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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/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/HMZ9A_sanford-state-farmers-market_Sanford-FL.html
On December 19, 1934, the first state owned Farmers' Market in the nation was dedicated on this site at the corner of 13th and French Avenue, Sanford, Florida. Located on 20 acres acquired by the City of Sanford and Seminole County from Alec V. an…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZ96_dr-seth-french-1824-1896_Sanford-FL.html
??Born in Potsdam, New York on May 2, 1824, French served as a Surgeon with the 21st and 35th New York Regiments, New York Volunteers during the early years of the Civil War. In 1863 he moved to Eau Clair, Wisconsin but susceptibility to rheumatis…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZ90_henry-shelton-sanford_Sanford-FL.html
In this vicinity Henry Shelton Sanford, pioneer citrus grower, established the St. Gertrude grove in 1871. There, and at his Belair grove and experimental gardens, he advanced the industry through development of some 140 types of citrus. The Sanfo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZ7G_fort-reid_Sanford-FL.html
????Fort Reid was named and established in this area during the Second Seminole War by Colonel William Harney on July 7, 1840, in honor of Robert Raymond Reid, Fourth Territorial Governor of Florida. Stationed here between July 1840 and January 18…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZ7D_fort-mellon-and-mellonville_Sanford-FL.html
During the Second Seminole War in 1836, the U.S. Army established Camp Monroe as a staging area for unloading troops and supplies. The army built the road that eventually became Mellonville Avenue to connect the camp to the river. The camp was enc…