Old Mount Dora Post Office

Old Mount Dora Post Office. . , The area received its first post office in 1880. Ross C. Tremarin was appointed as the first postmaster and named the lakeside outpost “Royellou” after his three children, Roy, Ella and Louis. Two years later, the town’s official name was changed by surveyors to “Mount Dora”. They chose “Mount” because of the 184 feet above sea level elevation and “Dora” after homesteader Dora Drawdy., With a booming population of 400, the current Postmaster David S. Simpson persuaded the government to build a new post office on Alexander Street. After only three months of construction, this post office opened its doors in the spring of 1928 and served the community until 1962. The one-story hollow tile building featured a Lombardy Engrove tapered tile roof, cream-colored stucco facade, white interior finish and twelve foot high ceilings with a central skylight., This building is one of the few Mediterranean Revival styles in town and one of the first buildings to be constructed with pressed concrete block. To this day, it is one of the only buildings that still exhibits its original facade. The building received a Historic Marker from the Mount Dora Historic Preservation Board in March 2001.