Dr. Malouf and Therese Abraham—art collectors and history enthusiasts who split their time between Sarasota and their tiny hometown of Canadian, Texas—took one look at the Taylor-Whitfield residence at the corner of Indian Beach Drive and Bay Shore Road in 2014 and fell hard. The two-story, 1920s-era Spanish Revival residence, set behind a wall on a half-acre of live oak-studded property across from Sarasota Bay, is on the National Register of Historic Places. After they embarked on a six-month restoration that has brought exuberant elegance back to the historic home, the Abrahams have rechristened it Splendida.

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