Orlando Regions Bank Building, 2014
Dublin Core
Title
Orlando Regions Bank Building, 2014
Alternative Title
Regions Bank
Subject
Orlando (Fla.)
Banks and banking--Florida
Sears, Roebuck and Company
Department stores--Florida
Retail industry
Description
Sears, Roebuck & Company store, which was located at 111-113 North Orange Avenue in Downtown Orlando, Florida. Sears moved into the first floor of Philips Apartments in 1931. Before Sears arrived, the building, as well as the city of Orlando, was experiencing economic decline. However, Sears proved so successful that the building had to expand and the property value of the entire building increased by 25 percent. In 1939, F. Monroe Alleman and Kenneth Kraft bought the Sears building for $300,000. Twenty years later, Alleman sold the building for $1.1 million, but Sears was kept open with 12 years left on its lease.
In 1962, land on East Colonial Drive was bought to open a freestanding Sears store and a year later construction started. In 1973, the Sears on Colonial was incorporated with the Fashion Square Mall and it remains open today. On May 4, 1974, due to the expanding city and regional malls, the downtown Sears store closed its doors. Ten years later, the building was renovated and became what it is today, a bronze-colored glass tower nicknamed the Copper Whopper. At the time that this photograph was taken in 2014, the building was being occupied by Regions Bank.
In 1962, land on East Colonial Drive was bought to open a freestanding Sears store and a year later construction started. In 1973, the Sears on Colonial was incorporated with the Fashion Square Mall and it remains open today. On May 4, 1974, due to the expanding city and regional malls, the downtown Sears store closed its doors. Ten years later, the building was renovated and became what it is today, a bronze-colored glass tower nicknamed the Copper Whopper. At the time that this photograph was taken in 2014, the building was being occupied by Regions Bank.
Creator
Williams, Rachel
Source
Original color digital images by Rachel Williams, July 24, 2014.
Date Created
2014-07-25
Is Part Of
Orlando Remembered Collection, Orlando Collection, Orange County Collection. RICHES of Central Florida.
Format
image/jpeg
Extent
2.28 MB
2.97 MB
Medium
2 color digital images
Language
eng
Type
Still Image
Coverage
Sears, Roebuck & Company, Downtown Orlando, Florida
Regions Bank Building, Downtown Orlando, Florida
Accrual Method
Item Creation
Mediator
History Teacher
Economics Teacher
Geography Teacher
Provenance
Originally created by Rachel Williams.
Rights Holder
Copyright to this resource is held by the Orange County Regional History Center and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.
Contributing Project
Curator
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
External Reference
Bacon, Eve. Orlando: A Centennial History. Chuluota, Fla: Mickler House, 1975.
"Sears." Sears. http://www.sears.com/.
"About Sears Roebuck, and Co." Sears Holding Corporation. http://www.searsholdings.com/about/sears/.
"A Narrative History of Sears." Sears Archives. http://www.searsarchives.com/history/index.htm.
Transcript
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Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
2 color digital images
Collection
Citation
Williams, Rachel, “Orlando Regions Bank Building, 2014,” RICHES, accessed May 20, 2024, https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/items/show/4143.