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Oak Park Inn

Arcadia is a Florida Main Street City and on the National Registry of Historic places. Enjoy the oldest Rodeo in Florida, with many events throughout the year. Canoe or hunt for Fossils on the Peace River. If Antiquing is your pleasure, you will find it here with many fine Antique and specialty stores to choose from.

Beautifully restored, and remodeled, our twelve room (1 suite) Bed and Breakfast Inn, resides in a building built in the late 1800s. In 1905 the whole town of Arcadia burned to the ground, with only 3 buildings surviving the fire. Our Inn being one of the three.

Come to the Oak Park Inn, and make it your home away from home, as you explore this part of Florida.


What was once known as “Tater Hill Bluff” became  Arcadia in November 1888. Originally a frontier gateway to Southwest Florida, we have survived through the range  wars of the area’s turbulent early days, the disastrous fire of 1905, and the boom and bust of the 1920’s. Cattle played an important role in the  settling and economy of Desoto County from the beginning.

More than 370 historic homes and business were placed on the National registry of historic places in 1984, and we became one of the first five cities selected for the Florida Main Street program.  DeSoto County,  of which Arcadia is the County seat, originally spread from Lake Okeechobee to the West coast, and contained 3,750 square miles. About the size of Rhode Island.

Here in downtown Arcadia stands our corner building. Built around the turn of the century, most known as the health department for many years, and still a standing structure in Arcadia’s society. Our building was built by Daniel Carlton, known as the D.T. Carlton Building. One of  only three buildings to survive the fire of 1905. Dan Carlton was prominent as post master, chief of police, and a major citrus grower. DeSoto County, and downtown Arcadia, one of the oldest towns in Florida both rich in history and tradition, over the years has redefined itself without losing it’s earlier charm.

Today the Oak Park Inn is a beautifully restored Inn, where there is plenty of room to host  Weddings & Receptions, Bridal or Baby Showers, or any function that you would enjoy in a relaxed & elegant atsmosphere. Our own Last Chapter Coffee House across the street contains a large meeting room making it a perfect choice for Business Retreats, Meetings and Functions. Come join us at the Oak Park Inn. Wander downtown, and relax by the fire in our social room upstairs at the end of your day. Once you have stayed at our Inn you'll want to return and stay in a different room the next time!