Elijah Hand Building
Orlando (Fla.)
Buildings--Florida
Furniture industry and trade--Southern States
Funeral homes--United States
Funeral industry
The Elijah Hand Building, located at 13-25 West Pine Street in Downtown Orlando, Florida, in 2002. The site, formerly occupied by the Magnolia Hotel, was purchased by Elijah Hand in 1905. Hand migrated to Orlando from Shelbyville, Indiana, in 1885 and is the first funeral director in the Orlando area to use embalming.<br /><br />The twentieth century-style, brick building was constructed as a warehouse for Hand's furniture and funeral businesses. In 1928, the site was occupied by the Mather-Wiley Furniture Company, who replaced the W. I. Miller Furniture Store. The building was renovated in 1982, which included the replacement of the original curved metal awning that ran the length of the building.<br /><br />Lado International Schools, an international college that teaches English as a second language, purchased the building from G. A. Giordano and Company in December of 1994 for $900,0000. The Lado International College of Orlando was scheduled to open on February 1, 1995. At the time that the photograph was taken in 2002, the building appeared to be occupied by the Blue Room.
Cook, Thomas
Original color digital image by Thomas Cook, 2002: Private Collection of Thomas Cook.
<a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a>
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Elijah Hand Building, Downtown Orlando, Florida
W. I. Miller Furniture Store, Downtown Orlando, Florida
Mather-Wiley Furniture Company, Downtown Orlando, Florida
Lado International College of Orlando, Downtown Orlando, Florida
Blue Room, Downtown Orlando, Florida
Wilson-Eichelberger Mortuary, 2011
Sanford (Fla.)
Georgetown (Sanford, Fla.)
Mortuaries
Funeral homes--United States
Wilson-Eichelberger Mortuary, located at 1100 Pine Avenue, in 2011. The mortuary is a long-standing business within the historic African-American district of Georgetown of Sanford, Florida.<br /><br />Georgetown was established by the city's founder, Henry Shelton Sanford, as a suburb for African-American residents in the 1870s. The neighborhood spans along Sanford Avenue, with its commercial district between First Street and Fifth Street and its historic district between Seventh Street and Tenth Street. Though originally much smaller, Georgetown spanned to its present boundaries from East Second Street to Celery Avenue and from Sanford Avenue to Mellonville Avenue. Georgetown thrived at its height from circa 1880 to 1940, particularly in agriculture and transportation.
Firpo, Julio R.
Original color digital image by Julio R. Firpo, April 26, 2011.
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Wilson-Eichelberger Mortuary, Georgetown, Sanford, Florida
Albert McLeod Bethune, Sr.
Morticians
A portrait of Albert McLeod Bethune, Sr., which is housed at the Mary McLeod Bethune Foundation, located at 640 Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune Boulevard in Daytona Beach, Florida. Albert Bethune was the only child of Albertus Bethune and Dr. Mary Jane McLeod Bethune. He was born on February 3, 1899, and served in the United States Army during World War I, when he was a young adult. Albert Bethune was one of the first students at his mother's school, after it merged with the Cookman Institute in 1923. He later went to the Haines Institute in Augusta, Georgia. Albert then became the owner and operator of Bethune Funeral Home for 25 years. He was also a retired coordinator of vocational services at Bethune-Cookman College (B-CC). He died on October 31, 1989.
Original 8 x 10 inch black and white photographic print: Sun room, image 78, <a href="http://www.cookman.edu/about_BCU/history/index.html" target="_blank">Mary McLeod Bethune Foundation</a>, Daytona Beach, Florida.
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Bethune-Cookman College, Daytona Beach, Florida
Mary McLeod Bethune Foundation, Mary McLeod Bethune Home, Bethune-Cookman University, Daytona Beach, Florida