El Real Retiro

{{short description|Historic house in Florida, United States}} {{Use American English|date=August 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox NRHP | name = El Real Retiro | image = New Smyrna El Retiro01.jpg | caption = | location = New Smyrna Beach, Florida | coordinates = {{coord|29|2|4|N|80|55|41|W|display=inline,title}} | locmapin = Florida#USA | refnum = 87001557 | added = November 10, 1987 | visitation_num = | visitation_year = }}

{{commons}} The '''El Real Retiro''' (also known as the '''Handley House''') is a Spanish Colonial Revival house in New Smyrna Beach, Florida, United States. Built in 1923 it is located at 636 North Riverside Drive and 647 Faulkner Street. On November 10, 1987, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.

It was built for millionaire stockbroker and art collector Robert Handley; the dining room was painted with murals by artist Robert E. Locher depicting the history of the colonization of Florida.<ref>Nancy McClelland, ''The Practical Book of Decorative Wall-Treatments'', J. B. Lippincott, 1926, page 90</ref>

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==External links== * [http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/FL/Volusia/state.html Volusia County listings] at [http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com National Register of Historic Places] * [http://www.flheritage.com/facts/reports/places/index.cfm?fuseaction=ListAreas&county=volusia Volusia County listings] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605010306/http://www.flheritage.com/facts/reports/places/index.cfm?fuseaction=ListAreas&county=Volusia |date=2011-06-05 }} at [http://www.flheritage.com Florida's Office of Cultural and Historical Programs]

Category:Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Volusia County, Florida Category:Spanish Colonial Revival architecture in Florida Category:Buildings and structures in New Smyrna Beach, Florida