Mann and Mills Dry Goods Store and Lafayette Apartments
Dublin Core
Title
Mann and Mills Dry Goods Store and Lafayette Apartments
Alternative Title
Mann and Mills Dry Goods
Subject
Winter Garden (Fla.)
Retail industry
Description
The Mann and Mills Dry Goods store at 31 South Main Street in Winter Garden, Florida. The building was constructed by James Lafayette Dillard (1858-1943) in 1922. Thomas Franklin Mann and Willie Mills migrated to Winter Garden in 1912, where they opened their original store in the Dillard and Boyd Building. They later relocated to the location in the photograph. The second floor featured the Lafayette Apartments was named in honor of Dillard. The building went through various owners over the years and during World War II, a man named Collie Biggers opened the Gem Theatre there to compensate for the popularity of the Garden Theatre. An array of businesses use the building now.
Source
Original black and white photograph: Up From the Ashes Exhibit, Winter Garden Heritage Foundation, Winter Garden, Florida.
Date Created
ca. 1922-1943
Is Format Of
Digital reproduction of original black and white photograph.
Is Part Of
Up From the Ashes Exhibit, Winter Garden Heritage Foundation, Winter Garden, Florida.
Up From the Ashes Collection, Winter Garden Heritage Foundation Collection, Winter Garden Collection, RICHES of Central Florida., Winter Garden Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Format
image/jpg
Extent
368 KB
Medium
1 black and white photograph
Language
eng
Type
Still Image
Coverage
Lafayette Apartments, Winter Garden, Florida
Mann and Mills Dry Goods, Winter Garden, Florida
Accrual Method
Donation
Mediator
History Teacher
Economics Teacher
Geography Teacher
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.
Curator
Bowers, Katherine
Cepero, Laura
Digital Collection
Source Repository
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
MANN & MILLS
DRY GOODS.
DRY GOODS.
Collection
Citation
“Mann and Mills Dry Goods Store and Lafayette Apartments,” RICHES, accessed April 18, 2024, https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/items/show/4320.