Well, back in 1972, Avon Lake had itself a brand new condominium development: Smuggler's Cove, located just off Miller Road on Electric Boulevard. The ad above appeared in the Journal on February 5, 1972.
Curiously, the ad has a pirate theme. As the ad notes, “Matey have you heard thar be a new place to hide called Smuggler’s Cove? It has everything a Cap’n and his crew would want.
“Smuggler’s Cove features three types of condominiums for your pleasure.
“All are very ultra modern. For recreation the crew may swim in a pool or play tennis and shuffleboard. There is even a children’s play area. And for fun there is a party house. Your cook will prepare meals that would delight the King himself in a completely modern all-electric kitchen for pure comfort and carefree living at its best.”
The King? Was the ad referring to Elvis?
Anyway, it would have been more true to Avon Lake’s history for a development with a ‘smuggler’ name to have a gangster/rumrunner theme.
Nevertheless, Smuggler’s Cove remains an attractive and impressive condo community.
Dan, I believe you are correct. The ad could be referring to Elvis. Remember there have been 46 U.S. Presidents, but only one King. But I doubt he would ever live in a condo as he had Graceland. I very much enjoy your blog.
ReplyDeleteThe whole theme was nautical in nature.You had Kings running ships on the high seas.And you had smugglers on the ocean smuggling goods and human trafficking(slave trade).Smugglers and pirates are the same.And the definition of a cove is a small sheltered bay.Meaning the apartments itself was the sheltered area,a hide out from his majesty himself.Not The King of Rock-N-Roll.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the historical perspective about pirates and smuggling. I was admittedly just having some fun, injecting some whimsy into a very thin blog post, and acknowledging Avon Lake’s rumrunner past.
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