Saturday, January 13, will be a day devoted to a pillar of the Floral City community. Please join the community in celebrating “Bob Metz Day in Floral City” with a cake cutting at 11:30 am on the grounds of the Historic Duval-Metz House, located at the corner of Orange Ave/CR 48 and Old Floral City Road.

The Historic House will be open for tours guided by members of the Fort Cooper Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. without charge. Members of the DAR are a Support Group to the Duval Preservation Trust, Inc., (DPT). The Trust is the owner and operator of this house, considered to be the oldest remaining residency in Citrus County.

Bob Metz Day in Floral City to be January 13 at the Duval-Metz House

Bob Metz – soon to celebrate his 94th birthday – represents one of the four generations of the Metz family who made this house their home for 75 years, before it was purchased in 2011 by the DPT.

Bob has contributed his experience and talent to that preservation process and has further contributed by writing “Memories of Growing up in the Duval House.” Also, recently he wrote a second book of “Memories of Growing Up in Floral City and Citrus County.”

Bob is generously donating all revenue from these books to the operating fund of the Duval Preservation Trust, Inc., a non-profit organization formed to preserve and operate this property.

Another purpose is to further the public’s knowledge of the Native Americans who lived here and the early frontiersmen who settled here. Their plans move forward as donations are received.

Bob was always an adventurer. He hunted, fished, explored and invented. He helped a friend make the first water skis used on the Floral City pool of Lake Tsala Apopka, he built and restored classic
automobiles, trucks, boats, and even an airplane. He was a woodworker, and a cabinet maker and he reproduced half of the window frames for the restoration of the Historic House.

The public is invited to come visit the Historic Duval-Metz House and to learn some details of living in the house and Floral City from the 1930s-40s from his books which will be available and that he will be happy to sign at the event.

Most importantly, let us congratulate Bob Metz on his longevity, his many accomplishments, and his contributions to Floral City and Citrus County.

For more information call (352) 726-7740 or (352) 341-0064.