Photo of the facility after its closure The ACCO Aerated Concrete Systems plant in Apopka, Florida was first built in 1969, when General Electric opened a new factory as part of GE’s lighting...
Photo of the facility after its closure The ACCO Aerated Concrete Systems plant in Apopka, Florida was first built in 1969, when General Electric opened a new factory as part of GE’s lighting...
Theodore Strawn’s packing house for Bob White oranges, c. 1910s. Courtesy of the State Archives of Florida The Strawn Citrus Packing House District is a historic district containing twelve...
History of the Aerojet Dade Rocket Facility In 1957, Sputnik was launched, becoming the first human-made object to orbit the Earth. This event sparked a space race between the United States and the...
Hilario Candela stands alongside the Marine Stadium during its construction, 1963. Spillis Candela DMJM Archives Designed by architect Hilario Candela, a 28-year-old recent immigrant from Cuba, the...
In the late-1800s, Hamilton Disston embarked on a large-scale project to drain the Everglades, using the reclaimed land for agricultural purposes. He partially succeeded, having reclaimed much of the...
Photo Credit: Florida Photographic Collection, 1920s – The Brewster power plant The town of Brewster was founded in 1910 to accommodate the workers at the time who spent the day working at the...
Heart of Jacksonville At the corner of Main and State Streets in Jacksonville sits the remnants of the Park View Inn, previously one of the city’s premier lodging destinations. It began life as...
Public School Number Four Also known as Annie Lytle School, Public School Number Four was originally a small wooden schoolhouse built in 1891 called Riverside Park School. Due to a population...
A view of the school during its operation; circa 1925. The town of Popash began in the 1850s, establishing a post office in 1879 and the New Hope Baptist Church soon after. The town got its name from...
The 310 West Church Street Apartments Known as the Ambassador Hotel, the six-story brick, and limestone building was built in 1924 and opened as the upscale 310 West Church Street Apartments...
V. Guerra, Diaz Cigar Company Later known as the V. Guerreri Cigar Factory, this three-story 27,462 square foot cigar factory located at 201 N 26th Street in East Tampa was built in 1899 for the...
Grumman designed the aircraft to be used for anti-submarine warfare(ASW), with a large high-wing monoplane with twin Wright Cyclone radial engines with the idea to combine the roles the Avenger and...
First built in 1946, the Walburne Hotel stood at 125 Ocean Drive on South Beach. The architecture was a typical example of MiMo, or Miami Modern, influenced by both Art Deco and the Streamline Modern...
Riverside Motel & St. Mary’s Liquors The Riverside Motel and St. Mary’s Liquors were located near the Florida/Georgia border, but to start, a bit of context before we delve into the...
S. H. Kress & Co. was a chain of “five and dime” department stores in various parts of the United States, which began operations in 1896. Five and dime stores were the original dollar...
The Depot Union Hotel was for sale for years but never attracted any buyers to try and restore it, 2008. Photo by Bill Rogers The Union Hotel and Cafe, better known as the Old Union Depot Hotel...
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