PICO Building (Sanford, Florida)

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]

PICO Building
PICO Building, 2010
Location209 North Oak Ave
Sanford, Florida, United States
Coordinates28°48′42″N 81°16′3″W
Built1886
ArchitectWilliam T. Cotter; builder: H. M. Papworth Const. Co.
Architectural styleRomanesque Revival, Moorish Revival
Part ofSanford Commercial District (ID76000606)
General information
Construction started1886
Completed1887
ClientHenry B. Plant of Plant Investment Co. (PLICO)

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 Archived 2013-06-29 at Archive.today 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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