Court House and Lake Eola Postcard

Court House and Lake Eola Postcard

Courthouse and Lake Eola Postcard

Orlando (Fla.)

Postcards--Florida

Orange County (Fla.)

Clock towers

Courthouses--Florida

Buildings--Florida

Lakes--Florida

Postcard showing the Victorian-style Orange County Courthouse with Lake Eola in the background. The streets are Main Street (present-day Magnolia Avenue) and Central Avenue (present-day Central Boulevard). The Orange County Courthouse was constructed in 1892 and its cornerstone was laid on January 15, 1892. The architect was A. S. Wagner and the general contractor was the W. C. Green Company of Chicago, Illinois. The red brick, three-story building, which cost $57,000, was built in the Gothic Revival style with a eighty-foot high clock tower. The clock and bell were provided for by W. C. Sherman, a local businessman who raised several thousand dollars for the project. The clock mechanism was manufactured by Dent, London, founded by Edward John Dent, the company which made the Big Ben clock movement in London, England. The bell in the tower weighed 1,500 pounds, was tuned "F", was selected by local musician Harry Newell, and, as of 2011, is on display in the lobby of the Orange County Courthouse. The Orange County Courthouse occupied the building until 1927, when a new primary courthouse was constructed next door. Afterward, it was used for Orange County offices. On July 30, 1957, the building was condemned and then demolished on December 30, 1957. A new Orange County Courthouse Annex building was constructed on the site. In the late 1990s, the Courthouse Annex was demolished and replaced with an urban park called Heritage Square, owned by Orange County.

The gray building on the right is the McEwan Clinic, located at 100 East Central Boulevard, which was constructed in 1911. The original owner was Dr. John Singer McEwan. The building was designed to be Orlando's first public hospital. A third story was added circa 1920 to make a total of twenty hospital rooms. Apart from being a hospital and clinic, it was also the Florida Public Service Corporation, later the office of the Florida Gas Company, clothing stores (Artistry), and a 7-Eleven. As of 2011, it is the Central Station Bar. Across the Main Street from the Courthouse is the Orlando Lawn Bowling Clubs grounds.

C. T. American Art

Original 5.5 x 3.5 inch color postcard by C. T. American Art: Asheville Post Card Company, Asheville, North Carolina: Private Collection of Thomas Cook.

Asheville Post Card Company

ca. 1925

ca. 1925

ca. 1925

Cook, Thomas

Digital reproduction of original 5.5 x 3.5 inch color postcard by C. T. American Art: Asheville Post Card Company, Asheville, North Carolina.

Private Collection of Thomas Cook.

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Originally created by C. T. American Art and published by the Asheville Post Card Company.

Cook, Thomas

Private Collection of Thomas Cook

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"Elks History Project." The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks of the United States of America. http://www.elks.org/history/.

"Orange County Courthouse," Ninth Judicial Circuit Court of Florida. http://www.ninthcircuit.org/about/courthouses/orange/.

Rajtar, Steve. A Guide to Historic Orlando. Charleston, SC: History Press, 2006.

"Downtown Orlando Historic District Walking Tour"

"Elks History Project"

"Orange County Courthouse"

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