1 100 5 https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/files/original/a7cedeb45c24e048c2d7039e21eacaaa.jpg d6c25e9b07c569d103eecac9cb067f9a Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title Orlando Public Library Collection Alternative Title Orlando Library Collection Subject Orlando (Fla.) Libraries--Florida Chambers of commerce Fire stations--Florida Salvation Army--United States Date Created 2014-07-30 Is Part Of <a href="http://orlandoremembered.org/" target="_blank">Orlando Remembered</a> Exhibit, <a href="http://www.ocls.info/locations/MainLibrary/default.asp?from=vurl_orlandopubliclibrary" target="_blank">Orlando Public Library</a>, Orlando, Florida. <a href="http://orlandoremembered.org/" target="_blank">Orlando Remembered Collection</a>, Orlando Collection, Orange County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida. Language eng lat Type Collection Contributor <a href="http://orlandoremembered.org/" target="_blank">Orlando Remembered</a> Williams, Rachel Coverage Albertson Public Library, Downtown Orlando, Florida City of Orlando Fire Station No. 1, Downtown Orlando, Florida Home of Maxie G. Bennett, Downtown Orlando, Florida Orlando Chamber of Commerce, Downtown Orlando, Florida Orlando Junior Chamber of Commerce, Downtown Orlando, Florida Orlando Public Library, Downtown Orlando, Florida Salvation Army, Downtown Orlando, Florida Contributing Project <a href="http://orlandoremembered.org/" target="_blank">Orlando Remembered</a> Curator Cepero, Laura Digital Collection <a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a> External Reference Orlando Public Library. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1680244" target="_blank">The Orlando Public Library, November 1923- November 1973, Orlando, Fla</a>. [Orlando]: 1973. "<a href="http://www.ocls.info/About/History/default.asp" target="_blank">Orlando's First Library</a>." Orange County Library System. http://www.ocls.info/About/History/default.asp. Bacon, Eve. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/2020029" target="_blank">Orlando: A Centennial History</a>. Chuluota, Fla: Mickler House, 1975. Rajtar, Steve. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70911136" target="_blank">A Guide to Historic Orlando</a>. Charleston, SC: History Press, 2006. Description Historic artifacts from an exhibit created by Orlando Remembered at the Orlando Public Library, located at 101 East Central Boulevard in Downtown Orlando, Florida. The Orlando Remembered Committee of the Historical Society of Central Florida, Inc. was created to "showcase artistic renderings of the time depicted, with artifacts and historical memorabilia from the location in an effort to preserve the memory of Orlando's history while acknowledging the potential of the City's future." The exhibit at Regions Bank memorializes several businesses and churches located around the Albertson Public Library (now the Orlando Public Library), including the Orlando Chamber of Commerce building, City of Orlando Fire Station No. 1, and the Salvation Army building. Still Image A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials. Original Format 1 black and white photograph Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title City of Orlando Fire Station No. 1 Alternative Title Orlando Fire Station No. 1 Subject Orlando (Fla) Fire departments--United States Description The City of Orlando Fire Station No. 1, located at 19 North Main Street (present-day Magnolia Avenue) in Downtown Orlando, Florida. In 1883, after a dressmaking store in Orlando caught fire, William C. Sherman, a previous member of the Boston Fire Department, set up a volunteer fire force. Sherman served as its first Fire Chief and the organization also included Ben Bartlett, Tom Mann, J. Walter Hosier, J. W. Gettier, and Macy. The team used a hose, hose reel, bucket brigade, and a painter's ladder to extinguish fires. By 1885, due to the growing population, there were three volunteer fire groups, but they were consolidated into one under the name Orlando Hook and Ladder Company No. 1. The name Orlando Fire Department was adopted in 1890 and all other volunteer groups that had been created were incorporated into one group. In 1896, Orlando's first town hall building was constructed and included a 30-foot bell tower, which was used to alert the town of a fire. If someone were to discover a fire, he or she would ring the bell until the volunteer forces arrived. This was known as Firehouse No. 1, but on March 25, 1919, the firehouse moved from its original location on Oak Street (present-day Wall Street) to a new location at 19 North Main Street. The new station cost $17,708 to construct and the old station was abandoned. In 1923, the Orlando Fire Department officially became a fully-paid department. From 1925 onward, more firehouse stations were built around the city to better serve the community with quick responses to fires. In 1960, Firehouse No. 1 moved to 439 South Magnolia Street, and moved again in 2009 to its current location at 78 West Central Boulevard. The new building would be the three lower floors of a nine-story high-rise and would serve as the new headquarters for the Orlando Fire Department. The new fire station opened on December 2, 2009. Type Still Image Source Original black and white photograph: <a href="http://orlandoremembered.org/" target="_blank">Orlando Remembered</a> Exhibit, <a href="http://www.ocls.info/locations/MainLibrary/default.asp?from=vurl_orlandopubliclibrary" target="_blank">Orlando Public Library</a>, Orlando, Florida. Is Part Of <a href="http://orlandoremembered.org/" target="_blank">Orlando Remembered</a> Exhibit, <a href="http://www.ocls.info/locations/MainLibrary/default.asp?from=vurl_orlandopubliclibrary" target="_blank">Orlando Public Library</a>, Orlando, Florida. <a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/110" target="_blank">Orlando Public Library Collection</a>, Orlando Remembered Collection, Orlando Collection, Orange County Collection. RICHES of Central Florida. Is Format Of Digital reproduction of original black and white photograph. Coverage City of Orlando Fire Station No. 1, Downtown Orlando, Florida Date Created ca. 1919-1960 Format image/jpg Extent 154 KB Medium 1 black and white photograph Mediator History Teacher Civics/Government Teacher Geography Teacher Rights Holder Copyright to this resource is held by the <a href="https://www.thehistorycenter.org/" target="_blank">Orange County Regional History Center</a> and is provided here by <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a> for educational purposes only. Accrual Method Donation Contributing Project <a href="http://orlandoremembered.org/" target="_blank">Orlando Remembered</a> Curator Williams, Rachel Cepero, Laura Digital Collection <a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a> Source Repository Orlando Remembered External Reference Bacon, Eve. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/2020029" target="_blank">Orlando: A Centennial History</a>. Chuluota, Fla: Mickler House, 1975. "<a href="http://www.cityoforlando.net/fire/history/" target="_blank">History</a>." City of Orlando. http://www.cityoforlando.net/fire/history/. "<a href="http://www.cityoforlando.net/fire/station-1" target="_blank">Station 1</a>." City of Orlando. http://www.cityoforlando.net/fire/station-1. City of Orlando Fire Station No. 1 Downtown Orlando fire departments fire protection fire station fire stations firehouses Magnolia Avenue Main Street OFD orlando Orlando Fire Department https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/files/original/dcb811ea8e7d8fe0c31e4c0a0f582b85.jpg 32ebcb8c4f40d59657609dd1486ea801 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title Orlando Public Library Collection Alternative Title Orlando Library Collection Subject Orlando (Fla.) Libraries--Florida Chambers of commerce Fire stations--Florida Salvation Army--United States Date Created 2014-07-30 Is Part Of <a href="http://orlandoremembered.org/" target="_blank">Orlando Remembered</a> Exhibit, <a href="http://www.ocls.info/locations/MainLibrary/default.asp?from=vurl_orlandopubliclibrary" target="_blank">Orlando Public Library</a>, Orlando, Florida. <a href="http://orlandoremembered.org/" target="_blank">Orlando Remembered Collection</a>, Orlando Collection, Orange County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida. Language eng lat Type Collection Contributor <a href="http://orlandoremembered.org/" target="_blank">Orlando Remembered</a> Williams, Rachel Coverage Albertson Public Library, Downtown Orlando, Florida City of Orlando Fire Station No. 1, Downtown Orlando, Florida Home of Maxie G. Bennett, Downtown Orlando, Florida Orlando Chamber of Commerce, Downtown Orlando, Florida Orlando Junior Chamber of Commerce, Downtown Orlando, Florida Orlando Public Library, Downtown Orlando, Florida Salvation Army, Downtown Orlando, Florida Contributing Project <a href="http://orlandoremembered.org/" target="_blank">Orlando Remembered</a> Curator Cepero, Laura Digital Collection <a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a> External Reference Orlando Public Library. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1680244" target="_blank">The Orlando Public Library, November 1923- November 1973, Orlando, Fla</a>. [Orlando]: 1973. "<a href="http://www.ocls.info/About/History/default.asp" target="_blank">Orlando's First Library</a>." Orange County Library System. http://www.ocls.info/About/History/default.asp. Bacon, Eve. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/2020029" target="_blank">Orlando: A Centennial History</a>. Chuluota, Fla: Mickler House, 1975. Rajtar, Steve. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70911136" target="_blank">A Guide to Historic Orlando</a>. Charleston, SC: History Press, 2006. Description Historic artifacts from an exhibit created by Orlando Remembered at the Orlando Public Library, located at 101 East Central Boulevard in Downtown Orlando, Florida. The Orlando Remembered Committee of the Historical Society of Central Florida, Inc. was created to "showcase artistic renderings of the time depicted, with artifacts and historical memorabilia from the location in an effort to preserve the memory of Orlando's history while acknowledging the potential of the City's future." The exhibit at Regions Bank memorializes several businesses and churches located around the Albertson Public Library (now the Orlando Public Library), including the Orlando Chamber of Commerce building, City of Orlando Fire Station No. 1, and the Salvation Army building. Still Image A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials. Original Format 1 digital color image Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title City of Orlando Fire Station No. 1 Fire Hose Nozzle Alternative Title Orlando Fire Station Hose Nozzle Subject Orlando (Fla) Fire departments--United States Description A fire hose nozzle from the City of Orlando Fire Station No. 1, located at 19 North Main Street (present-day Magnolia Avenue) in Downtown Orlando, Florida. In 1883, after a dressmaking store in Orlando caught fire, William C. Sherman, a previous member of the Boston Fire Department, set up a volunteer fire force. Sherman served as its first Fire Chief and the organization also included Ben Bartlett, Tom Mann, J. Walter Hosier, J. W. Gettier, and Macy. The team used a hose, hose reel, bucket brigade, and a painter's ladder to extinguish fires. By 1885, due to the growing population, there were three volunteer fire groups, but they were consolidated into one under the name Orlando Hook and Ladder Company No. 1. The name Orlando Fire Department was adopted in 1890 and all other volunteer groups that had been created were incorporated into one group. In 1896, Orlando's first town hall building was constructed and included a 30-foot bell tower, which was used to alert the town of a fire. If someone were to discover a fire, he or she would ring the bell until the volunteer forces arrived. This was known as Firehouse No. 1, but on March 25, 1919, the firehouse moved from its original location on Oak Street (present-day Wall Street) to a new location at 19 North Main Street. The new station cost $17,708 to construct and the old station was abandoned. In 1923, the Orlando Fire Department officially became a fully-paid department. From 1925 onward, more firehouse stations were built around the city to better serve the community with quick responses to fires. In 1960, Firehouse No. 1 moved to 439 South Magnolia Street, and moved again in 2009 to its current location at 78 West Central Boulevard. The new building would be the three lower floors of a nine-story high-rise and would serve as the new headquarters for the Orlando Fire Department. The new fire station opened on December 2, 2009. Type Physical Object Source Original fire hose nozzle: <a href="http://orlandoremembered.org/" target="_blank">Orlando Remembered</a> Exhibit, <a href="http://www.ocls.info/locations/MainLibrary/default.asp?from=vurl_orlandopubliclibrary" target="_blank">Orlando Public Library</a>, Orlando, Florida. Is Part Of <a href="http://orlandoremembered.org/" target="_blank">Orlando Remembered</a> Exhibit, <a href="http://www.ocls.info/locations/MainLibrary/default.asp?from=vurl_orlandopubliclibrary" target="_blank">Orlando Public Library</a>, Orlando, Florida. <a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/110" target="_blank">Orlando Public Library Collection</a>, Orlando Remembered Collection, Orlando Collection, Orange County Collection. RICHES of Central Florida. Is Format Of Original color digital image by Rachel Williams, July 11, 2014. Coverage City of Orlando Fire Station No. 1, Downtown Orlando, Florida Date Created ca. 1919-1960 Format image/jpg Extent 125 KB Medium 1 fire hose nozzle Mediator History Teacher Civics/Government Teacher Rights Holder Copyright to this resource is held by the <a href="https://www.thehistorycenter.org/" target="_blank">Orange County Regional History Center</a> and is provided here by <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a> for educational purposes only. Accrual Method Donation Contributing Project <a href="http://orlandoremembered.org/" target="_blank">Orlando Remembered</a> Curator Williams, Rachel Cepero, Laura Digital Collection <a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a> Source Repository Orlando Remembered External Reference Bacon, Eve. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/2020029" target="_blank">Orlando: A Centennial History</a>. Chuluota, Fla: Mickler House, 1975. "<a href="http://www.cityoforlando.net/fire/history/" target="_blank">History</a>." City of Orlando. http://www.cityoforlando.net/fire/history/. "<a href="http://www.cityoforlando.net/fire/station-1" target="_blank">Station 1</a>." City of Orlando. http://www.cityoforlando.net/fire/station-1. City of Orlando Fire Station No. 1 Downtown Orlando fire hoses fire protection fire stations Magnolia Avenue Main Street OFD orlando Orlando Fire Department https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/files/original/5775ae8b3f85aa4b225aeebe10f94a4a.pdf f0b09c5630ed618af8d7a552d04b8c84 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title Oviedo Historical Society Collection Alternative Title Oviedo Historical Society Collection Subject Oviedo (Fla). Description The Oviedo Historical Society Collection encompasses historical artifacts donated for digitization at the Oviedo Historical Society's History Harvest in the Spring semester of 2015. The Oviedo Historical Society was organized in November 1973 by a group of citizens. The society is a 501(3) non-profit organization. Its purpose is to help preserve the community identity of Oviedo by collecting and disseminating knowledge about local history, serve as a repository for documents and artifacts relating to Oviedo history, promote the preservation and marking of historic sites and buildings in the Oviedo area and foster interest in local, state, national, and world history. Is Part Of <a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/128" target="_blank">Oviedo Collection</a>, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida. Language eng Type Collection Coverage Oviedo, Florida Contributing Project <a href="http://oviedohs.com/" target="_blank">Oviedo Historical Society</a> <a href="http://history.cah.ucf.edu/staff.php?id=304" target="_blank">Dr. Connie L. Lester</a>'s Introduction to Public History course, Spring 2015 Digital Collection <a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a> External Reference "<a href="http://oviedohs.com/" target="_blank">Oviedo Historical Society</a>." Oviedo Historical Society, Inc. http://oviedohs.com/. Adicks, Richard, and Donna M. Neely. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/5890131" target="_blank">Oviedo, Biography of a Town</a>. S.l: s.n.], 1979. Robison, Jim. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/796757419" target="_blank">Around Oviedo</a>. 2012. "<a href="http://www.cityofoviedo.net/node/68" target="_blank">History</a>." City of Oviedo, Florida. http://www.cityofoviedo.net/node/68. "<a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/audio/Ep41-Oviedo.mp3" target="_blank">RICHES Podcast Documentaries, Episode 41: Oviedo, with Dr. Richard Adicks</a>." RICHES of Central Florida. http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/audio/Ep41-Oviedo.mp3. Oral History A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge. Interviewer Thorncroft, Sarah Interviewee White, Lars D. Location <a href="http://www.cityofoviedo.net/node/43" target="_blank">Fire Rescue Emergency Management Department</a>, Oviedo, Florida Original Format 1 audio/video recording Duration 28 minutes and 57 seconds Bit Rate/Frequency 136kbps Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title Oral History of Lars D. White Alternative Title Oral History, White Subject Oviedo (Fla.) Fire departments--United States Description An oral history of Lars D. White, conducted by Sarah Thorncroft on March 27, 2015. In the interview, White discusses the transformation of Oviedo, Florida, from small agricultural community to a suburb of the University of Central Florida (UCF) in Orlando. He discusses attending desegregated schools, school bus rides, various school activities, and what people did for entertainment. White also talks about growing up on a horse farm and the different riding shows and competitions that he participated in. White talks about meeting his wife, her community involvement, and how their children’s upbringing was similar and different compared to theirs. He also discusses volunteering as a firefighter and then rising in the ranks to become Fire Chief and the Emergency Management Director. White recalls some memorable moments from his long career with the City of Oviedo, as well as discussing his involvement in the development of the Oviedo Veterans Memorial. White also talks about the iconic Oviedo chickens and the lesser known Oviedo peacocks. Abstract Oral history interview of Lars D. White. Interview conducted by Sarah Thorncroft at the <a href="http://www.cityofoviedo.net/node/43" target="_blank">Fire Rescue Emergency Management Department</a> in Oviedo, Florida, on March 27, 2015. Table Of Contents 0:00:00 Introduction 0:02:11 School desegregation and homecoming 0:05:23 Horse competitions and entertainment 0:07:08 Career in firefighting 0:08:42 Wife and children 0:10:37 History of the Oviedo Volunteer Fire Department 0:12:09 First call and most memorable call as a firefighter 0:14:40 RECORDING CUTS OFF 0:14:41 Becoming Fire Chief 0:16:40 Oviedo Veterans Memorial 0:19:30 Demolition of buildings in Downtown Oviedo 0:21:28 Oviedo chickens and peacocks 0:25:17 Closing remarks Creator White, Lars D. Thorncroft, Sarah Source White, Lars D. Interviewed by Sarah Thorncroft, March 27, 2015. Audio/video record available. Oviedo History Harvest, <a href="http://oviedohs.com/" target="_blank">Oviedo Historical Society</a>, Oviedo, Florida. Date Created 2015-03-27 Date Copyrighted 2015-03-27 Date Modified 2015-12-22 Has Format 17-page digital transcript of original 15-minute and 38-second oral history: White, Lars D. Interviewed by Sarah Thorncroft, March 27, 2015. Audio/video record available. Oviedo History Harvest, <a href="http://oviedohs.com/" target="_blank">Oviedo Historical Society</a>, Oviedo, Florida. Is Part Of <a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/147" target="_blank">Oviedo Historical Society Collection</a>, History Harvest Collection, RICHES of Central Florida. Requires <a href="http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/" target="_blank"> Adobe Flash Player</a> <a href="http://java.com/en/download/index.jsp" target="_blank">Java</a> <a href="https://get.adobe.com/reader/" target="_blank">Adobe Acrobat Reader</a> Format video/mp4 application/pdf Extent 69.1 MB 184 KB Medium 28-minute and 57-second audio/video recording 17-page digital transcript Language eng Type Moving Image Coverage Oviedo, Florida Oviedo Fire Department, Oviedo, Florida Memorial Building, Oviedo, Florida Accrual Method Donation Mediator History Teacher Provenance Originally created by Lars D. White and Sarah Thorncroft, and published by <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a>. Rights Holder <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a> Contributing Project <a href="http://oviedohs.com/" target="_blank">Oviedo Historical Society</a> Curator Cepero, Laura Digital Collection <a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a> External Reference "<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/items/show/6346" target="_blank">City Appoints New Fire Chief, Finance Director</a>." The Oviedo Voice, Vol. XIV, No. 38, September 16, 2004. https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/items/show/6346. "<a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/audio/Ep41-Oviedo.mp3" target="_blank">RICHES Podcast Documentaries, Episode 41: Oviedo, with Dr. Richard Adicks</a>." RICHES of Central Florida. http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/audio/Ep41-Oviedo.mp3. "<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/items/show/2478" target="_blank">RICHES Podcast Documentaries, Episode 26: The Oviedo Chickens</a>." RICHES of Central Florida. https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/items/show/2478. Click to View (Movie, Podcast, or Website) <a href="https://youtu.be/qqEie_Fo72U" target="_blank">Oral History of Lars D. White</a> Transcript Thorncroft This is an oral history interview of Lars [D.] White. Interview conducted by Sarah Thorncroft at the Fire Administration and Emergency Management Office at 1934 County Road 419 West in Oviedo, Florida, on March the 27th of 2015. Our interview topics include growing up in Oviedo and the Oviedo Fire Department. Um, so will you just please state your name for me and explain where you were born and when? White Okay. Um, my name is Lars White. Thorncroft Mmhmm. White Uh, I was born in Winter Park Hospital, uh, November of 1960, and, uh, you want me—elaborate? Thorncroft Yeah. White Okay. Thorncroft When did your parents come to the area? White Okay, um, we relocated to Oviedo about 1968. It was pretty small town then. It was about 2,000 population—maybe a little less. A single traffic light, a lot of dirt roads, and Oviedo, in that era, was really known still for its agricultural beginnings and it was still a very active agricultural community, but it was on the cusp of development. A lot of that is a result of, uh, what was Florida Technological University and now the University of Central Florida, and as that campus began to grow and expand, and in its many offerings, we needed residential homes for people to, uh—to use that amenity of the collage. So that’s really what started changing Oviedo, to some degree, as well as, uh, there’s[sic] many historians that feel like the children of the original farmers recognized what a hard life farming is, and as the land became so valuable, uh, it became worthwhile to them to begin to sell the properties, and, uh, of course that turned into a lot of residential living units for our town. So that’s kinda the beginnings, I say, of Oviedo and its—its, uh, expansion to such a nice residential—or what we call it: “kids and cul-de-sacs.” Thorncroft So you were about eight years old when your family came to Oviedo. What schools did you attend when you were here? White Well, I had gone to, uh, St. Luke’s [Lutheran School], uh, for kindergarten, because it wasn’t offered at Lawton Elementary [School] at the time. Oviedo had just desegregated. They’d opened Oviedo High School about that timeframe. Uh, it was a very peaceful, uh, setting. There—there were not—there was no turmoil with it. Uh, it was a very smooth transition. Uh, I don’t recall any encounters or difficulties with that, and then I started, uh, first grade at Lawton Elementary—first through fifth grade—and then Jackson Heights [Middle School] sixth through eighth grade, and then Oviedo High School, of course, ninth through 12th grade. Graduated in 1979. Thorncroft What are some, um, school memories you have, if any? White [laughs] Well, [coughs]I do reminding[sic], uh—remind myself of riding the bus to school, and the busses of that, uh, era were a little bit different than they are today. Today, they’re, uh, air-conditioned and very comfortable [laughs]. I can remember very hot rides in the bus, and, uh, trying to get the windows to go down and get the best seats, but, uh, it was such a small town. You really—you knew everyone. I mean—you knew every student. You pretty much knew where everyone lived. Uh, today I don’t think that’s quite the case, ‘cause of the campuses, two high schools, two middle schools, uh, about five or six elementary schools. So, uh, there’s pretty good chance you don’t know everyone. Uh, so that was kinda a neat, uh, part to be from, uh, Oviedo, but the, uh—the schools were great, uh—a good education. A[?], uh—the high school years probably were my favorite. Uh, you just tend to develop more relationships in those—those timeframes, as well. I got active in, um, a little bit of politics as sophomore class president and senior class president, and enjoyed that a lot. Homecoming bonfires and things of that nature, a lot of fun sporting events, but, uh, it was just a nice—it was a nice time in Oviedo. Thorncroft Where were those bonfires? Because they’ve stopped doing those now. White Yeah. Thorncroft [laughs]. White [laughs] Uh, [coughs] yeah, the [Seminole County Public] School[s] system decided it wasn’t necessarily the safest thing to do. Um, maybe they had a few episodes after our class graduated, but they used to be on the front football field or off to the side, and the junior-senior class would compete in competition, uh, to win the trophy, and I’m proud to say my class won the junior and senior year. There weren’t[sic] a whole lot of classes that won back to back, but certainly thereafter, they stopped the bonfires. Uh, they’ve turned it into parades and, uh, other contests and things. Thorncroft So the bonfires were more like the pep rallies? White Yes, yup. Thorncroft Um… White Kind of a throwback to the traditional days. I think bonfires were probably a very common, um, almost a patriotic occurrence at the schools, you know, for the homecoming game. Thorncroft And were you involved in any other activities other than student government? White Well, I grew up on a horse farm, so I rode horses, uh, all the way up through my—‘bout my junior year in high school, and then I got kinda disinterested in it, but we used to ride in horse shows—hunter/jumper horse shows, and we competed in what was called the, uh, 100-mile endurance ride up in the Ocala National Forest. That was once a year, and that was fun. Had a, uh—a great time doing that. So that was kinda—my childhood years was[sic], uh, horses. Thorncroft So what were some of the local hangouts and what did you guys do for fun growing up in Oviedo? Unidentified [coughs]. White Oh, gosh. There wasn’t… Unidentified [coughs]. White A lot in Oviedo. I mean—the school system was really your entertainment, unless you created entertainment on your own. There wasn’t[sic] any recreational or other activities in town. The city parks hadn’t really developed yet. If you were engaged in little league or sports like that, you had those venues. Uh, church was—was very instrumental in our lives, as well. Um, they had a lot of activities at—at church to—to fill our needs, as—as well. Um, I guess the high school sports—you know, attending the games and so forth—were primarily the form of entertainment, and then, uh, movies. Visiting the movie theater usually we had to go to Altamonte [Springs] to do that. We did have what was known as the Oviedo Lights. Uh, you have probably heard that story, but, um, most of us, uh, uh, visited that location from time to time to—just kind of a hangout type-thing. Never found or discovered anything, but, uh, that was kind of a—always a fun evening. Thorncroft So when you were a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up? White I had no earthly idea. I didn’t. As I was going through high school, I was one that was struggling with what to do for a—a professional career. I started working my senior year at Sears, Roebuck and Company on Forsyth Road in, uh, Winter Park-Goldenrod area, and thought I would probably take a job in retail. I actually ended up working in their accounting auditing department, for some reason. Uh, they said I scored real well on the math test, which, uh, didn’t reflect my school grades all that well [laughs], but anyways, I did that for a year or two, and the volunteer fire chief at the time, Andy McDaniel, approached me, said, “We need a little help. We’re kinda low in our volunteer roster. Would you mind lending some time, uh, participating with us?” And I said, “Well, okay, sure. It’s my hometown. I’ll give that a try,” and I really took a love for it, and it looked like an opportunity for a career, as well. Um, I knew the town was growing, so I went and got my certified firefighting standards and state examinations certificate, and my then my Emergency Medical Technician, and soon after that, uh, a job was offered to me in 1983, and I’ve been here ever since. Thorncroft [inaudible]. Um, so have you ever lived outside of Oviedo or outside of Florida? White Nope. Thorncroft Nope [laughs]? White [laughs] Born and raised Oviedo. I’m as hometown as you can get [laughs], I would say. Um, even my children have grown up here, went to the same schools I did, and they’re graduates now of, uh, Lawton and Jackson Heights and Oviedo High School. Uh, my son’s a graduate of the University of Central Florida. Uh, my daughter’s got her two year degree from Seminole State College, and working on a, uh—an esthetician, and in paramedical program now for dermatology. Thorncroft So how do you think their childhoods being raised in Oviedo compares to yours? Are they similar? Are they different? White Yeah, I think there were a lot of similarities, uh, except on a larger scale. Um, my daughter participated in the Pop Warner cheerleading and did cheerleading in high school, as well. So she was well connected to the school system. My son was very active in a lot of things in the school, very, uh, school-spirited and so forth. So it was fun watching them enjoy some of the same, uh, traditions and nuances that we got to experience. Thorncroft So, um, what about your wife? Is she also from Oviedo? White She is. Uh, she was from Winter Springs, but Winter Springs was designated for Oviedo schools. Uh, we knew each other in school. We didn’t date in school. It was, uh—as soon as we graduated, we started dating, but, uh, yes, we’ve known each other for a very long time [laughs]. Thorncroft [laughs] Um, has she been involved in the community at all? Or… White Yup, she’s retired from, uh, one of the hometown banks—Citizens Bank of Oviedo is what it was called at the time. Now, it’s Citizens Bank of Florida. Uh, she’s been very active a lot of the activities I have with the [Oviedo] Historical Society and many other venues. Uh, she works right now part-time, uh, as an office manager and taking care of a local insurance company and all their booking and accounting needs, and so forth—personnel management. Thorncroft Soearlier you mentioned got involved with the [Oviedo] Fire Department at a volunteer basis. Was the fire department volunteer back in the [19]70s and ‘80s? When did it become more professionalized? White Well, the—the history of the Oviedo Volunteer Fire Department started about 19—uh, 60. around that time frame is when they began to organize themselves, and after a couple catastrophic fires in town, where they had to rely on resources from way out from other entities, they decided to, uh, put it—something together, and it was really a bunch of farmers that, uh, built a fire engine—you know, really a water truck, and it grew from there. Uh, when I joined the department, it was a little more organized than that. They issued you a pager, so you were alerted to the calls through a paging system, instead of the old siren system that used to alert the whole town, and if you could come help you ran down to the fire station, and grabbed some gear and went to the call. So it evolved from that, but it was obvious in the early 80s, as we start forming the full-time department, that it would have to move that way. The traffic, the growth—all of that was lending itself to something that volunteers just could not take care of any longer. So we kept them on board as a combination department for about 10 years. It was in the early ‘90s when the volunteer portion of the fire department dissolved itself, and we were then just a full-time fire department. Thorncroft So what have been the most memorable calls you’ve had to go out on as a fire—firefighter[?]? White Okay. Well, I’ve been involved in it for 31 years full-time, and volunteered about three or four years before that. Uh, I would say my first day as a volunteer firefighter was rather exciting. Uh, I had joined on a Wednesday night. They gave me a pager, gave me some gear, and pretty much just said, “If—if the pager goes off, come down to the fire station. We’ll tell you what you need to do, and we’ll get you trained in this overtime.” Well, the pager went off, uh, that first Saturday, and I came down to the fire station, and, um, no one else showed up, and the pager went off again, and a police officer pulled up. He said, “Are y’all coming to the call or not?” I said, “Well, I’m by myself. I really [laughs] haven’t really been trained.” we both started the rescue vehicle, and he led me to the call with his police vehicle, and I went by myself [laughs]. It was just a very unusual occurrence. Usually, there was a senior officer that was always in town. There was a miscommunication that day, and it happened one more time that day—that afternoon. So I went to my first two emergencies by myself. One was just a Band-Aid call, uh, and I think the other was just a trip and fall or something like that. So they were both very low key incidents, but I thought Well, I guess I was meant to participate. They do need some help here [laughs]. Some of the more meaningful calls though, um, have been where I’ve been involved in, uh, assisting on traffic crashes that were, uh, very traumatic and things of that nature. I have one that really sticks in my mind with a—a young high school girl that was, uh, stuck by a car. She was walking along the side of the highway, [coughs] and when I got there, she was almost taking her last breaths. Um, she was so tragically injured, but everything worked the way it was supposed to. All of our training showed that night. Uh, we—we prepared her, uh—started treating her, packaged her for a[sic] emergency helicopter flight, got her to the trauma center in less than 35 minutes. She was in surgery in one hour. Uh, she had major extensive damage, but about six months later, she walked into the fire station to—to say, “Hello,” and say, “Thank you,” and that one really touched my heart, uh, you know, pretty—pretty hard. So… Thorncroft So other than the more memorable calls, what has been the most rewarding aspect of your career? White Well, I’ve been blessed to move up in the organization at different levels. Um, I—I don’t think it was ever my intention to become the Fire Chief and Emergency Management Director. It just kinda happened. Um, in 2004, my Fire Chief retired and the City Manager put me in as the Interim Fire Chief Emergency Management Director, and encouraged me to apply for the—the position, and they were doing a—a national search at the time. At that time, we were hit by three back-to-back hurricanes. So, uh, I had to manage those events as the Emergency Management Director, and as they referred to me at that time, they said that was really my formal interview, uh—was my performance, uh, at those three events, and that was, uh, quite a memorable experience as well. our town experiencing that. It certainly wasn’t a one man show. All the departments, and all the directors, and all the employees were instrumental in our disaster response and recovery efforts, uh, but the Emergency Management Director kinda is the conductor of the band and—and keeps everything together as you’re going through it. So, uh, We had a good plan in place and I was familiar with it, but, uh, it was kinda thrown in my lap real—real quickly, but I think that’s been good for me. I did have the advantage of fulfilling all the different positions—a Lieutenant, a Captain, uh, a Battalion Chief. I was the Division Chief of Training and Emergency Medical Services when I got promoted to Fire Chief. So I had some real good, diverse education and training that I think helped prepare me for the past 11 years as Fire Chief [laughs]. Thorncroft Um, so you spoke earlier before our interview about the Veterans Memorial for Oviedo. what are your main motivations for creating that? White Well, being involved in the historical society, I always took interest in that aspect, as well. Um, Around 2002-2003, we learned that the road widening project was, in fact, going to take place in Oviedo on, uh, [Florida] State Road 426-County Road 419, and it also was going to take land from the fire station and the Memorial Building. In fact, to the level that we have to take the buildings down, the City [of Oviedo] even looked at having the Memorial Building lifted and moved, but it just wasn’t feasible. So, uh, we learned that we were going to lose our only connection to our veterans. The Memorial Building was built in honor of, uh, four men who lost their lives in World War II, and the town built that building. Uh, used to be pictures of our military veterans depicted inside the building. So [Oviedo] City Council asked me, “Would you, uh, chair a committee and study building a veterans memorial in our town somewhere.” So I took on that task. I studied veterans’ memorials all across the country for about six months, and then formed the committee, and we included, uh, city staff, um, the American Legion Post [243] from Oviedo. We had a[sic] architect on board, uh, um, uh, a—another architect that was instrumental in Winter Springs [Veterans] Memorial. So we put the team together, started our planning efforts, and it went from there. Um, it’s—it’s been, uh, a good experience. We’ve been working on it for about three years. We’re going to dedicate it, uh, this, uh, May 25, uh—Memorial Day 2015. Uh, I’ve had a lot of interesting conversations with families and veterans, and heard some real personal stories, and I think that’s probably been the most meaningful aspect of it. I think it’s made the project more meaningful to me. I’ve also had, uh, family members that have served, uh, primarily in World War II, and learned a lot about their personal stories and things I had—I had never known before and some very heroic acts, uh—not only of them, but all those protect us every day every night. So this is going to mean a lot to me. I’m excited about it and Excited to get it done, ‘cause we’ve been working on it for such a long time. Thorncroft So with the impending, you know, de—demolition of Downtown Oviedo, um, that fire house there—I heard through the grapevine—is the oldest one in Seminole County. Is that any sort of major loss to the community, you think? White Well, it has some sentimental value, since it was the original fire station location. Um, I think there—in the region, there were older fire stations than that, ‘cause there’s, uh—Sanford goes further back than our time frame for volunteers and full-time department. Um, it’s probably second to Sanford, in age. Um, it—yeah, it’s going to a little be hard to see it come down, um, but we’ll take some bricks off it. We’ll memorialize it. We have some wonderful pictures of it, and we’re gonna start a new legacy at the new location, but it is important to document it and capture it in our history, but we know all things change, in time. Uh, ironically, all those business down that corridor have been waiting for this moment. Uh, their—their properties have had limited value, and property owners knew that, and children that inherited them. So they knew when the road widening project was coming along. They hadn’t been able to sell their properties. nobody wants to buy those buildings. Um, There’s—parking has been a[sic] atrocious problem down there for those businesses—businesses to thrive. So, um, we—we’ve captured in—in records the best we can. Historical society empowered the local Oviedo Photography Club.<a title="">[1]</a> So we have some good records of it, and that’s not the original downtown. The original downtown burnt down at one time, as well. So that was kinda, uh, “version 2.0” I’ll call it. So now it’s time to launch version 3.0, you know, for Oviedo’s history. Thorncroft Alright, so in a little bit of research for this interview, I saw that in 2013 you were asked to conduct an investigation in Oviedo chicken population. White Yeah [laughs]. Thorncroft Uh, what was your reaction when you were asked to do that investigation? White [laughs] Uh, a little embarrassing [laughs]. Probably asking myself, Why me? You know, Why did I get charged with this? I think having grown up here, uh, they probably said, uh, “You need to handle this,” and, uh, animal control duties fall under emergency management duties as well, but it was more to, uh, kinda appease the crowd out there. It was beginning wondering what’s going on, but the, uh—the chickens have always been a part of Oviedo’s history. I suspect they’ll survive the growth, as well. There’s still plenty of land and pockets of land and so forth for them to survive. They, uh, have lasted all these years, so I think they’ll—they’ll, uh, migrate through the next decade or longer, as well. So… Thorncroft So you think they’ll just kinda migrate up to new Downtown Oviedo? White Uh, they kinda move on their own and—and set up a new habitat. Uh, they’re a little bit territorial. Uh, usually, if you try to relocate ‘em to a certain location, uh, they move from wherever you create a habitat. They create one on their own. So, uh, their population numbers go up and down. The research showed a little bit of, uh, just a normal cycle where some other wildlife were, uh—well, it’s just the chain of life, you know? They were getting to the chickens, eating the eggs before they would hatch, and so forth, and, uh, I think some of that has, uh, tempered down a little bit. We’re starting to see another rise in the chicken population, and we understand there’s a group out there that likes to feed ‘em and kinda maintain ‘em a little bit. So I think they’re doing well. Thorncroft What is your earliest memory of seeing an Oviedo chicken, because nobody knows… White [laughs]. Thorncroft Exactly where they came from? White No, there’s a hundred different stories, depending on who you ask. Uh, it was an agricultural community, so chickens were very common. Uh, they were common at residential homes, as well. People would just use ‘em for harvesting eggs. We had them on the horse farm we had, because it was known that chickens would often contract, uh, a serious disease before the horses might contract it or the cattle. So the farmers, uh, horse owners, cattle owners would, uh, use that as a gage to—to bring in the veterinarian before that could spread to the other crops and—and animals and so forth. So there was a[sic] actual purpose behind having chickens, but I think they were just part of the, uh, typical farming community. Thorncroft What about the, uh, peacocks that I typically see kinda wondering through Oviedo? Do you know anything about them? White Now, that’s probably the bigger question. Um, I don’t know where they came from. Uh, nobody really does. It’s likely someone acquired ‘em at some point in time, and became tired of ‘em, and just turned ‘em loose, but, uh, we don’t really have any historical knowledge of—of how they came about. They’re pretty to look at, but they’re pretty destructive too, and[?], uh… Thorncroft Have there… White Scratch cars and so forth. So… Thorncroft Have there been any incidents involving them, like accidents or… White Once in a while, we’ll get a citizen complaint, uh, that usually goes to Animal Control<a title="">[2]</a> for them or for aggressive roosters, certain times of year. Uh, they are just, uh, protective of themselves. So they’ll scratch you or peck at ya and so forth. A few complaints now and then where they damaged cars and things like that, but other than that, they’re—they’re pretty quiet. Thorncroft Alright. Um, well, is there anything else you’d like to share with me today about the history of Oviedo, growing up there, or anything? White Well, it’s been a great town. I—I think our growth has been pretty well managed. Uh, Traffic is always a problem in any town, and it’s always a catch-up type thing you’re never really completely prepared. The city doesn’t have a lot control over some of that, ‘cause they’re [Seminole] County and State [of Florida] roads and things of that nature. Uh, I’ve watched a lot of dirt roads get paved, uh, watched a lot of subdivisions come in to town, and that’s been—it’s been fun. I’m glad that people have enjoyed the hometown feel like just like I did, and that’s what you see a lot on social media and so forth—is folks really love this area. There’s a lot of, uh, civic organizations in here just doing some wonderful things, uh, so many groups, uh, A lot of hometown spirit, uh, A friendly rivalry between the two high schools. It’s been healthy. it hasn’t been destructive, so that’s been good. Uh, Seminole County has a top of the line school system. I think that’s attracted a lot of people to this area. It’s still a little bit rural. We’ve got the river that runs through—the Econ[lockhatchee] River that runs through our town. People get to enjoy that and paths, and parks, and trails. Oviedo, uh, has some wonderful recreation, parks, facilities. And I like to pride ourselves on our [Oviedo] Police [Department] and Fire Department. Uh, the police do community patrolling where they’re well-connected with the community, and, uh, our philosophy, in our department too, is a hometown fire department, and we treat every person, every contact, as if it were a family member, and that’s our—our philosophy in our organization is serve with, uh, excellence, uh, serve with honor, serve with respect, and, uh, I think that’s a throwback to the beginning of the volunteers. They did that, as well. You just—you entered into this career, ‘cause you wanted to give back something to the community. Although we’re paid to do it, it’s, uh, more meaningful than that, and, uh, I think it’s been a—a good career for me and a great town to grow up in. So that’s what I would add to the conversation. Thorncroft Alright, and I guess my last question would just be how did you get, you know, so interested in history and involved with that? White Well, knowing that the town was growing, knowing that we were going to lose the downtown area, and, uh, just being a part of Oviedo’s history. I think it’s important when folks come to town, you need to know where the community came from. Every time I hire a new employee in the fire department, they learn where this department started, that it was on the backs of a bunch of dedicated, volunteer firefighters, and, uh, it’s important they know that. So, uh, being involved in the historical society, and our Lawton House and [Oviedo] Farmers Market and things like that, I—I think it’s important we share that message. Uh, you learn from your past so you don’t make the same mistakes in the future. That’s a, uh, certainly historical, uh, uh, perspective that our, uh, elected officials and military leaders follow, and I think it serves well even for a hometown. Thorncroft Alright, well, thank you so much for your time today. White Thank you, Sarah. <div> <div> <a title="">[1]</a> Correction: Oviedo Photo Club. </div> <div> <a title="">[2]</a> Seminole County Animal Services. </div> </div> 100-mile endurance rides Andy McDaniel bonfires chickens Citizens Bank of Florida Citizens Bank of Oviedo County Road 419 CR 419 demolition desegregation education Emergency Management Director Emergency Medical Technician EMT fire chiefs fire departments fire protection fire stations fireman firemen Florida State Road 426 Florida Technological University FTU homecoming horse farms horseback riding horses hunter/jumper horse shows integration Jackson Heights Middle School JHMS Lars D. 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Bennett, Downtown Orlando, Florida Orlando Chamber of Commerce, Downtown Orlando, Florida Orlando Junior Chamber of Commerce, Downtown Orlando, Florida Orlando Public Library, Downtown Orlando, Florida Salvation Army, Downtown Orlando, Florida Contributing Project <a href="http://orlandoremembered.org/" target="_blank">Orlando Remembered</a> Curator Cepero, Laura Digital Collection <a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a> External Reference Orlando Public Library. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1680244" target="_blank">The Orlando Public Library, November 1923- November 1973, Orlando, Fla</a>. [Orlando]: 1973. "<a href="http://www.ocls.info/About/History/default.asp" target="_blank">Orlando's First Library</a>." Orange County Library System. http://www.ocls.info/About/History/default.asp. Bacon, Eve. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/2020029" target="_blank">Orlando: A Centennial History</a>. Chuluota, Fla: Mickler House, 1975. 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The Orlando Remembered Committee of the Historical Society of Central Florida, Inc. was created to "showcase artistic renderings of the time depicted, with artifacts and historical memorabilia from the location in an effort to preserve the memory of Orlando's history while acknowledging the potential of the City's future." The exhibit at the Orlando Public Library memorializes several institution located around the Albertson Public Library, including the Orlando Chamber of Commerce building, the City of Orlando Fire Station No. 1, the Orlando Salvation Army buildings, and the home of fire chief Maxie G. Bennett. Type Physical Object Source Original exhibit by <a href="http://orlandoremembered.org/" target="_blank">Orlando Remembered</a>, <a href="https://www.regions.com/Map.rf?id=1668" target="_blank">Orlando Public Library</a>, Orlando, Florida. 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Orlando Public Library Collection, Orlando Remembered Collection, Orlando Collection, Orange County Collection. RICHES of Central Florida. Is Format Of Original color digital image by Rachel Williams, June 2014. Publisher <a href="http://orlandoremembered.org/" target="_blank">Orlando Remembered</a> Format image/jpg Extent 2 MB Medium 1 color digital image Language eng Mediator History Teacher Economics Teacher Geography Teacher Provenance Originally published by <a href="http://orlandoremembered.org/" target="_blank">Orlando Remembered</a>. Rights Holder Copyright to this resource is held by the <a href="https://www.thehistorycenter.org/" target="_blank">Orange County Regional History Center</a> and is provided here by <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a> for educational purposes only. Accrual Method Donation Contributing Project <a href="http://orlandoremembered.org/" target="_blank">Orlando Remembered</a> Curator Cepero, Laura Digital Collection <a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a> Source Repository <a href="http://orlandoremembered.org/" target="_blank">Orlando Remembered</a> External Reference "<a href="http://www.historiciconsoforlando.com/" target="_blank">The Historic Icons of Orlando</a>." Orlando Remembered. http://www.historiciconsoforlando.com/. Coverage Albertson Public Library, Downtown Orlando, Florida Orlando Chamber of Commerce, Downtown Orlando, Florida Home of Maxie G. Bennett, Downtown Orlando, Florida City of Orlando Fire Station No. 1, Downtown Orlando, Florida Orlando Junior Chamber of Commerce, Downtown Orlando, Florida Salvation Army, Downtown Orlando, Florida Orlando Public Library, Downtown Orlando, Florida Transcript MONUMENTUM AERE PERENNIUS ALBERTSON PUBLIC LIBRARY ORLANDO FLORIDA THE PUBLIC LIBRARY of ORLANDO, FLORIDA Silver Anniversary November, 1948 ALBERTSON PUBLIC LIBRARY ORLANDO, FLORIDA PUBLIC LIBRARIES IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA THEIR HISTORY, CONDITION, AND MANAGEMENT SPECIAL REPORT DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF EDUCATION PART I WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 1876 ORANGE BOOK FESTIVAL PICK - READ - ENJOY ORLANDO - FLORIDA ALBERTSON PUBLIC LIBRARY SUMMER - 1950 Fair, George CHENEY [?] YALE ORLANDO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Andrew [illegible] [illegible] side 1956[?] [illegible] ORLANDO BAND BLOOD AND FIRE SALVATION ARMY Miss Clara[?] Elizabeth Wendel[?] served as librarian until 1970. The new library, considered one of the finest in the nation, was completed in two stages: Albertson Public Library chambers of commerce church churches City of Orlando Fire Station No. 1 Downtown Orlando exhibits fire chiefs fire departments fire stations libraries library Maxie G. Bennett orlando Orlando Chamber of Commerce Orlando Jaycees Orlando Junior Chamber of Commerce Orlando Public Library Orlando Remembered Orlando Salvation Army Salvation Army https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/files/original/adba227bfbd5040503c703de4ea7b105.JPG 68e3231ec5822261ef8e3637c61c621a Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title Winter Garden Heritage Foundation Collection Alternative Title Winter Garden Heritage Foundation Collection Subject Winter Garden (Fla.) Museums--Florida Description Collection of digital images, documents, and other records contributed by the Winter Garden Heritage Foundation, located at 1 North Main Street in Winter Garden, Florida. This one-story masonry vernacular building was originally the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad depot. The earliest train depot on this site was a 16-by-20-foot small wooden shed built by farmers in 1893 so they could ship their produce to Jacksonville and St. Petersburg on the Orange Belt Railway. A second larger wooden terminal was built on the same site in 1906 by the Atlantic Coat Line Railroad. The current brick building was constructed around 1918. After the train depot closed around 1960, the building housed the Chamber of Commerce, then several other businesses. In 1998, Kay Chicone Ustler and Jerry Chicone Jr. donated $150,000 to the City of Winter Garden to purchase the building for use as a museum. The Winter Garden Heritage Foundation opened the museum one month later. The museum is still active and is open from 1-5 PM everyday, excluding holidays. Contributor <a href="http://www.wghf.org/" target="_blank">Winter Garden Heritage Foundation</a> Is Part Of <a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/46" target="_blank">Orange County Collection</a>, RICHES of Central Florida. <a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/105" target="_blank">Winter Garden Collection</a>, Orange County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida. Language eng Type Collection Coverage Winter Garden Heritage Foundation, Winter Garden, Florida Accrual Method Donation Rights Holder Copyright to these resources are held by the <a href="http://www.wghf.org/" target="_blank">Winter Garden Heritage Foundation</a> and are provided here by <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a> for educational purposes only. Contributing Project <a href="http://www.wghf.org/" target="_blank">Winter Garden Heritage Foundation</a> Curator Cepero, Laura Digital Collection <a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a> Source Repository <a href="http://www.wghf.org/" target="_blank">Winter Garden Heritage Foundation</a> External Reference Cappleman, Kay, and Rod Reeves. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/651031169" target="_blank">Sundays in the South: Touring West Orange County</a>. Winter Garden, FL: Winter Garden Heritage Foundation, 2009. "<a href="http://www.cwgdn.com/" target="_blank">Welcome</a>." City of Winter Garden. http://www.cwgdn.com/. Winter Garden Heritage Foundation. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/39368776" target="_blank">All Aboard!: A Journey Through Historic Winter Garden, 1880-1950</a>. Winter Garden, FL: The Foundation, 1997. Edwards, Wynette. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/48909411" target="_blank">Orlando and Orange County</a>. Charleston, SC: Arcadia, 2001. Still Image A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials. Original Format 1 color digital image Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title Winter Garden's Original Fire Station Alternative Title Winter Garden's Original Fire Station Subject Winter Garden (Fla.) Fire departments--Florida Description Winter Garden's original fire station, located at 127 South Boyd Street, was built during the Great Depression with funds secured by Mayor George Walker from the Works Progress Administration (WPA). In order to apply to the WPA for funding, the mayor and Fire Chief Hoyle Pounds needed to submit plans and a rendering of the proposed building. Franklin Cappleman, a young college student at the time, had just completed an architectural drafting class at Georgia Institute of Technology and was recruited to draw up the plans. The building was constructed in 1938 according to his very amateur drawings, and it still stands today. Type Still Image Source Original color digital image by Katherine Bowers, July 2014: <a href="http://www.wghf.org/" target="_blank">Winter Garden Heritage Foundation</a>, Winter Garden, Florida. Is Part Of <a href="http://www.wghf.org/" target="_blank">Winter Garden Heritage Foundation</a>, Winter Garden, Florida. <a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/105" target="_blank">Winter Garden Collection</a>, RICHES of Central Florida. Is Format Of Digital reproduction of original color digital image, July 2014. Creator Bowers, Katherine Date Created 2014-07 Format image/jpg Extent 201 KB Medium 1 color digital image Language eng Mediator History Teacher Civics/Government Teacher Geography Teacher Provenance Originally created by Katherine Bowers. Rights Holder Copyright to this resource is held by the <a href="http://www.wghf.org/" target="_blank">Winter Garden Heritage Foundation</a> and is provided here by <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a> for educational purposes only. Accrual Method Donation Contributing Project <a href="http://www.wghf.org/" target="_blank">Winter Garden Heritage Foundation</a> Curator Bowers, Katherine Cepero, Laura Digital Collection <a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a> Source Repository <a href="http://www.wghf.org/" target="_blank">Winter Garden Heritage Foundation</a> External Reference Cappleman, Kay, and Rod Reeves. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/651031169" target="_blank">Sundays in the South: Touring West Orange County</a>. Winter Garden, FL: Winter Garden Heritage Foundation, 2009. "<a href="http://www.cwgdn.com/" target="_blank">Welcome</a>." City of Winter Garden. http://www.cwgdn.com/. Winter Garden Heritage Foundation. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/39368776" target="_blank">All Aboard!: A Journey Through Historic Winter Garden, 1880-1950</a>. Winter Garden, FL: The Foundation, 1997. "<a href="http://livingnewdeal.berkeley.edu/projects/fire-station-winter-garden-fl/" target="_blank">Fire Station – Winter Garden FL</a>." The Living New Deal. http://livingnewdeal.berkeley.edu/projects/fire-station-winter-garden-fl/. Coverage Winter Garden Fire Station, Winter Garden, Florida Transcript 127 S Boyrd St Bowers, Katherine Boyd Street Cappelman, Franklin fire departments fire protection fire stations Pounds, Hoyle Walker, George Winter Garden Work Projects Administration Works Progress Administration WPA