Smuggler's Cove Ad – Feb. 5, 1972

Although I live in a condo, I never really thought about them until I became one of the few people in American who watched the TV show Condo in the early 1980s starring McLean Stevenson. Fortunately the mercifully brief series didn’t turn me against the concept years later.

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.