Orlando Remembered Exhibit at the Downtown Orlando Information Center

Orlando Remembered Exhibit at the Downtown Orlando Information Center

Orlando Remembered Exhibit

Orlando (Fla.)

The Orlando Remembered Exhibit at the Downtown Orlando Information Center, located at 400 South Orange Avenue in Downtown Orlando, Florida. The exhibit features the history of the block surrounded by South Orange Avenue, East Church Street, South Magnolia Avenue (formerly South Main Street), and East Jackson Street, particularly in the 1940s and 1950s. Businesses and institutions featured in the exhibit include the Bass Hotel (formerly the Astor Hotel), Gator Bar, Economy Auto Store, City Cab Company Taxi Service, the Bumby-Yothers House, American Fire and Casualty Company, Nick Serros' Fish and Poultry Company, Winn-Dixie, the First Methodist Church of Orlando, the Thomas Building, Brass Rail, Fems Printing Company, American Dry Cleaners, Chamberlin’s Natural Foods, Menendez Spanish Restaurant, Foster’s Quality Foods, the Wilmott Building, Irwin's Shoes, Star Barber Shop, Keene & Keene, and Ferrell Jewelry. In the early 1960s, the buildings within the block were demolished and replaced by the Barnett Plaza and CNA Tower in 1952. The lot now includes the Downtown Orlando Information Center and the BB&T Bank building.

Original exhibit by Orlando Remembered: Orlando Remembered Exhibit, Downtown Orlando Information Center, Orlando, Florida.

Original color digital image by Robert Randall, September 22, 2014.

Orlando Remembered Exhibit, Downtown Orlando Information Center, Orlando, Florida.

Downtown Information Center Collection, Orlando Remembered Collection, Orlando Collection, Orange County Collection. RICHES of Central Florida.

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Physical Object

Downtown Orlando Information Center, Downtown Orlando, Florida

Nick Serros' Fish and Poultry Company, Downtown Orlando, Florida

City Cab Company Taxi Service, Downtown Orlando, Florida

American Fire and Casualty Company, Downtown Orlando, Florida

Hotel Bass, Downtown Orlando, Florida

Thomas Building, Downtown Orlando, Florida

Brass Rail, Downtown Orlando, Florida

Chamberlin Natural Foods, Downtown Orlando, Florida

Star Barber Shop, Downtown Orlando, Florida

Ferrell Jewelry, Downtown Orlando, Florida

Economy Auto Store, Downtown Orlando, Florida

Winn-Dixie, Downtown Orlando, Florida

First Methodist Church, Downtown Orlando, Florida

Fems Printing Company, Downtown Orlando, Florida

American Dry Cleaners, Downtown Orlando, Florida

Menendez Spanish Restaurant, Downtown Orlando, Florida

Foster’s Quality Foods, Downtown Orlando, Florida

Wilmott Building, Downtown Orlando, Florida

Keene & Keene, Downtown Orlando, Florida

Gator Bar, Downtown Orlando, Florida

Bumby-Yothers House, Downtown Orlando, Florida

Irwin's Shoes, Downtown Orlando, Florida

Donation

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Originally created by Orlando Remembered.

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.

Cepero, Laura

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Dickinson, Joy Wallace"Time Capsules Nestle In Orlando Buildings." The Orlando Sentinel, August 24, 2003. http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2003-08-24/news/0308220528_1_history-of-orlando-downtown-orlando-orlando-remembered.

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