Memorial High School on Lake Eola Postcard
Dublin Core
Title
Memorial High School on Lake Eola Postcard
Alternative Title
Memorial High School Postcard
Subject
Orlando (Fla.)
Postcards--Florida
High school buildings
Schools--United States
High schools--Florida
Description
Postcard showing Memorial High School, located at 151 East Washington Street. The school was constructed by J. C. Hanner in 1922 and dedicated on December 3, 1922. The building was designed in the Spanish Colonial Revival style and was named Memorial High School in honor of the "Orange County Boys who gave their lives in the World War." The building housed Orlando Memorial High School from 1922 to 1927, Memorial Junior High School from 1925 to 1958, and Orlando City Hall in 1961.
In 1961, the building was sold to Roland M. Mumford, president of the Meyer Hotel of Jacksonville for $400,077.77. The school was demolished in 1961, and the Robert Meyer Hotel, later named the Kahler Plaza Inn, was erected on the site. In 1973, Harry Helmsley bought it and added it to his chain of Harley hotels. The Harley went into a slow decline under the stewardship of Helmsley's wife Leona, prompting a sort of rock & roll aesthetic to pick up where the Helmsley dynasty left off. The Sheraton eventually picked up the property and injected $9 million into shaping it up. In the early 2000s, Sheraton sold the property and it was renovated once again into a condominium called The Metropolitan.
In 1961, the building was sold to Roland M. Mumford, president of the Meyer Hotel of Jacksonville for $400,077.77. The school was demolished in 1961, and the Robert Meyer Hotel, later named the Kahler Plaza Inn, was erected on the site. In 1973, Harry Helmsley bought it and added it to his chain of Harley hotels. The Harley went into a slow decline under the stewardship of Helmsley's wife Leona, prompting a sort of rock & roll aesthetic to pick up where the Helmsley dynasty left off. The Sheraton eventually picked up the property and injected $9 million into shaping it up. In the early 2000s, Sheraton sold the property and it was renovated once again into a condominium called The Metropolitan.
Source
Original 3.5 x 5.5 inch inch color postcard: Private Collection of Thomas Cook.
Date Created
ca. 1926
Date Copyrighted
ca. 1926
Is Format Of
Digital reproduction of original 3.5 x 5.5 inch color postcard.
Is Part Of
Postcard Collection, Thomas Cook Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Requires
Format
application/pdf
Extent
395 KB
Medium
3.5 x 5.5 inch color postcard
Language
eng
Type
Still Image
Coverage
Memorial High School, Orlando, Florida
Spatial Coverage
28.543764, -81.376388
Temporal Coverage
1926-01-01/1926-12-31
Accrual Method
Donation
Mediator
History Teacher
Geography Teacher
Rights Holder
This resource is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.
Curator
Cook, Thomas
Digital Collection
Source Repository
Private Collection of Thomas Cook
External Reference
Antequino, Stephanie Gaub, and Tana Mosier Porter. Lost Orlando. Charleston, S.C.: Arcadia Pub, 2012.
Davis, Orville Rhoads. Education in the Dark Ages: Orlando's Original Junior High Schools Came and Went, What Was It Like Then? Memorial Junior High, 1925-1961; Cherokee Junior High, 1927-1978. Orlando, Fla: Orville R. Davis, 1992.
Rajtar, Steve. A Guide to Historic Orlando. Charleston, SC: History Press, 2006.
Transcript
MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL ON LAKE EOLA.
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Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
1 color postcard
Physical Dimensions
3.5 x 5.5 inch
Collection
Citation
“Memorial High School on Lake Eola Postcard,” RICHES, accessed April 27, 2024, https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/items/show/1361.