Roebling bought and named the parcel of land Spottiswoode, in honor of his fiancée, Florence Spotswood Parker.

The buildings were designed in the Tudor Revival style by architects Roy W. Wakeling and John Phillipoff, and the residence was completed in 1929.

[3] The development offered then-innovative features such as paved streets, curbs, and sidewalks, underground utility and sewer systems, and tree lined parkways.

Other original Harbor Oaks residents included author Rex Beach, Brooklyn Dodgers owner Charles Ebbett, industrialist Robert Ingersoll, and members of the Studebaker, Proctor, and Gamble families.

This article about a property in Pinellas County, Florida on the National Register of Historic Places is a stub.