Sunday, October 7, 2007

National Register of Historic Places

As we were doing research for the website on the Winter Park Golf Course and Country Club, we came across the fact that the Golf Course and its Clubhouse was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1999. To me, this was a pretty amazing fact and accomplishment, considering that the United States is such a big country with so many places to be considered for that list.
Out of personal interest, I visited the website of the National Register to see what other places are on the list for Orange Country, Fl. To my surprise almost all the places we are doing our projects on could be found on there.
The Women's Club was added in 1995, and the Edward Hill Brewer House had been on there since 1982. Additionally, all the project topics involving Rollins were found on there. Knowles Chapel is a part of the register since 1997, considered historically significant for its architecture. The Annie Russell Theater was added to the list a year later, historically important for its architecture and the founding person - Annie Russel. I also came across a building called the Parsonage. This building relates to Rollins in the sense that its owner and builder was an important person in Rollins history: Dr. Edward Payson Hooker, a reverend and Rollins first President. I thought it was very interesting to see what an important part Rollins and Winter Park play in Orange county history.

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