The PICO Hotel, Restaurant, and Stores

The PICO Hotel, Restaurant, and Stores (HM108V)

Location: Sanford, FL 32771 Seminole County
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Country: United States of America
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N 28° 48.757', W 81° 16.105'

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Erected - 1887

— 209 North Oak Avenue
200 North Park Avenue —

Built as a hotel in 1887 for Henry B. Plant, President of the Plant Investment Co. (PICO), the PICO Building served as a terminal hotel for the railroads and two river steamers owned by Plant that served Sanford. The architect was W.T. Cotter of Sanford and the builder was the H.M. Papworth Construction Company. It resembled another of Plant's hotels, the Tampa Bay Hotel.

The architectural style is Turkish. It was built of brick to look like a Turkish palace or mosque. The windows have horseshoe and ogee arches. A decorative bartizan tower still remains, but it's original onion shaped dome has been removed. The floor plan is rectangular with a hipped roof and a facade parapet.

Immediately adjacent to and east on Commercial Street and fronting on Park Avenue, is the PICO Restaurant and Stores building, also constructed in 1887. It is a plain brick and stucco structure whose purpose was to support the hotel. The restaurant and stores were on the ground floor. The second floors had rooms available and functioned as a part of the hotel.

Listed in the National Register of Historic Places - 1976
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HM NumberHM108V
Series This marker is part of the Florida: Sanford Historic Preservation Board series
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Year Placed1989
Placed ByThe Sanford Historic Preservation Board
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Date Added Tuesday, October 21st, 2014 at 9:10pm PDT -07:00
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Locationbig map
UTM (WGS84 Datum)17R E 473809 N 3187255
Decimal Degrees28.81261667, -81.26841667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 28° 48.757', W 81° 16.105'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds28° 48' 45.42" N, 81° 16' 6.30" W
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Area Code(s)407
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 100-198 W Commercial St, Sanford FL 32771, US
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