The popular Historic Preservation Board Calendar has been produced by the City since 1991 to showcase some of Orlando’s most treasured historic resources. The 2014 calendar will focus on the homes of the Historic Rosemere Residential District and the City is currently seeking black and white photographs to feature in the calendar that capture the historic, distinct and unique styles of the district.
The Rosemere Historic District was placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior on October 21, 2009. It is a small residential neighborhood that was part of the much larger College Park neighborhood before being separated by the construction of Interstate Highway 4 in 1964-1965. The Rosemere Historic District is located roughly between East Harvard Street, North Orange Avenue, Cornell Avenue and East Vanderbilt Street.
Prominent local developer, Walter Washington Rose, a native of Georgia, began developing the Rosemere subdivision in December 1921. Rose arrived in Orlando in 1909 as an employee of Western Union and in 1913 had formed his own business selling real estate, insurance, and loans. In 1916, Rose developed his first residential subdivision, Rosearden, located east of Downtown Orlando. The Rosemere subdivision features college names for its streets, including Yale, Cornell and Harvard. Architectural styles represented in the district include American Foursquare, Bungalow, Colonial Revival, Dutch-Colonial Revival, Minimal Traditional, Mission, Modern Movement, Ranch and Tudor Revival.
WHEN:
Up to three photographs, labeled on the back with name, daytime telephone number and the address of the subject must be submitted or postmarked by July 12, 2013 at 5 p.m.
HOW:
Photographs must be black and white and printed on 8” x 10” or 8 ½” X 11” paper with a white border. Vertical or horizontal photographs are acceptable. The Board encourages photographs that capture the unique architectural characteristics of historic structures in the district. Please remember to be respectful of people and their property.
Deliver photographs to the Historic Preservation Office on the 6th floor of Orlando City Hall, 400 South Orange Avenue or mail them to the Historic Preservation Office, PO Box 4990, Orlando, Florida 32802. Submitted photographs become the property of the City of Orlando Historic Preservation Board for use in the annual calendar competition and associated promotions.=
CONTACT:
A map of the district can be found at http://www.cityoforlando.net/gis/pdf/Historic/NatHistoricDistricts/RosemereNationalRegisterHistoricDistrict.pdf
Residents with questions about the calendar can call Richard Forbes at 407.246.3350 or Heather Hohman at 407.246.3416.
