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| This photograph displays the Town of Winter Park in 1883. That winter, a three-story building was built at what is now the northeast corner of Park and Welborne avenues. It was known as the New Hampshire Building, and then as the Pioneer Building after the Pioneer Store moved to this location sometime between 1892 and 1896. The Pioneer Store ran some of its advertisements in rhyme in 1926. Here is one written by Adam Brown Hunter: "The moon and stars of Heaven, The sun that gives us light, Are guided in their circles, By a hand that keeps them right. This same hand stroked the earth, Which in abundance bore, The many things to eat, Now at the PIONEER STORE!" | The Town of Winter Park in 2001. Click on the thumbnail photographs to view larger images. |
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| This photograph shows South Park Avenue in 1924, facing the intersection of Park and New England avenues. The Orange Hardware & Furniture Company - on the west side of the street - opened in 1921 and dealt in hardware, paints, crockery, and furniture. In 1924 E.R. Baldwin took over the management of the store, and three years later renamed it the Baldwin Hardware Store, moving it to a different location on Park. The Hamilton Hotel, also visible on the west side of the street, was built in 1923 by M.J. Kramer on the site of the old Winter Park Company office. It was the first hotel in the area to boast a bathroom in each unit. The two-room suites, furnished with wicker furniture, lined the Park Avenue side of building, complete with balconies seen in the photograph. The single rooms faced New England and Central Park. The Hamilton Grill, three doors south of the Hotel, opened in 1934. The hotel operated on a seasonal basis until 1976. In 1977 it reopened as the year-round Park Plaza Hotel. | South Park Avenue in 2001. Click on the thumbnail photographs to view larger images. |
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| This last photograph is a view of North Park Avenue's east side in 1917. That year, Charles Morse built the $15,000 brick building seen here. On the lower floor were the Baby Grand Theatre, the Winter Park Land Company offices, and the WCTU reading and rest room. The second floor consisted of apartments. On the day this photograph was taken, the Baby Grand was showing the movie "Old Folks at Home," starring Mrs. Charlie Chaplin, Mildred Harris. This was a silent film made in 1916. Harris was married to Chaplin from 1917 to 1920. | This is North Park Avenue's east side in 2001. Click on the thumbnail photographs to view larger images. |