MAY/JUNE 2017
| TAMPA BAY MAGAZINE 153
REAL ESTATE
The House that Tom Built
A European-Inspired Estate
By Aaron R. Fodiman
Photography by Gram and Noraa
Tom Frederick grew up modestly in Florida, where he became
a sales person par excellence. When he was 25 years old, his
proficiency at selling office equipment won him a trip to Europe.
There, he fell in love with the ancient architecture of the grand
estates from France’s Versailles to England’s Windsor Castle. He returned
to Europe each year for the next 10 years, visiting and photographing
its inspiring buildings. At age 35 and single, he decided to leave his
comfortable 1,000-square-foot Bayshore Boulevard home in Tampa
and pay homage to those stately properties he had visited abroad by
building on a 16-acre parcel of land located on Alice Lake in northern
Hillsborough County’s Odessa.
The symmetrical proportions of the
home’s design create balance, while the
carefully trimmed landscaping provides
warmth and charm.
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