• Menu
  • Menu

Archive - Commercial

Moore Haven Downtown Historic District | Photo © 2014 www.abandonedfl.com

Moore Haven Downtown Historic District

History The Moore Haven Downtown Historic District was added to the National Register of Historic Places on October 12, 1995. On paper, the district spans 3 to 99 Avenue J, 100 1st Street, and Lone...

El Jobean Grand Hotel | Photo © 2012 Bullet, www.abandonedfl.com

El Jobean Hotel

The Town of Southland The El Jobean Hotel is a historic hotel built in the town of El Jobean, once known as Southland, and located in Manatee County. The area located on the northeast bank of the...

Plantation Paradise | Photo © 2018 Bullet, www.abandonedfl.com

Plantation Paradise

Plantation Paradise Born on February 23, 1919, in Rutledge, Pennsylvania, Harold Jackson Emminger came to Florida during World War II as an Air Force captain stationed at MacDill Air Force Base...

Hollywood Bread Building | Photo © 2018 www.abandonedfl.com

Hollywood Bread Building

History Eleanor Roth Hansberry Hollywood Bread’s true origins remain debated and difficult to verify, largely because its founder, Eleanor Roth Hansberry, understood the power of advertising and how...

Suwannee River Store | Photo © 2018 Bullet, www.abandonedfl.com

Suwannee River Store

The Ghost Town of Ellaville Ellaville was once a thriving mill town centered around the sawmill of the Drew & Bucki Lumber Company. The town was founded by Florida Governor George F. Drew in the...

Genovar's Hall | Photo © 2019 Bullet

Genovar’s Hall

  The Lenape Bar and Wynn Hotel, date unknown Genovar’s Hall was built by Sebastian Genovar in 1895 as a grocery store. It is located in the LaVilla neighborhood in Jacksonville and was...

Port of the Islands Hotel | Photo © 2018 Bullet

Port of the Islands Hotel

Gulf American Land Corporation Not to be confused with the Port of the Islands Adventure Resort, which is still in operation, the Port of the Islands Hotel, located on the north side of the...

The Colony Beach and Tennis Resort | Photo © 2017 Jake Williams & BrightSunFilms

The Colony Beach and Tennis Resort

  Photo Courtesy of Jake Williams and BrightSunFilms The Colony was first constructed in 1952 by Sarasota developer Herb Field, which was then a collection of charming beach cottages and a popular...

Jupiter Dungeon | Photo © 2016 Bullet, www.abandonedfl.com

Jupiter “Dungeon”

  Located on Jupiter Island Park is an underground parking garage which is known to many locals as the “Jupiter Dungeon”. The parking garage was part of a hotel and retail project which...

Barnett National Bank Building | Photo © 2017 Bullet, www.abandonedfl.com

Barnett National Bank Building

Postcard for the Barnett National Bank Building, Jacksonville, Florida. Postmarked February 22, 1939. Abandoned Atlas Archives History of Jacksonville’s Barnett National Bank Building In the...

Laura Street Trio | Photo © 2017 Bullet, www.abandonedfl.com

Laura Street Trio

Marble Bank The Laura Street Trio is a group of three historic buildings located at the corner of Forsyth and Laura Streets in downtown Jacksonville. The Trio consists of two skyscrapers, the Florida...

Glades Inn | Photo © 2011 Bullet, www.abandonedfl.com

Glades Inn

The Glades Inn was built in 1988 and was really nothing special about it, just your typical motel located at the end of town. It closed down in 2006. In 2015, the county took control of the property...

Miami Herald Building - Photo by Larry Shane, 2013

Miami Herald Building

  The first edition of the Miami Evening Record was published on September 15, 1903. The newspaper began suffering from server financial difficulties following the recession in 1907. Frank B. Shutts...

Plantation Fashion Mall | Photo © 2015 Bullet, www.abandonedfl.com

Plantation Fashion Mall

Fashion Mall opened in early 1988 with Lord and Taylor as an anchor store. Macy’s opened as the mall’s second anchor store, just before the 1988 holiday season and before the completion...

Florida Baptist Convention Building | Photo © 2016 Bullet, www.abandonedfl.com

Florida Baptist Convention Building

Florida Baptist Convention Building Constructed in 1924, the Florida Baptist Convention Building was designed by renowned architect Henry John Klutho to house the denominational offices of the...

Fenway Hotel | Photo © 2012 Bullet, www.abandonedfl.com

Fenway Hotel

Fenway Hotel Construction on the Fenway Hotel began in 1924, but the project stalled due to financial problems. It wasn’t until Clearwater developer, George H. Bowles, decided to invest in the...

Copyright © 2009- - Abandoned Atlas Foundation - board@AbandonedAtlas.com | Designed By Prairie Nation Creative, LLC - Disclaimer