Vinoy Resort
Presenting, The Vinoy Resort
The Vinoy Hotel and Golf Resort in Saint Petersburg FL, just a few blocks away from our home office. We are honored to take part in restoring several areas of the historic hotel. The Vinoy Park Hotel was built in 1925 by oil tycoon Aymer Vinoy Laughner. Construction began in February and took 10 months to complete, with the hotels grand opening on December 31. During those years It was a seasonal hotel, open from December to March. Rates were $20.00 a night, the highest in the area at that time where celebrities ranging from Babe Ruth, Herbert Hoover, Calvin Coolidge and James Stewart are known to have stayed there. During World War II, the hotel closed on July 3, 1942 and was taken over by the U.S. Army for use as an Army training school. The hotel reopened in December 1944 and was sold to Charles Alberding in 1945 for $700,000. The hotel prospered for several decades but fell into disrepair in 1960. In 1974, the Vinoy Park closed and most of its contents were sold at auction. On September 11, 1978, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. The hotel sat vacant until 1990, when it was bought by the Vinoy Development Corporation, which renovated for $93 million. The hotel reopened in 1992 as the Stouffer Vinoy Resort. Stouffer Hotels was bought by Renaissance Hotels the next year, and the hotel became the Renaissance Stouffer Vinoy Resort, and then in 1996 the Renaissance Vinoy Resort. In August 2018, the hotel was sold to SCG Hospitality, owned by Tampa Bay Buccaneers owner Bryan Glazer. The sale included a golf club and 74-slip marina as well as the 362 room hotel. The amount of the sale was reported to be approximately $188.5 million.
Work Performed
What Our Clients Say
I have never hesitated to recommend their company; indeed, I frequently have done so and will continue to.
Stephen Michelini
Michelini Consulting
Your solution was so original that you received an Award of Merit for Preservation... Your repair and restoration work... has allowed me to brag that since 1915 our 100-year-old building has never been in better shape!
Susan Hill Pieper
Paulding County Carnegie Library
The owner, Mrs. Cassie Gardner is very professional and excellent to work with... She took the time to communicate the project status and... The project was completed by the due date and the project remained within budget.
Gwendolyn Myers
Greater Bethel M.B. Church, Inc. Trustee Chairman
I can personally attest positively to their bold of handling the efforts involved in attaining very positive results in our restoration process. I was very much pleased.
Samuel J. Hemingway
Liaison, Bethel AME Church
Entrusting our heirloom to All Trades has been a blessing for our community of faith. Without reservation we recommend their care for antiquities worth preserving for future generations.
The Rev. Roy Tuff, Rector
Good Shepherd Episcopal Church and School
The supervision and tradesmen
supplied by All Trades was some of the best I have ever worked
with and I would gladly recommend them on any historical
restoration project.
Terry Huntzicker
Lakeland Terrance Hotel
If ever we need any work on any of our buildings, we will make our first call to All Trades. We found Cassie Gardner to be most knowledgeable as to how to solve our problems. A very professional company.
Larry D. Clem
Property Manager, Church of the Ascension
We have been very pleased with the outcome of the project and we will continue to use All Trades for the next phases of our building restoration!
Jim Zinner and Cynthia Morselli
First United Methodist Church, Plant City
We are very impressed with the quality of work and proud of the finished product... The workers did not just do a “job” but, rather, were passionate about their work... We could not be more pleased...
Johnson County Commissioners
William Gabel, John Marr, Charles Kavanaugh
The latest project was a year-long restoration of our brick, mortar, and cast stone. This 97-year-old 60,000+ square foot building demands constant maintenance and the flexibility, knowledge, attention to detail and thoughtful project management that All Trades offers, along with Cassie’s incredible enthusiasm makes a sizable project seem to go smoothly and the building well cared for.
Craig Wills
Facilities Manager, First United Methodist Church
