123 South Sanford Avenue

123 South Sanford Avenue

123 S. Sanford Ave.

Sanford (Fla.)

African Americans--Florida

Georgetown (Sanford, Fla.)

Post offices

Lot located at 123 South Sanford Avenue in the Georgetown, an historic African-American neighborhood in Sanford, Florida. The earliest known occupant of this lot was George Latham, an African-American resident, in 1911. Lydia Goodwin, another African American, resided here in 1917 and operated a furniture business here from approximately 1924 to 1926. Kate Culmer, a black dressmaker, also ran her dress shop at this address in 1924. At the time that this photograph was taken in January 2012, the lot at 401 East First Street was expanded into this location to house a U.S. Post Office.

Rock, Adam

Original color digital image by Adam Rock, January 23, 2012.

2012-01-23

Sanford Avenue Collection, Georgetown Collection, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.

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Georgetown, Sanford, Florida

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Originally created by Adam Rock and published by RICHES of Central Florida.

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Flewellyn, Valada S. African Americans of Sanford Charleston, SC: Arcadia Pub, 2009.

"Pathways to History - Historic Georgetown." City of Sanford. http://www.sanfordfl.gov/index.aspx?page=483.

Sanford, Florida City Directory, 1911. Sanford, Florida: R.L. Polk & Company, 1911.

Sanford, Florida City Directory, 1917-1918. Jacksonville, FL: R.L. Polk & Co., 1917.

Sanford, Florida City Directory, 1924. Sanford, Florida: R.L. Polk & Company, 1924.

Sanford, Florida City Directory, 1926. Sanford, Florida: R.L. Polk & Company, 1926.

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