Street View of Sanford House Hotel
Dublin Core
Title
Street View of Sanford House Hotel
Alternative Title
Sanford House Hotel
Subject
Photography--Florida--History
Historical hotels
Sanford, Henry Shelton, 1823-1891
Sanford (Fla.)
Buildings--Florida
Hotels--Florida
Description
Built in 1875 by General Henry Shelton Sanford (1823-1891), the Sanford House Hotel was able to accommodate over 150 guests. At the turn of the century, the Sanford House Hotel was the center of all major city events and celebrations. The hotel extended all the way from Firstst Street to Commercial Street and was the center of the city's social and political life. Rates for a room in 1884 ranged from $15 to $20 per week. The 1887 fire came very close to the Sanford House, and it was feared that sparks would add it to the destruction. What saved it were wet blankets which were draped from the roof and windows. The Sanford House Hotel was torn down in May of 1920.
Source
Original black and white photograph: Photographic Collection, box 3, folder Businesses--Hotels, General Collection, UCF Public History Center, Sanford, Florida.
Date Created
ca. 1900-1910
Is Format Of
Digital reproduction of original black and white photograph.
Is Part Of
Photographic Collection, box 3, folder Businesses--Hotels, General Collection, UCF Public History Center, Sanford, Florida.
General Photographic Collection, Student Museum and UCF Public History Center Collection, Sanford Collection, Seminole County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Format
image/jpeg
Extent
2.4 MB
Medium
1 black and white photograph
Language
eng
Type
Still Image
Coverage
Sanford, Florida
Spatial Coverage
28.812529, -81.265982
Temporal Coverage
1900-01-01/1910-12-31
Accrual Method
Donation
Mediator
History Teacher
Economics Teacher
Geography Teacher
Rights Holder
Copyright to this resource is held by the Student Museum and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.
Contributing Project
Curator
Morton, Dave
Digital Collection
Source Repository
External Reference
Mills, Jerry W., and F. Blair Reeves. A Chronology of the Development of the City of Sanford, Florida: With Major Emphasis on Early Growth, 1975.
Fry, Joseph A. Henry S. Sanford: Diplomacy and Business in Nineteenth Century America. Reno: University of Nevada Press, 1982.
Sanford Historical Society, Inc. Sanford. Charleston, South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing, 2003.
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
1 black and white photograph
Collection
Citation
“Street View of Sanford House Hotel,” RICHES, accessed April 19, 2024, https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/items/show/873.