The City of Orlando is launching a program to celebrate and recognize sites of historic note in the downtown and Parramore area.
The program will install 25 plaques that will be part of the City’s Historic Walking Tour, by the end of June, and is part of the Project DTO strategy to celebrate Orlando’s diverse culture and heritage by creating a stronger sense of place.
The first plaque will be installed at the Well’s Built Motel (Website) with District 5 City Commissioner Regina Hill, Senator Geraldine Thompson and Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, May 28.
Locations on the walking tour include the following, but to read the full descriptions, click HERE:
- Well’s Built Hotel
- Dr. William Monroe Wells House
- Victorian House and Cottage
- Hankins Building
- Mount Pleasant Baptist Church
- Ebenezer Methodist Church
- Slemons Department Store
- Bumby Hardware Building
- Old Orlando Railroad Depot
- Nicholson-Colyer Building
- Kress Building
- First National Bank
- Orlando Bank and Trust Company
- Tinker Building
- Carey Hand Funeral Home
- Elijah Hand Building
- Dickson-Ives Department Store
- Yowell-Duckworth Building
- The State Bank of Orlando and Trust Company
- Angebilt Hotel
- Rose Building
- Rutland’s
- U.S. Post Office and Courthouse
- Cathedral of St. Luke
- Old Orange County Courthouse
- First Church of Christ Scientist
- Rogers Building
- Ellis Building
The walking tours are great! Richard Forbes, the City of Orlando’s Historic Preservation Officer does an amazing job leading these tours. Believe it or not, we have history in Orlando to be proud of.