Winter Garden's Original Fire Station

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Title

Winter Garden's Original Fire Station

Alternative Title

Winter Garden's Original Fire Station

Subject

Winter Garden (Fla.)
Fire departments--Florida

Description

Winter Garden's original fire station, located at 127 South Boyd Street, was built during the Great Depression with funds secured by Mayor George Walker from the Works Progress Administration (WPA). In order to apply to the WPA for funding, the mayor and Fire Chief Hoyle Pounds needed to submit plans and a rendering of the proposed building. Franklin Cappleman, a young college student at the time, had just completed an architectural drafting class at Georgia Institute of Technology and was recruited to draw up the plans. The building was constructed in 1938 according to his very amateur drawings, and it still stands today.

Creator

Bowers, Katherine

Source

Original color digital image by Katherine Bowers, July 2014: Winter Garden Heritage Foundation, Winter Garden, Florida.

Date Created

2014-07

Is Format Of

Digital reproduction of original color digital image, July 2014.

Is Part Of

Winter Garden Heritage Foundation, Winter Garden, Florida.
Winter Garden Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.

Format

image/jpg

Extent

201 KB

Medium

1 color digital image

Language

eng

Type

Still Image

Coverage

Winter Garden Fire Station, Winter Garden, Florida

Accrual Method

Donation

Mediator

History Teacher
Civics/Government Teacher
Geography Teacher

Provenance

Originally created by Katherine Bowers.

Rights Holder

Copyright to this resource is held by the Winter Garden Heritage Foundation and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.

Contributing Project

Curator

Bowers, Katherine
Cepero, Laura

Digital Collection

External Reference

Cappleman, Kay, and Rod Reeves. Sundays in the South: Touring West Orange County. Winter Garden, FL: Winter Garden Heritage Foundation, 2009.
"Welcome." City of Winter Garden. http://www.cwgdn.com/.
Winter Garden Heritage Foundation. All Aboard!: A Journey Through Historic Winter Garden, 1880-1950. Winter Garden, FL: The Foundation, 1997.
"Fire Station – Winter Garden FL." The Living New Deal. http://livingnewdeal.berkeley.edu/projects/fire-station-winter-garden-fl/.

Transcript

127 S Boyrd St

Still Image Item Type Metadata

Original Format

1 color digital image

Citation

Bowers, Katherine, “Winter Garden's Original Fire Station,” RICHES, accessed December 26, 2024, https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/items/show/4170.

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