Sanford After Great Fire of 1887

Sanford After Great Fire of 1887

Sanford After Great Fire

Sanford (Fla.)

Buildings--Florida

Fires--United States

Sanford, Florida after the Great Fire of 1887. On September 27, 1887, "The Big Fire" burned and damaged the majority of the east side of Sanford. The fire began at Altree's Bakery on First Street and quickly spread through the wooden buildings in the city. The Sanford Fire Department helped extinguish the fire. Buildings such as the Sanford House Hotel were spared by placing wet blankets on the roof. Many of those buildings that were destroyed in the fire were immediately rebuilt using brick.

Chase & Company

Original 8.5 x 5.5 inch black and white photograph by Chase & Company: Chase Collection (MS 14), box 211, folder 3.30A, item CC 108, Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.

1887

Digital reproduction of original 8.5 x 5.5 inch black and white photograph by Chase & Company.

Chase Collection (MS 14), box 211, folder 3.30A, Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.

Sanford Collection, Chase Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.

Folder referenced in Chase Collection finding guide, http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/pkyonge/chase.htm.

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8.5 x 5.5 inch black and white photograph

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Sanford, Florida

28.811725, -81.265966

1887-09-27/1887-12-31

Donation

SS.K.A.1.2; SS.K.G.1.4; SS.1.A.1.1; SS.1.A.2.2; SS.1.G.1.4; SS.1.G.1.6; SS.2.A.1.1; SS.3.A.1.1; SS.3.G.1.1; SS.3.G.2.5; SS.3.G.2.6; SS.4.A.1.1; SS.4.G.1.1; SS.4.G.1.2; SS.5.A.1.1; SS.5.G.1.3; SS.5.G.1.4; SS.6.W.1.3; SS.7.G.2.3; SS.8.A.1.2; SS.8.A.1.5; SS.8.G.2.1; SS.912.A.1.1; SS.912.A.1.4; SS.912.A.1.6; SS.912.A.3.13; SS.912.G.1.2; SS.912.G.1.4; SS.912.G.2.1; SS.912.W.1.3; SS.912.W.1.6

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Entire Chase Collection is comprised of four separate accessions from various donors, including Cecilia Johnson, the granddaughter of Joshua Coffin Chase and the children of Randall Chase.

The displayed collection item is housed at Special and Area Studies Collections at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida. Rights to this item belong to the said institution, and therefore inquiries about the item should be directed there. RICHES of Central Florida has obtained permission from Special and Area Studies Collections at the University of Florida to display this item for educational purposes only.

Special and Area Studies Collections, University of Florida

Marra, Katherine

Brochure, Sanford: Central Florida's Waterfront Gateway.  Sanford, Florida: City of Sanford, 2005.

Sanford Historical Society, Inc. Sanford. Charleston, South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing, 2003.

Henry Shelton Sanford Papers. General Sanford Memorial Library, Sanford Museum, Sanford, Florida.

1 black and white photograph

8.5 x 5.5 inch