Orange Park Hotels

Club Continental

Mira Rio was built as the winter retirement home of Caleb Johnson, son of the founder of the Palmolive Soap Company. He and his wife, Elinor, commissioned an architectural firm in Milwaukee to design a Mediterranean structure they named Mira Rio. Building began in early 1922 and the family took up residence in May, 1923.

In order to maintain his family home, Caleb (Jon) Johnson Massee , the grandson, founded the Club Continental in 1966. The original mansion now serves as a Dining and Tennis Club with approximately 800 dues paying members. Over the years, the Club has expanded it's facilities to include seven tennis courts, a yacht basin with 85 slips protected by a breakwater, three swimming pools and twenty-two overnight guest rooms. The existing lawns, along with 200-year-old live oaks, magnolias and formal gardens are carefully and lovingly maintained by the Massee family.

2143 Astor Street, Orange Park, FL 32073.

(800) 877-6070 or (904) 264-6070

E-mail us at: Natalie@theclubontheriver.com

Visit Our Web-site at: ClubContinental.com

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