To quote from the December 7, 1950 Winter Park Herald, "The Langford Apartments opened officially December 3, 1950. Robert E. Langford, owner, will be in Winter Park from Chicago for the opening. Mr. Langford paid tribute to Mr. and Mrs. L. V. Bledsoe saying 'he would never have considered building the place if the Bledsoes had not agreed to handle everything.' Bledsoe owns and operates the Mt. Vernon Lodge on Orlando Avenue."
Mrs.Beth Harben was the first manager of the 24-unit Langford apartments and continued in that position for seventeen years. Mrs. Harben died August 30, 1978.
The current manager, as of March 31, 2004, is Marjorie A. Johnson. Mrs. Johnson, age 90, has managed the Langford Apartments for the past nine years. She has been an employee of the Robert E. Langford family for 61 years, working first in Langford's Chicago hotel and then relocating to Winter Park in 1961 to work at the Langford Resort Hotel, Winter Park.
"Langford's Last Stand" was the title of an article published in the Orlando Sentinel March 28, 2004. The article reported that the Langford Apartments would be torn down and site work will began in June 2004, for a four-story, 31-unit condominium complex named "Langford Condominiums." The project is scheduled to be opened in November of 2005.
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| A photograph of the Langford Apartments looking west, date unknown. |
A photograph of a tabebuia tree at the Langford Apartments, date unknown. |
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| A photograph of the Langford Apartments courtyard taken April 5, 2004, from the second story. Photograph by Diana L. Zimmerman Winter Park Public Library |
A photograph, taken April 5, 2004, of a garden with a wrought iron gate at the Langford Apartments. Photograph by Diana L. Zimmerman Winter Park Public Library |
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| A photograph of the Langford Apartments front exterior taken April 5, 2004. Photograph by Diana L. Zimmerman Winter Park Public Library |
A photograph of the Langford Apartments lobby taken April 5, 2004. Photograph by Diana L. Zimmerman Winter Park Public Library |
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| An undated postcard of the Langford Apartments. | An undated postcard of the courtyard at the Langford Apartments. |
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| Marjorie A. Johnson, manager of the Langford Apartments, April 5, 2004. Photograph by Diana L. Zimmerman Winter Park Public Library |
A photograph of the courtyard planter with a hibiscus bush growing in it taken April 5, 2004. Photograph by Diana L. Zimmerman Winter Park Public Library |
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