ORLANDO history images pictures

Orange Avenue Looking south in 1940.

By 1938 the business district had begun to extend beyond the few square blocks of Downtown although those few square blocks continued to be the center of events for Orlando as well as much of Orange County.

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Downtown Orlando in 1938 showing an area bordered by:

Livingston Avenue on the North South Street on the South

Eola Drive on the East Atlantic Coast Line R.R. on the West

The selected locations on the right include several (in purple) that are detailed on other pages in this site. Go to the Building Index page to find them.

From a map first published in The Orlandoan, a magazine for the "enjoyment of both the inhabitants of Orlando and its visitors."

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Written by Thomas E. Cook.

2. Lucerne Hotel
3. Orlando City Hall
4. Exchange Building
5. Methodist Church
6. Orlando Sentinel
9. Presbyterian Church
10. Rialto Theatre
11 First National Bank
12. Woolworth Building
13. Sorosis Club
14. Jewish Synagogue
16. McCrory Building
17. Smith Building
19. First Baptist Church
20. The Orlandoan Office
21. Dr. P. Phillips Theatre
22. Cathedral School
23. Dickson-Ives Company
24. Yowell-Drew Company
25. Post Office
27. Sea Board Air Line Station
29. Empire Hotel
30. San Juan Hotel
31. State Bank
32. 1892 Orange Co. Courthouse
33. Chamber of Commerce
34. Salvation Army
35. Anderson Public Library
36. Rosalind Club
37. Unitarian Church/Unity Chapel
38. Masonic Temple
39. Beacham Theatre
40. Angebilt Hotel
41. 1927 Orange Co. Courthouse
42. Church of Christ, Scientist
43. Washington Street Arcade
44. Dolive Building
45. Phillips Building
46. Memorial Junior High
47. Autrey Arcade
48. Phillips apartments
49. Jefferson Court Hotel
50. University Club
51. St. Luke's Episcopal Cathedral
53. Catholic Church
57. Osceola Hotel
58. Seventh-Day Adventist Church
59. Magnolia School