S.H. Kress & Company Building

S.H. Kress & Company Building

Kress Building

Orlando (Fla.)

Buildings--Florida

Retail stores

Department stores--Florida

The Kress Building, located at 15 West Church Street in Downtown Orlando, Florida, in 2001. S. H. Kress & Company is a chain of retail department stores founded by Samuel H. Kress in 1896. The building was designed with Art Deco details by Edward F. Sibbert, built by the G. A. Miller Company in 1930, and opened in 1936. The Kress store vacated the building in 1975. The Church Street portion of building housed King Henry's Feast, a dinner attraction, before it relocated to International Drive. After the restaurant left, this section of the building housed several stores and dining establishments. In 1978, the Kress Building was named an Orlando Historic Landmark.

Cook, Thomas

Original color digital image by Thomas Cook, 2001: Private Collection of Thomas Cook.

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Kress Building, Downtown Orlando, Florida

S. H. Kress & Company, Downtown Orlando, Florida

King Henry's Feast, Downtown Orlando, Florida

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Originally created by Thomas Cook and published by RICHES of Central Florida.

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"Downtown Orlando Historic District Walking Tour." City of Orlando. http://sanfordhistory.tripod.com/Links/wtour.pdf.

Rajtar, Steve. A Guide to Historic Orlando. Charleston, SC: History Press, 2006.

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