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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZZ1_the-whalers-saloon_Sanford-FL.html
Finished in 1887, this building was built by Colonel A.M. Thrasher who was President of the Sanford Ice and Cold Storage Company. It originally housed a saloon and a sporting goods store.
The Romanesque Revival architecture style is typical of …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZYY_the-e-e-brady-livery-stable_Sanford-FL.html
Built between 1890 and 1895, this small building originally housed a blacksmith and wagon shop. From 1910 to 1914, E.E. Brady ran a livery, feed, and sales barn here. By 1916 this building was serving as the Seminole County Jail. It later served a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZYX_the-bishop-block_Sanford-FL.html
Construction began in December 1887 by Captain J.O. Northesag, of New York, for the owner J.N. Bishop. Completion in 1888 made the Bishop Block a significant structure of Sanford's downtown commercial district. It was originally occupied by a mill…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZVB_the-meisch-building_Sanford-FL.html
When constructed in 1923 the Meisch building was considered a typical example of American commercial architecture. It was designed by W.B. Talley, and built by R.J. Gallespie for the Sanford Investment Co., John Meisch, President. The materials we…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZVA_the-u-s-post-office_Sanford-FL.html
The U.S. Post Office Building was built in 1917 by Algernon Blair of Montgomery, Alabama with James Wetmore serving as the supervising architect. The Post Office opened for business August 1, 1918. It is typical of buildings constructed by the U.S…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZET_fixed-signal_Sanford-FL.html
??This railroad signal device is a semaphore, originally located in Maitland on the main line of what is now the CSX Railroad. In 1880 the South Florida Railway built a narrow gauge railway between Sanford and Orlando running through Maitland. Tak…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZE1_oviedo-turntable_Sanford-FL.html
??In October of 1890 the Osceola & Lake Jesup Railway extended its line ten miles, from Oviedo to Winter Park. This line was known as the "Coffee Pot" or "Dinky Line." In 1891 this line became part of the East Florida and Atlantic Railroad, and ci…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZDX_old-folks-home_Sanford-FL.html
This structure built in 1926 is believed to be the only county "Old Folks Home" still standing in Florida. The unique exterior finish called "pebble dash" qualified the building to be listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZDA_steamboats_Sanford-FL.html
Where you are standing is the site of the first Central Florida's established expressway. Steamboat navigation on the St. Johns River provided the entry to Central Florida during the 19th century.
During the Second Seminole War (1835-42) the US…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZCN_seminole-county-courthouses_Sanford-FL.html
Mosquito County was established in 1824 by the U.S. Legislative Council. Mosquito County's name was changed to Orange in 1845. Seminole County was established in 1913 by the Florida Legislature when it was partitioned from Orange County, with Sanf…