PICO Building (Sanford, Florida)

PICO Building
PICO Building, 2010
Location

209 North Oak Ave

Sanford, Florida, United States
Coordinates 28°48′42″N 81°16′3″W / 28.81167°N 81.26750°W / 28.81167; -81.26750Coordinates: 28°48′42″N 81°16′3″W / 28.81167°N 81.26750°W / 28.81167; -81.26750
Built 1886
Architect William T. Cotter; builder: H. M. Papworth Const. Co.
Architectural style Romanesque Revival, Moorish Revival
Part of Sanford Commercial District (#76000606)
General information
Construction started 1886
Completed 1887
Client Henry B. Plant of Plant Investment Co. (PLICO)

The PICO Building, also known as the PICO Hotel, is an historic 2-story redbrick building located at 209 North Oak Avenue, corner of West Commercial Street, in Sanford, Florida. Built during 1886-1887 for Henry B. Plant of Plant Investment Co. (PICO) to serve travelers arriving in Sanford on his railroad and steamship lines, it was designed by local architect William T. Cotter in the Romanesque Revival and Moorish Revival styles of architecture and built by the H. M. Papworth Construction Company. In 1906 the building was remodeled and sold to the Takach family, which had operated the restaurant for Plant. Their restaurant continued in the building for about 50 years. The building's original onion dome was destroyed in a 1950s storm. The building then went on to become an office building used primarily for law offices. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

In 1989, it was listed in A Guide to Florida's Historic Architecture prepared by the Florida Association of the American Institute of Architects and published by the University of Florida Press.[6]

The building is a contributing property in the Sanford Commercial District, which was added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 15, 1976.

References

  1. ↑ Gary Roberts, Revisiting a Grande Dame, Sanford Herald, August 24 2011 accessed May 4, 2013
  2. ↑ Central Florida Memory: Pico Hotel accessed May 4, 2013
  3. ↑ Jim Robison, Pico, Welaka Buildings, Orlando Sentinel, January 29, 2006 accessed May 4, 2013
  4. ↑ Visual Ephemera, Pico Hotel in Downtown Sanford accessed May 4, 2013
  5. ↑ Loopnet, The PICO Building (Henry Plant Investment Company) accessed May 4, 2013
  6. ↑ A Guide to Florida's Historic Architecture, 1989, Gainesville: University of Florida Press, p. 89, ISBN 0-8130-0941-3
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