A purchaser in 1936 planned to convert the property into a health resort, but nothing materialized, as the scheme was said to be fraudulent.

In World War II the US government purchased the hotel and converted it into the Lodwick Aviation Military Academy.

The Academy closed at the end of the war and in 1946 plans were begun to transform the old hotel into a hospital.

As a result, the Adventists built Florida Hospital Heartland Medical Center in Sebring, which opened in 1997.

In 2004 the building was severely damaged by the triple blows of Hurricanes Charley, Frances and Jeanne.