Black Building

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Dublin Core

Title

Black Building

Alternative Title

Black Building

Subject

Winter Garden (Fla.)
Apartments--United States
Housing--Florida

Description

The Black Building, located at 101-121 West Plant Street in Winter Garden, Florida. This two-story brick Masonry Vernacular commercial building was constructed in 1921 by a businessman and citrus grower from Clermont named Robert E. Black. It initially contained apartments on the second story and a series of stores on the first. Several physicians maintained offices on the second floor. As a result, it was often referred to as the Clinic Building. During the 1930s, the building accommodated the office of the Florida Public Service Company and the post office. Arnold's and later McCord's Feed Store occupied space on the first floor. Raymond Dickson operated a plumbing and electric business in this building for more than 25 years. The neon sign advertising his business is still present. Today, the building houses several local businesses.

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

242 KB

Medium

1 color digital image

Language

eng

Type

Still Image

Coverage

Black Building, Winter Garden, Florida
Florida Public Service Company, Winter Garden, Florida
Winter Garden Post Office, Winter Garden, Florida

Accrual Method

Donation

Mediator

History Teacher
Civics/Government Teacher
Economics 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.

Transcript

The Chef's Table
Winter Garden [illegible]
Shaw's Flowers
Public Parking[?]
City [illegible]

GE
APPLIANCES
DICKSON'S

WHEELWORKS
Winter Garden

N BOYD ST

Still Image Item Type Metadata

Original Format

1 color digital image

Citation

Bowers, Katherine, “Black Building,” RICHES, accessed March 19, 2024, https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/items/show/4171.

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