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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Orange County, Florida
Adjacent to Orange County, Florida
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GEOGRAPHIC SORT
| On Fayette Street 0.1 miles north of Monore Avenue, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Public education has always been an important part of Apopka's history. In 1879, Orange County held its first institute for teacher education in Apopka. In the early 1880s, the school in Apopka lacked a permanent building and was forced to hold its . . . — — Map (db m146436) HM |
| Near Piedmont Wekiwa Road at Benbow Court. |
| | Piedmont, named in the late 1890s, was comprised of a wide area around Blue lake, one and one-half miles east of Apopka City. It was a close-knit community populated in the 1870s almost entirely by Swedish immigrants. Among the earliest settlers . . . — — Map (db m72441) HM |
| Near East Kelly Park Road. |
| | To the memory of Dr. Howard Atwood Kelly of Baltimore, Maryland, one of the founders of Johns Hopkins Hospital and medical school. He was a great surgeon, teacher and medical authority, and above all, a Christian gentleman.
Dr. Kelly, in 1927 . . . — — Map (db m66834) HM |
| On Baptist Camp Road north of East Kelly Park Road, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Rock Springs is the source of the Rock Springs Run, a swift running stream with an average flow of 26,000 gallons per minute and a constant temperature of 68 degrees. The spring flows from limestone containing fossils that date back 17 million . . . — — Map (db m94341) HM |
| On East 6th Street at South Highland Avenue, on the right when traveling east on East 6th Street. |
| | This little church began as a simple rectangular board and batten structure built in 1886 by the First Congregational Church on Main Street in Apopka. Services were held in the church for ten years until the Great Freeze of 1895 forced the . . . — — Map (db m104871) HM |
| On South Binion Road (State Road 437) 0.8 miles west of Ocoee-Apopka Road (County Road 437A), on the right when traveling south. |
| | In the 1870s, the early settlers of northwest Orange County looked to area waterways as commercial highways. Lake Apopka, the head of the Ocklawaha chain of lakes, offered access to the St. Johns River near Palatka and a way for citrus and vegetable . . . — — Map (db m72409) HM |
| On East Main Street (U.S. 441) at Alabama Avenue, on the right when traveling west on East Main Street. |
| | Masonic Lodge No. 36 of the Grand Jurisdiction of Florida was established in 1856 and is still serving under a warrant issued that year. This building was erected here in 1859; the upper story has been continually used for lodge meetings. The . . . — — Map (db m72418) HM |
| Near North Fort Christmas Road (County Road 420) 1.8 miles north of East Colonial Road (State Road 50), on the left when traveling north. |
| | Ephriam Legrand Brown built this house in 1900. Mr. Brown was born in Americus, Georgia in 1859 and came to Florida at the age of sixteen. He worked as a surveyor. In 1882 he married Julia Roberts of the Roberts Plantation on Lake Mills. He . . . — — Map (db m108107) HM |
| Near North Fort Christmas Road (State Road 420) 1.8 miles north of East Colonial Drive (State Road 50). |
| | As white settlers moved into Florida in the 1820's and 1830's, there were growing demands that the Seminole Indians be removed to a reservation west of the Mississippi. Efforts to convince the Seminoles to move failed, and in 1835 the conflict known . . . — — Map (db m54086) HM |
| On East Colonial Drive (Florida Route 50) at Fort Christmas Road, on the right when traveling west on East Colonial Drive. |
| | Fort Christmas
Built in 1835
Three miles north of this marker
Erected by Orlando Chapter, D.A.R.
1951 — — Map (db m156158) HM |
| Near North Fort Christmas Road. |
| | George Washington Simmons and Ann McDougald Simmons were married at Silver Springs in 1856. They soon moved to the Orlando area where they lived near Curry’s Ford for a number of years. Then in 1873 they settled at Taylor Creek near Fort Christmas . . . — — Map (db m108044) HM |
| Near North Fort Christmas Road (County Road 420) 1.8 miles north of East Colonial Drive (State Road 50), on the left when traveling north. |
| | John Burl (Bud) Yates III, born in 1875, and Polly Canada, born in 1874, lived on the John Burl Yates’ homestead, located on Taylor Creek when they first were married. They converted an old shed into living quarters and prepared meals on a 'cook . . . — — Map (db m108093) HM |
| On South Conway Road (State Road 15) at Trentonian Court, on the right when traveling north on South Conway Road. |
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Citrus Industry and Red Hill Groves
Cattle ranches and turpentine stills filled the Conway landscape in the late nineteenth century, but it was the citrus industry that would predominate in most of the twentieth century. For miles, neat . . . — — Map (db m101053) HM |
| On South Conway Road (State Road 15) at Gatlin Avenue, on the right when traveling south on South Conway Road. |
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Conway First Baptist Church
The Conway First Baptist Church was organized in 1910 and first housed in a clubhouse on Arnold Avenue and Anderson Road. In February 1911, the clubhouse and lot were sold or exchanged for five acres of land . . . — — Map (db m101052) HM |
| On South Conway Road (State Road 15) at Anderson Road, on the right when traveling north on South Conway Road. |
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Conway United Methodist Church
The Conway Methodist Church was first organized in 1874 as the Prospect Methodist Episcopal Church South. Services were held monthly in a log cabin and led by a circuit rider. The building also served as the . . . — — Map (db m93389) HM |
| On South Conway Road (State Road 15) at St. Mary's Lane, on the right when traveling north on South Conway Road. |
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St. Mary's Missionary Baptist Church
St. Mary's Missionary Baptist Church was built on land donated by Mary Walker in 1915. It was a small frame building with a steeple to the side of the main entrance The small African American community . . . — — Map (db m101051) HM |
| On South Conway Road (State Road 15) just south of Lake Margaret Drive, on the right when traveling south. |
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The English Colony
A group of Englishmen known locally as the English Colony immigrated to Conway in the 1880s. They came as a result of a land and citrus industry promotion by the state and railroad corporations that promised an annual . . . — — Map (db m101054) HM |
| On Taylor Street south of East Kennedy Boulevard, on the left when traveling south. |
| | Taylor Street is the eastern boundary of Eatonville and is the site of Jim and Matilda Clark Moseley's home. Matilda, or "Miss Tillie," as she was affectionately called, was the niece of Joseph Clark, Eatonville's founder and first mayor. Early . . . — — Map (db m52686) HM |
| On Aloma Avenue (State Road 426) at Bear Gully Road, on the right when traveling west on Aloma Avenue. |
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The small community of Gabriella was located on SR 426 about a mile north of Goldenrod, between Goldenrod and Jamestown. The post office was established on July 31, 1886. Sherman Adams was the first post master. The post office was located west . . . — — Map (db m92962) HM |
| | The Province Bell was the name first used to describe me. I was ordered from the English bell foundry of Whitechapel in 1751 by the Pennsylvania Assembly. I was to be part of the celebration which would commemorate the 50th anniversary of William . . . — — Map (db m76520) HM |
| | Under the boughs of the original Liberty Tree in Boston in 1765, patriots, calling themselves “The Sons of Liberty,” gathered to protest the imposition of the Stamp Act. In the years that followed, almost every American town had a . . . — — Map (db m76711) HM |
| | This fossil cast is an exact replica of “Sue”, the most complete Tyrannosaurus Rex skeleton ever found. Named for her discoverer, Sue was found in South Dakota on August 12, 1990. Sue is 90% complete, a fossil find of enormous importance . . . — — Map (db m76896) HM |
| Near Lake Lily Drive, on the left when traveling east. |
| | The Black Bear Trail, so named because it ran through the natural habitat of the black bear, was organized by The Black Bear Trail, Inc., an association of officials of Chambers of Commerce, boards of trade and cities lying along the route of the . . . — — Map (db m7453) HM |
| Near Lake Lily Drive south of Maitland Avenue South. |
| | This historic workshop, built around 1883, was the site of William H. Waterhouse's woodworking and construction business. A pioneer settler and carpenter, Mr. Waterhouse built many of the early homes in Maitland and constructed the pews for he First . . . — — Map (db m52525) HM |
| On Lake Avenue 0.2 miles west of South Orlando Avenue (U.S. 17/92), on the right when traveling west. |
| | The Church of the Good Shepherd (known as "The Chapel") was established in 1882 by the Right Reverend Henry Benjamin Whipple, the first Episcopal bishop of the Diocese of Minnesota, who wintered in Maitland because of poor health. Bishop Whipple . . . — — Map (db m93356) HM |
| On N. Orlando Avenue (U.S. 17 & 92) 0.2 miles north of E George Avenue, on the right when traveling south. |
| | This congregation was organized in 1882 by ten Presbyterian settlers under the direction of the Rev. W.G.F. Wallace when Maitland was a pioneer hamlet. The church building was constructed in 1883, and it is one of the oldest churches still in use in . . . — — Map (db m7451) HM |
| On S. Orlando Avenue (U.S. 17 & 92) at Lake Lily Drive, on the right when traveling north on S. Orlando Avenue. |
| | Fort Maitland
was built in November 1838 by Lt. Col. Alexander C. W. Fanning, U.S.A. (1788-1848) on the military road connecting Fort Melon (Sanford) with Fort Gatlin (Orlando) and used as a stockade in the war between the United States and the . . . — — Map (db m7452) HM |
| Near Lake Lily Drive (now a footpath). |
| | This road was the first direct route from Northeast Florida to Maitland. It followed Maitland Avenue around this west side of Lake Lily and continued south on what is now Highway 17-92. During the Second Seminole War the United States Army used this . . . — — Map (db m13636) HM |
| On Lake Lily Drive at Central Avenue, on the right when traveling south on Lake Lily Drive. |
| | Before the railroad to Lake Maitland, travelers boarded a steamboat in Jacksonville for the trip up the St. Johns River to Sanford. The St. Johns River is one of only three rivers in the United States that flows from south to north. Landing at . . . — — Map (db m52452) HM |
| Near Lake Lily Drive south of Maitland Avenue South, on the left when traveling south. |
| | This property has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior July 15, 1983 — — Map (db m52521) HM |
| On North Lakeshore Drive at Oakland Avenue, on the right when traveling south on North Lakeshore Drive. |
| | ORANGE COUNTY ELECTION DAY VIOLENCE
Leading up to Election Day on November 2, 1920, the Ku Klux Klan and the United Confederate Veterans held rallies and parades to discourage African Americans from voting. County officials arranged for the local . . . — — Map (db m160890) HM |
| On South Bluford Avenue at McKey Street, on the right when traveling south on South Bluford Avenue. |
| | This church was built in 1891 by Gen. William T. Withers. The General died before the construction was completed, but Mrs. Withers finished the job in her husband's honor. The land was donated by Cpt. Sims. The church is Gothic architecture. The . . . — — Map (db m146480) HM |
| Near E. Washington Street 0.1 miles west of N. Eola Drive. |
| | In memory of
the Orange County Boys
who gave their lives
in the World War
Erected by the Orlando Chapter
Daughters of the American Revolution
aided by patriotic citizens of
Orange County 1924 — — Map (db m7420) WM |
| On South Conway Road at Merryweather Drive, on the right when traveling south on South Conway Road. |
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At 11:20 a.m. on March 31, 1972, a 306th Bombardment Wing B-52D Stratofortress bomber stationed at nearby McCoy Air Force Base (now Orlando International Airport) crashed on this site. The plane, which was not carrying any weapons, had left . . . — — Map (db m82976) HM |
| On West Princeton Street 0.1 miles east of North Westmoreland Drive, on the right when traveling north. |
| | John Watts Young, NASA astronaut, Gemini veteran, Apollo moonwalker, and space shuttle commander, was the first American to travel in space six times. As an Orlando High School student, Young lived in this house at 815 West Princeton Street from . . . — — Map (db m72371) HM |
| On Sligh Boulevard at West Copeland Drive, on the right when traveling south on Sligh Boulevard. |
| | (side 1)
In 1880, the South Florida Railroad built a railway through Orlando. The small community boomed with land speculators, citrus and cattle investors, and tourists. In 1902, the larger Atlantic Coastline Railroad acquired the South . . . — — Map (db m100895) HM |
| On West Church Street at Gertrude's Walk, on the right when traveling east on West Church Street. |
| | Joseph Bumby, Sr. came from Great Britain in 1873. He started selling hay, grain and fertilizer from a warehouse on Church Street. When the railroad arrived in 1880 his warehouse was used as the depot and he was the ticket agent. In 1886, Bumby . . . — — Map (db m132082) HM |
| On South Westmoreland Street at Cypress Street, on the right when traveling north on South Westmoreland Street. |
| | Built in 1945 for $468,700, Carver Court was a public housing development set up by the Orlando Housing Authority in an effort to stimulate the economy, resolve growing slum and housing problems, and meet local demands associated with the massive . . . — — Map (db m72387) HM |
| On Jernigan Avenue at South Lee Avenue, on the left when traveling north on Jernigan Avenue. |
| | Built in 1945 for $468,700, Carver Court was a public housing development set up by the Orlando Housing Authority in an effort to stimulate the economy, resolve growing slum and housing problems, and meet local demands associated with the massive . . . — — Map (db m72407) HM |
| Near Lake Baldwin Lane at Glenride Way East. |
| | My Stone Is Red For
The Blood They Shed.
The Medal I Bear
Is America’s Way
To Show It Cares.
If I Could Be Seen
By All Mankind
Maybe Peace Will
Come In My Lifetime.
Dedicated to the Everlasting Memory
of All Veterans . . . — — Map (db m143451) WM |
| Near North Lucerne Circle East 0.1 miles west of Delaney Avenue, on the right when traveling west. |
| | This property has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior — — Map (db m132197) HM |
| Near Greenwood Street 0.3 miles east of South Mills Avenue when traveling east. |
| | (side 1)
Buried here are members of the Eppes and Shine families, descendants of President Thomas Jefferson, the author of the Declaration of Independence and the Statute of Virginia for Religious Freedom, and the father of the University . . . — — Map (db m93096) HM |
| Near Lake Baldwin Lane at Glenride Way East. |
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Fleet Reserve Assn
The Delbert D. Black
Branch 117 Orlando, Fl.
Fleet Reserve Association
Dedicated to Navy, Marine Corps And Coast Guard
Veterans Who Have Served The United States
Of America With Honor . . . — — Map (db m143498) WM |
| On Gatlin Avenue at South Summerlin Avenue, on the right when traveling east on Gatlin Avenue. |
| | Marking the site of
Fort Gatlin 1838
Military Outpost — — Map (db m54077) HM |
| On Rosearden Drive at East Washington Street, on the right when traveling south on Rosearden Drive. |
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H. H. Dickson Azalea Park
Dickson Azalea Park began as a natural stream, later named Fern Creek, in a deep ravine surrounded by native ferns, palms, and oaks. It once was a watering hole for cattle herders driving their animals south. State . . . — — Map (db m93268) HM |
| Near Lake Baldwin Lane at Glenride Way East. |
| | Italian American War Veterans Of The United States
Post #4 Department of Florida
Veterans Dedicated To Helping Veterans
Mickie Abbott • Catherine Alessandri • Andrew Amoroso • Anthony Angelillo • Carmen Anzivino • Eugene . . . — — Map (db m143568) WM |
| Near E. Robinson Street (State Road 526) at Cathcart Avenue. |
| | In memory of and tribute to
J. P. Musselwhite, public spirited citizen, who was the donor of most of the land on the east and north sides of Lake Eola for public park purposes, and his surviving family, Troy C. Musselwhite and Agnes Musselwhite . . . — — Map (db m7449) HM |
| On Clouser Avenue at Shady Lane Drive, on the left when traveling north on Clouser Avenue. |
| | Writer Jack Kerouac (1922-1969) lived and wrote in this 1920s tin-roofed house between 1957 and 1958. It was here that Kerouac received instant fame for publication of his bestselling book, On the Road, which brought him acclaim and . . . — — Map (db m93196) HM |
| On North Eola Drive at East Washington Street, on the right when traveling south on North Eola Drive. |
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Built in 1920, the former house at 528 E. Washington Street was once home to Nobel Peace Prize winner John Raleigh Mott (1869-1955). As general secretary of the National War Work Council, a World War I era Young Men’s Christian Association . . . — — Map (db m111212) HM |
| Near North Rosalind Avenue at East Washington Street, on the right when traveling north. |
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Lake Eola Park is the most historic and widely recognized symbol of the City of Orlando. It was established in 1883 as the City’s first public park after Orlando homesteaders Jacob and Fanny Summerlin donated the Lake and some of the surrounding . . . — — Map (db m138883) HM |
| Near East Central Boulevard near Lake Avenue, on the left when traveling east. |
| | Upper marker::
Linton E. Allen Memorial Fountain
Renamed July 12, 1965
Robert S. Carr, Mayor
Lower marker::
Orlando Centennial Fountain
Constructed by the
Orlando Utilities Commission
R. T. Overstreet, President • . . . — — Map (db m7416) HM |
| Near N. Rosalind Avenue at E. Washington Street. |
| | The Lake Eola Fountain was completely rebuilt after a devastating lightning Strike in 2009. The renovation, inspired and supported by the community, is loyal to the original 1957 design but with a modern choreographed light, music & water show. — — Map (db m138885) HM |
| On East Central Boulevard at Court Avenue, on the right when traveling west on East Central Boulevard. |
| | Lynching of July Perry
November 3, 1920
On Election Day, November 3, 1920, black residents in the Ocoee area who owned land and businesses were eager to vote. Despite a terrorizing Ku Klux Klan march through the streets of . . . — — Map (db m137336) HM |
| Near East Central Boulevard. |
| | In Memory of Mathew Robinson Marks Mayor of Orlando 1889-1890 through whose vision the planting of our magnificent shade trees was inaugurated. — — Map (db m6914) HM |
| On West South Street at South Parramore Avenue, on the right when traveling west on West South Street. |
| | This African American church was organized in 1919 and met in various locations, including a bush arbor constructed of poles covered with branches. In 1921, land was purchased at this corner for a permanent structure, which was completed in 1924. . . . — — Map (db m102978) HM |
| Near Lake Baldwin Lane at Glenride Way East. |
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Navy Seabees
With Willing Hearts and Skillful Hands,
the Difficult We do at Once,
the Impossible Takes a Bit Longer
Seabees Can Do
We Build We Fight — — Map (db m143452) WM |
| On W Central Boulevard 0.1 miles from N. Court Street, on the left. |
| | These flags fly in honor and memory of those who
lost their lives and loved ones in the attacks on our
cherished American freedoms that took place in
New York City, Washington, D.C. and
Southwestern Pennsylvania on
9/11/2001 . . . — — Map (db m138803) WM |
| Near E. Central Boulevard 0.1 miles north of Court St. |
| | Orange County Courthouse
65 East Central Boulevard
Architect Murry S. King designed the sixth
Orange County Courthouse in Orlando and
supervised its construction until his death in
1925. The building was completed in 1927 under . . . — — Map (db m138470) HM |
| On Maguire Boulevard at East Livingston Street, on the right when traveling north on Maguire Boulevard. |
| | Orlando Municipal Airport opened in 1928 on 65 acres of land north of Lake Underhill. In 1940, with Europe at war, the United States Army took over the airport for defense purposes, activating it as the Orlando Army Air Base on September 1, 1940. . . . — — Map (db m54047) HM |
| Near East Washington Street 0.1 miles west of N. Eola Drive. |
| | In whose honor our city
Orlando
was named
Killed in this vicinity by Indians
September 1835
"How sleep the brave who sink to rest
by all their Country's wishes blest."
Wm. Collins — — Map (db m7418) HM |
| Near Lake Baldwin Lane at Glenride Way East, on the right when traveling south. |
| | To those who died,
honor and eternal rest
To those still missing,
remembrance and hope
To those who returned,
gratitude and peace — — Map (db m144355) WM |
| On W Central Blvd 0.1 miles east of N Court St., on the left. |
| | This 20’ Tall pre-cast concrete architectural element is one of the
surviving segments of the 120 pieces that formed the “Brise Soleil” curtain wall
that wrapped around what was known as “Orlando’s Round Building.” . . . — — Map (db m143841) HM |
| On Alamo Drive at 29th Street, on the left when traveling south on Alamo Drive. |
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Aaron Jernigan moved to what is now Orlando in 1843 after the passage of the Armed Occupation Act of 1842 that opened vast areas of Florida for settlement. According to the law, one could move onto land at least two miles from an established . . . — — Map (db m73676) HM |
| Near Lake Baldwin Lane at Glenridge Way East. |
| | Patriots Of The
American Revolution
1775 - 1783.
Heroes Of Liberty
Daughters Of The
American Revolution
Orlando Chapter
Dedicated June 12, 2010 — — Map (db m143559) WM |
| Near Lake Baldwin Lane at Glenride Way East. |
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To Those Who Died
To Those Who Survived
Pearl Harbor Survivors Association Inc.
Central Florida Chapter 2
Dedicates This Memorial To The Military
Men And Woman Serving At Stations On Oahu
Hawaii During The Japanese Attack . . . — — Map (db m143496) WM |
| On Rosalind Avenue 0.1 miles south of Wall Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | The Rosalind Club, a ladies club organized
in 1894, constructed its first clubhouse on
the current site of the Angebilt Hotel. In 1916,
Orlando architect Murry S. King designed this
structure overlooking Lake Eola. In 1919, the
city . . . — — Map (db m139097) HM |
| Near South Osceola Aveune 0.2 miles south of Pineloch Avenue, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Site and home of
Francis Eppes
Grandson of
President Thomas Jefferson
Original house built 1868 — — Map (db m111047) HM |
| On Gatlin Avenue at South Summerlin Avenue, on the left when traveling east on Gatlin Avenue. |
| | On November 9, 1838, during the Second Seminole Indian War (1835-42), the U.S. Army established Fort Gatlin in Mosquito County. This fort was named for Army Assistant Surgeon John S. Gatlin (1806-1835), who was killed in the Dade Massacre in 1835. . . . — — Map (db m6912) HM |
| On Bentley Street at North Westmoreland Drive, on the right when traveling west on Bentley Street. |
| | In the summer of 1916, a few Black families from the Deep South settled in an area of Orlando called the Black Bottom, so named because when it rained, water settled in the area and remained so long that residents built canoes for transportation. As . . . — — Map (db m128317) HM |
| On North Magnolia Avenue at East Jefferson Street, on the left when traveling north on North Magnolia Avenue. |
| | Francis Wayles Eppes, grandson of President Thomas Jefferson, moved from Tallahassee to Orlando in 1869. Eppes was the first pioneer to gather Episcopal settlers in the area for worship. They purchased this site at the corner of Jefferson Street, so . . . — — Map (db m93070) HM |
| On South Ferncreek Avenue south of Stevens Avenue, on the left when traveling south. |
| | . . . — — Map (db m129640) HM |
| On Eola Street, on the right when traveling south. Reported permanently removed. |
| | (Side one): To the honored memory of The Soldiers, The Sailors, The Statesmen of the Confederate states of America. "Time cannot teach forgetfulness when grief's full heart is fed by fame." (Side two): "Tis wreathed around with . . . — — Map (db m7448) HM |
| On South Tampa Avenue at West South Street, on the right when traveling north on South Tampa Avenue. |
| | Side 1
Joe Tinker (1880-1948) was an Orlando real estate developer and professional baseball player. While playing with the Chicago Cubs from 1906 to 1910, Tinker won four pennants, two World Series championships, and was part of a famous . . . — — Map (db m120473) HM |
| Near Lake Baldwin Lane at Glenride Way East. |
| | . . . — — Map (db m143613) HM |
| Near E. Robinson Street (State Road 526) at Cathcart Ave. |
| | Dedicated to the gallant men and women who participated in the Battle of the Bulge, World War II, 16 December 1944 thru 25 January 1945 in Belgium and Luxembourg, the greatest battle ever fought by the United States Army. The Veterans of the Battle . . . — — Map (db m7450) HM |
| Near Lake Baldwin Lane at Glenride Way East. |
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The Vietnamese People, Servicemen and Women of all branches of The Republic of Vietnam pay great tribute to the fallen soldiers of the Vietnam War
Dân – Quân - Cán – Chính
Việt Nam Cộng Ḥa
Tri Ón . . . — — Map (db m153374) WM |
| On Oakstand Lane at Windy Wood Drive on Oakstand Lane. |
| | In 1548 when I sprouted, Florida belonged to Spain. When I was 17 the oldest city in Florida, St. Augustine, was established. I was 215 years old when Spain traded Florida to Britain. When Florida became a U.S. Territory, I had lived 274 years. In . . . — — Map (db m129719) HM |
| On Brick Road at Tildenville School Road, on the right when traveling west on Brick Road. |
| | Paved in brick, this stretch of State Road 22 evokes a brief but important era in Florida transportation. As the nation swapped horses for automobiles, states struggled to update their roadways; here in Florida, narrow car tires had turned roads of . . . — — Map (db m160889) HM |
| On West 7th Avenue west of Main Street, on the right when traveling west. |
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Opened in 1887, this structure is the only surviving one-room school house in Orange County, and one of the few still standing in Florida. The Frame Vernacular building, capped with a metal roof, was communally constructed using locally milled . . . — — Map (db m93069) HM |
| On Main Street at 5th Avenue, on the right when traveling south on Main Street. |
| | In 1911, John Calvin “Cal” Palmer (1869-1965) and Dr. J. Howard Johnson (1871-1936) formed the Windermere Improvement Company and purchased all the lots of Windermere. They set about making it a destination for people to escape the harsh . . . — — Map (db m160891) HM |
| Near Winter Garden Vineland Road (County Road 535) 6 miles north of Interstate 4 (State Road 400), on the right when traveling north. |
| | It’s July 17, 1539…
Hernando de Soto’s army has moved further north to the shores of this large lake –
We have decided to name the lake St. John. Those of us in the cavalry have just returned from scouting ahead. We searched the . . . — — Map (db m126572) HM |
| On Main Street south of West 5th Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | The settlement of Windermere began in the mid-1880s when Englishman Stanley Scott built his home in the area, giving it and the surrounding orange groves the name of Windermere, in memory of the Lake Windermere region of England. Other settlers . . . — — Map (db m53961) HM |
| On West Plant Street at South Lakeview Avenue, on the right when traveling east on West Plant Street. |
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Constructed in 1926, this building housed Pounds Motor Company for 82 years. Here, Hoyle Pounds operated the largest tractor dealership in the southeast U.S. As early as 1918, Pounds encouraged citrus owners to replace mules used to plow groves . . . — — Map (db m81328) HM |
| On East Plant Street at North Woodland Street, on the right when traveling west on East Plant Street. |
| | On this corner, farmers built a small wooden train station soon after the Orange Belt Railroad reached the area in 1886. By 1899, the Taveres & Gulf Railroad constructed a second rail line and depot nearby. Wooden stores rose alongside the parallel . . . — — Map (db m93068) HM |
| On Osceola Avenue (Florida Route 426) at Osceola Court, on the right when traveling west on Osceola Avenue. |
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This property was the retirement home of internationally-renowned artist Albin Polasek from 1950 until his death in 1965. He is heralded as one of 20th century America’s foremost sculptors. Born in 1879 in Frenstat, Moravia (now Czech Republic), . . . — — Map (db m156195) HM |
| On Holt Avenue at South Park Avenue, on the left when traveling east on Holt Avenue. |
| | In recognition of the distinguished service rendered the city of Winter Park by Hamilton Holt and mark the tenth anniversary of his presidency of Rollins College the City Commission of Winter Park, on the occasion of the Rollins . . . — — Map (db m156395) HM |
| On Holt Avenue east of South Park Avenue, on the right when traveling east. |
| | This stone is from the foundation of the farm house near Peeksville, New York in which was born, 17 July, 1850 Hon. Cornelius Armory Pugsley
Member of Congress, Trustee and Honorary Alumnus of Rollins College, founder of its Institute of . . . — — Map (db m156394) HM |
| On Holt Avenue at Tiedtke Way, on the right when traveling south on Holt Avenue. |
| | Boulder from the farm of
James Rollins
Who settled at Newington, New Hampshire in 1644
Rollins College is named after the family that he founded — — Map (db m156396) HM |
| On Holt Street at Chase Avenue, on the left when traveling east on Holt Street. |
| | This property
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
Knowles
Memorial Chapel
1932 — — Map (db m156330) HM |
| On Chase Avenue at East Fairbanks Avenue, on the right when traveling north on Chase Avenue. |
| | In commemoration of the fiftieth anniversary of the first meeting of the charter faculty of Rollins College held on this site
2 November 1885
And in recognition of the contribution to the establishment of Rollins made by its members; . . . — — Map (db m156320) HM |
| On Ollie Avenue 0.1 miles from North Fairbanks, on the right when traveling west. |
| |
Site of
“The Dinky” Station
Originally
The Orlando-Winter Park Railway Company
1889 -1967
Winter Park Historical Association
1986 — — Map (db m156253) HM |
| On East Morse Boulevard at Interlachen Avenue, in the median on East Morse Boulevard. |
| | To commemorate
The Fiftieth Anniversary
of the decision reached 17 April 1885,
by the General Congregational
Association of Florida
to establish in Winter Park
Rollins College
the first institution of
higher education in . . . — — Map (db m156221) HM |
| On Osceola Avenue (Florida Route 426) at Osceola Court, on the right when traveling west on Osceola Avenue. |
| | Built in 1883 by
The Reverend Charles W. Ward,
This house was used in 1885–1886 by Rollins
College as the first dormitory for women.
In grateful appreciation of the training
received by them at Rollins, this tablet is
placed . . . — — Map (db m156204) HM |
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