The official website of the Fairway Estates Subdivision in Dunedin, Florida.

“All other media sources are for social purposes, unofficial and not sanctioned by FECA”

History of Fairway Estates


View of Palm Boulevard from across Lake Saundra circa 1962.

In 1906, Baron Otto Quarles von Ufford arrived here from Holland and built himself a mansion on the site of the Dunedin Country Club. After a few years, he decided things were too quiet in North Pinellas and left for a livelier social life in Tampa.

In 1926, a land development company out of Detroit purchased the von Ufford land. They built a golf course, platted several subdivisions, and paved and landscaped the elegant four-lane Palm Boulevard from US 19A to Lake Saundra.

When the Great Depression hit, drying up tourist and homebuyer funds, the developer was forced to turn over the property to the mortgage holder, who sold it to a local businessman, who in turn sold it to H&M Groves (D. Guy McMullen, President) for $1,000 an acre.


The Fairway Estates Community Association was formed on February 18, 1958, to ensure that deed restrictions and covenants would be enforced.

error: Content is protected !!