Fact

Tween Waters Inn, originally known as “Price’s Cottages," founded by Virginia residents Bowman and Grace Price, took the name ‘Tween Waters Inn at the suggestion of renowned conservationist and cartoonist J.N. “Ding” Darling.

"Ding" Darling, along with his wife Penny, first stayed at the inn in March 1936 and became repeat guests; returning each winter to cottage #103, with Ding’s studio close-by in cottage #105. While staying at a small cottage down the street, author/aviator Anne Morrow Lindbergh often took supper in the privacy of the dining room here.

In 1924 the Prices took their doctor’s advice and traveled south for the winter, returning the following spring to purchase property on Captiva from John R. Dickey. This property included a small cottage belonging to the Dickey children’s tutor, Reba Fitzpatrick.

According to the Price’s daughter Dottie, her parents “remodeled it, did it over, added on a couple of rooms, and came back every winter. Then they built one cottage in front, towards the Gulf, that was to be just a little guest cottage for family and friends. But either the banks closed or something happened, and there wasn’t any money anymore, so they decided that if anyone came down to visit, they would have to pay. And that was the start of ’Tween Waters.”

In 1962, Grace Price sold ‘Tween Waters Inn" to her daughter Dorothy “Dottie” Price Wakefield and former son-in-law John Wakefield. The couple co-managed the resort until its sale in 1969. Original cottages have shingle hip roofs and exposed rafter tails and those cottages relocated from Buckingham Army Airfield feature gable roofs and exposed chimneys. Rochester Resorts purchased the property in 1974 and are credited for petitioning the National Register of Historic Places to include this notable landmark in their esteemed list, which took place in 2011.