Metcalf Building, 2002

Metcalf Building, 2002

Metcalf Building

Orlando (Fla.)

Buildings--Florida

Skyscrapers

Banks and banking--Florida

The Metcalf Building, located at 101 South Orange Avenue in Downtown Orlando, Florida. in 2002. The building opened in 1924 and was the third skyscraper in Orlando. A. G. Bentley built the structure for the Orlando Federal Savings and Loan Association. The Lucerne Pharmacy also occupied the site until 1926. In 1932, the site was owned by the Orlando Bank & Trust Company. The new bank eventually failed and the building was purchased by Henry Metcalf. In 1936, Liggett Drug Store occupied the site. The Household Finance Corporation was also housed in the building later. At the time that this photograph was taken in 2002, it was housing Citrus Bank.

Cook, Thomas

Original color digital images by Thomas Cook, 2002: Private Collection of Thomas Cook.

2002

Thomas Cook Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.

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Metcalf Building, Downtown Orlando, Florida

Orlando Federal Savings and Loan Association, Downtown Orlando, Florida

Lucerne Pharmacy, Downtown Orlando, Florida

Orlando Bank & Trust Company, Downtown Orlando, Florida

Liggett Drug Store, Downtown Orlando, Florida

Citrus Bank, Downtown Orlando, Florida

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Originally created by Thomas Cook and published by RICHES of Central Florida.

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Rajtar, Steve. A Guide to Historic Orlando. Charleston, SC: History Press, 2006.

CITRUS BANK

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