Historical Markers and War Memorials in Mount Dora, Florida
Tavares is the county seat for Lake County
Mount Dora is in Lake County
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On Alexander Street south of West 4th Avenue, on the right when traveling south.
The first railway line was opened in Mount Dora in 1887 by the Jacksonville, Tampa and Key West
Railway (JT&KW) The 29.5 mile branch ran from Sanford to Tavares with a morning and evening stop at the Mount Dora Depot. In 1902, the Atlantic Coast . . . — — Map (db m80600) HM
On North Donnelly Street north of East Fifth Avenue, on the left when traveling north.
John P. Donnelly, a native of Pittsburg, came to Mount Dora in 1879. In 1881, he married Annie McDonald Stone, a prominent landholder in the community. Successful in a number of real estate and business ventures, Donnelly built this imposing Queen . . . — — Map (db m72779) HM
On North Highland Street at East Jackson Avenue on North Highland Street.
Milner-Rosenwald Academy served African-American school children from 1926 to 1962. When fire destroyed the old school in 1922, parents and community leaders, led by Mamie Lee Gilbert (1886-1976) and Lula Butler, raised money for a new one. Seed . . . — — Map (db m72753) HM
On Charles Avenue at South Terminal Street, on the right when traveling east on Charles Avenue.
In 1948, The Icehouse Players came into being when a handful of determined folks volunteered six months of sweat equity to renovate the former Mount Dora Ice Company at 120 Charles Avenue into a community theater. The original footprint was . . . — — Map (db m155859) HM
On North Baker Street at East 3rd Avenue, on the right when traveling north on North Baker Street.
Alfred Rehbaum, Sr., came to Mount Dora in 1915 from Cincinnati, Ohio. Rehbaum was 20 in 1915 when he was hired by J.P. Donnelly to mange Donnelly's hardware store. Rehbaum later bought the business and renamed it Rehbaum's Hardware from the Mount . . . — — Map (db m182171) HM
On County Road 19A at Dodson Cutoff, on the right when traveling south on County Road 19A.
This memorial is dedicated to all veterans
Let us not forget the sacrifices they
and their families made to protect
and defend our freedoms — — Map (db m221118) WM
On North Clayton Street at Grant Avenue on North Clayton Street.
The Witherspoon Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons, No. 111, is one of Florida’s oldest functioning African American lodges. Established in 1898, it followed the tradition of Prince Hall (1735-1807), who opposed racial oppression in Colonial New . . . — — Map (db m72772) HM
