McElroy Apartments
Dublin Core
Title
McElroy Apartments
Alternative Title
McElroy Apartments
Subject
Orlando (Fla.)
Housing--Florida
Description
McElroy Apartments was originally a building owned by Sylvan McElroy Sr., whose family was one of the first settlers in Orlando, Florida, arriving in 1881. McElroy attended Rollins Academy (present-day Rollins College) in Winter Park, the Stetson University in DeLand, and received his medical degree from a medical school in Maryland. He opened his medical practice in 1908, and was a founder of the Orange General Hospital, now known as the Orlando Regional Medical Center (ORMC). Prior to 1926, he hired designer George Krug, who was well known for his Colonial Revival-style architecture, to help build his new apartment building on Orange Avenue, two blocks north of Lake Lucerne. In the early 1960s, after McElroy, passed away, the City of Orlando bought the property and demolished the apartments, in order to build a parking garage for Orlando Utilities. Today, the garage belongs to the International Restaurant &
Hospitality Consulting Group (IRHC).
Source
Original black and white photograph: Orlando Remembered Exhibit, Orlando City Hall, Orlando, Florida.
Date Created
ca. 1920-1930
Is Format Of
Original color digital image, 2016.
Is Part Of
Orlando Remembered Exhibit, Orlando City Hall, Orlando, Florida.
Orlando City Hall Collection, Orlando Remembered Collection, Orlando Collection, Orange County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Format
image/jpg
Extent
317 KB
Medium
1 black and white photograph
Language
eng
Type
Still Image
Coverage
McElroy Apartments, Downtown Orlando, Florida
Accrual Method
Donation
Mediator
History Teacher
Geography Teacher
Rights Holder
Copyright to this resource is held by Orange County Regional History Center and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.
Contributing Project
Orlando Remembered
Curator
Marina, David
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
External Reference
Rajtar, Steve. A Guide to Historic Orlando. Charleston, SC: History Press, 2006.
"Early Settlers of Orange County- The McElroy Family." Buried Treasures 33, no. 4, 69-71. Accessed January 31, 2016. http://www.cfgs.org/images/files/quarterly/bt200112_cfgs_quarterly_vol_33-4.pdf.
Collection
Citation
“McElroy Apartments,” RICHES, accessed May 20, 2024, https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/items/show/7867.