Stirling Sotheby’s International Realty named exclusive broker to sell Mountain Lake, Fla. estate home of author Susan Butler

ORLANDO, Fla., --- Stirling Sotheby’s International Realty has been named exclusive sales and marketing representatives for the estate home of author Susan Butler in the historic resort community of Mountain Lake, Fla. near Lake Wales. Roger Soderstrom, founder and owner of Stirling Sotheby’s International Realty, said International Luxury Homes Specialist Michelle Hochfelder at the firm’s Heathrow Marketing Center is representing the property. Butler is a noted biographer whose “East to the Dawn, The Life of Amelia Earhart,” was made into a feature-length motion picture. The Butler property, on a landscaped, lakefront 4.35 acre site with large live oaks and citrus, offers unforgettable lake views. The estate home offers six bedrooms, six full baths and one half-bath and a two-story “Grand Room” with vaulted beam ceiling in 4,238 square feet of living space with oak plank hardwood floors, iron chandeliers, and a massive gas fireplace. Mountain Lake was developed in the early 1900s as a winter retreat. The community is on the National Register of Historic Places. The Butler estate at 47 Mountain Lake ranks as a 1920s architectural masterpiece. Mountain Lake is a private gated community with a private country club, golf course, tennis, and croquet overlooking the historic Bok Tower in Lake Wales. The Butler property is priced for immediate sale at $995,000.