https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/items/browse?tags=Claude+R.+Edwards&%3Boutput=omeka-json&output=atom2024-03-28T23:55:00+00:00Omekahttps://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/items/show/7874 The city hall was built in 1958 and was later demolished in 1991. Mayor Carr was mayor when the greatest growth took place in Orlando with Walt Disney (1901-1966) announcing plans to build the Walt Disney World Resort just outside the city. In 1967, Mayor Carr died from a heart attack while still in office.]]>2016-09-02T22:00:00+00:00
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Title
Mayor Bob Carr at the First Orlando City Council Meeting in the New Orlando City Hall
Alternative Title
Orlando City Council Meeting in New City Hall
Subject
Orlando (Fla.)
City halls--United States
Mayors--Florida
Description
Mayor Bob Carr (1899-1967) at the first Orlando City Council meeting in the new 1958 Orlando City Hall in Downtown Orlando, Florida. Photographed, from left to right, are: Grace Avera, council secretary; William G. Stewart, city clerk; A. B. Herndon, Director of Public Works; George A. Baker, councilman; Claude R. Edwards (ca. 1922-2002), who later became a judge for the Ninth Judicial Circuit Court of Florida; Mayor Carr; W. M. Sanderlin (b. ca. 1925), councilman; Wilbur H. Strickland; J. Edward Greaves, Director of Finance, and John G. Baker, city attorney.
The city hall was built in 1958 and was later demolished in 1991. Mayor Carr was mayor when the greatest growth took place in Orlando with Walt Disney (1901-1966) announcing plans to build the Walt Disney World Resort just outside the city. In 1967, Mayor Carr died from a heart attack while still in office.
Source
Original color photographic print: Orlando Remembered Exhibit, Orlando City Hall, Orlando, Florida.
A brochure concerning the construction of the Orlando City Hall in Orlando, Florida. The brochure outlines the city officials responsible in the various steps of its conception, construction, and design processes. A brief stapled on the inside of the front cover details the construction materials as well as the technical features of the building. A majority of the brochure consists of floor plan designs. The building was designed by noted Orlando architect Richard Boone Rogers under the administration of Mayor William Beardall (1923-2011), and was constructed on land acquired during the administration of Mayor J. Rolfe Davis (1904-1988). The building was constructed by Tampa-based firm C.A. Fielland from 1956 to 1958 during the administration of Mayor Bob Carr (1899-1967). Dedicated on October 3, 1958, the building served as Orlando’s city hall until its implosion on October 25, 1991, following the construction of a new City Hall less than ten feet away as a product of Mayor Bill Frederick’s efforts to beautify and improve Orlando. The building's implosion is featured in a scene from the Warner Bros.’ 1992 film Lethal Weapon 3.
"Object 2009.070.0002 - Granite." 1958. Orange County Regional History Center, http://thehistorycenter.pastperfectonline.com/webobject/19C7CEBD-3BF5-48A6-8B24-394179597640.
]]>https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/items/show/6569Lethal Weapon 3. The new city hall building was completed in 1992, stands at nine stories tall, and cost $32,000,000 to construct.]]>2016-09-02T22:36:01+00:00
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Title
Orlando City Hall Architectural Drawings
Alternative Title
City Hall Architectural Drawings
Subject
Orlando (Fla.)
City halls--United States
Description
The contract drawings for the heating and air conditioning systems that were to be installed in Orlando City Hall in Downtown Orlando, Florida. Drawings contain the name of the commissioners of the city of Orlando. The old Orlando City Hall building was completed in 1958, stood at eight stories tall, and cost $1,600,000 to construct. The city hall was imploded on October 25, 1991, for the opening scene of the film Lethal Weapon 3. The new city hall building was completed in 1992, stands at nine stories tall, and cost $32,000,000 to construct.
Source
Original black and white photograph: Orlando Remembered Exhibit, Orlando City Hall, Orlando, Florida.
Date Created
ca. 1958
Is Format Of
Digital reproduction of original black and white photograph.