James Edmundson Ingraham House

James Edmundson Ingraham House

Ingraham House

Sanford (Fla.)

Buildings--Florida

Houses

Ingraham, James E.

The James Edmundson Ingraham House, located at South Sanford Avenue in Sanford, Florida. James Edmundson Ingraham was born and raised in Racine, Wisconsin, and is historically known as an entrepreneur and railroad company executive. In 1874, he moved to Florida and spent most of his career working with Henry Shelton Sanford, Henry Flagler, and Henry Plant.

In 1892, he conducted a survey for the Plant railroad; he started in Fort Myers, traveled through the Everglades, and ended in Miami. It was during this expedition that Ingraham worked with Sydney Octavius Chase, a close personal friend.

Ingraham was employed by Flagler from 1892 through 1897, and then served as land commissioner for the Florida East Coast Railway from 1897 to 1899. He then served as president of Flagler's Model Land Company, as well as an officer of several of Flagler's smaller land companies. Ingraham promoted land sales and thus influenced growth of various Florida towns. He died on October 25, 1924.

Walmsley, W. H.

COriginal black and white photograph by W. H. Walmsley: Chase Collection (MS 14), box 215, folder 3.27, item CC94, Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.

ca. 1874-1934

Digital reproduction of original black and white photograph by W. H. Walmsley.

Chase Collection (MS 14), box 215, folder 3.27, Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.

Sanford Collection, Chase Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.

Folder referenced in Chase Collection finding guide, http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/pkyonge/chase.htm.

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James Edmundson Ingraham House, Sanford, Florida

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Entire Chase Collection is comprised of four separate accessions from various donors, including Cecilia Johnson, the granddaughter of Joshua Coffin Chase and the children of Randall Chase.

The displayed collection item is housed at Special and Area Studies Collections at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida. Rights to this item belong to the said institution, and therefore inquiries about the item should be directed there. RICHES of Central Florida has obtained permission from Special and Area Studies Collections at the University of Florida to display this item for educational purposes only.

Special and Area Studies Collections, University of Florida

Digital Collections (UFDC), University of Florida

Cepero, Laura

University of Florida, Special and Area Studies Collections

"Everglades Biographies: James Edmundson Ingraham." Reclaiming the Everglades: South Florida's Natural History, 1884-1934. http://everglades.fiu.edu/reclaim/bios/ingraham.htmx.

Ingraham House, S. Sanford Ave.

This photograph was printed and mounted by W. H. Walmsley, Limited, Photographic Stock Merchants, 1022 Walnut Street, Philadelphia.

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