor (Louise Meriwether). Originally
from Virginia, E. M. Meriwether came to Winter Park in 1894. He stayed in Winter Park fourteen
years and returned to Virginia where he was employed by…

Louise Meriwether Batchelor came to Winter Park in the early 1890's with her parents and two sisters, Elizabeth and Mary Christian.

DeHaven and Louise Meriwether Batchelor's grandsons, Richard E. and James D. Batchelor, pose on the lawn of the Batchelor House with their pony circa 1930s.