PICO Hotel
Dublin Core
Title
PICO Hotel
Alternative Title
PICO Hotel
Subject
Hotels--Florida
Tourism--Florida
Architecture, Turkish
Plant, Henry Bradley, 1819-1899
Buildings--Florida
Sanford (Fla.)
Description
PICO Hotel, located at 209 North Oak Avenue in Sanford, Florida, was built in 1887 for Henry Bradley Plant, President of the Plant Investment Company (PICO). The onion-shaped dome located on the southwest corner of the roof resembled a Turkish minaret. The dome was destroyed by a severe thunderstorm in the 1950s and was never replaced. The PICO Hotel served as the terminal hotel for a railroad and two steamship lines owned by Henry Plant. President Calvin Coolidge spent the night at the PICO Hotel during his visit to Sanford.
Creator
Smith, Austin
Source
Original color digital images by Austin Smith, December 19, 2010.
Publisher
Date Created
2010-12-19
Is Part Of
Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Format
image/jpeg
Extent
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Medium
7 color digital images
Language
eng
Type
Still Image
Coverage
PICO Hotel, Sanford, Florida
Accrual Method
Item Creation
Mediator
History Teacher
Economics Teacher
Geography Teacher
Humanities Teacher
Provenance
Originally created by Austin Smith and owned by RICHES of Central Florida.
Rights Holder
Contributing Project
Curator
Smith, Austin
Vickers, Savannah
Digital Collection
Source Repository
External Reference
Sammons, Sandra Wallus. The Two Henrys: Henry Plant and Henry Flagler and Their Railroads. Sarasota, Florida: Pineapple Press, Inc., 2010.
Sanford Historical Society, Inc. Sanford. Charleston, South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing, 2003.
Sanford Historic Preservation Board. "Pico Hotel, Restaurant, and Stores - 1887." City of Sanford, Florida. 2009.
Donaldson, Mary B., Charles Hammack, and Lenore Hammack, eds. 1999. Memories of Historic Sanford: Past and Present. Sanford FL: Sanford Historic Trust.
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
1 color digital image
Collection
Citation
Smith, Austin, “PICO Hotel,” RICHES, accessed April 16, 2024, https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/items/show/758.