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Orlando, FL

38 places · 57 businesses · since 1886
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Orlando on When It Was is 38 addresses and the 57 businesses that have occupied them, the oldest from 1886. 18 are still open today; 39 are gone, and 15 of the buildings themselves have been demolished. Every entry below opens a page with the full history of that address, and the map lets you slide the year and watch the city change.

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Angebilt Hotel

37 N Orange Ave · 1923–present · 2 businesses here
An 11-story hotel that went bankrupt about two months after opening, survived a 1983 fire, and later served as a courthouse annex.

Chastain's Restaurant

23 N Orange Blossom Trl · 1956–1996 · 2 businesses here
A truck-stop-style breakfast spot with a glass radio booth in the parking lot, closed after one last breakfast on September 3, 1996.

Old Orange County Courthouse (Orange County Regional History Center)

65 E Central Blvd · 1927–1995 · 3 businesses here
The 1927 courthouse where Ted Bundy was tried in 1980 is now a history museum, and the table in its courtroom has his name carved in it.

Orlando Public Library (1966 main library) / Albertson Public Library

10 N Rosalind Ave · 1966–present · 2 businesses here
A $1.7 million brutalist library by John M. Johansen, built on the site of the old Albertson Public Library demolished in 1964.

Rosie O'Grady's Good Time Emporium

129 W Church St · 1974–2001 · 2 businesses here
Bob Snow's sawdust-floored Dixieland saloon opened on July 19, 1974 and became the seed of Church Street Station, one of downtown Orlando's …

Sapphire Supper Club (now The Social)

54 N Orange Ave · 1994–present · 2 businesses here
Sapphire Supper Club opened April 1, 1994 in the building later known as The Social, next door to the Beacham.

The Beacham Theatre

46 N Orange Ave · 1921–present · 6 businesses here
A 1921 vaudeville and movie house built where the Orange County jail stood, later a string of nightclubs including the legendary Aahz.

Astor Theatre

37 W Pine St · 1953–1962 · 2 businesses here
Renamed after a 1953 sale to the B. S. Moss Theatre Corporation.

Orlando, decade by decade

Still here, and gone

Still open (18)

Gone (39)

By kind of place

Music Venue (11)

The Beacham Theatre · Tabu · Zuma Beach Club · Celebrity Dinner Theater · Laser World · Great Southern Music Hall · Sapphire Supper Club (now The Social) · The Social · and 3 more

Restaurant (11)

King Henry's Feast · Gary's Duck Inn · Chastain's Restaurant · Arrowhead Restaurant · Goff's Drive-In · Beefy King · Linda's La Cantina Steakhouse · Pesca Lakeside · and 3 more

Theater (8)

Rialto Theatre · Astor Theatre · Grand Theatre / Astor Theatre · Lucerne Theatre · Orlando Municipal Auditorium (Bob Carr Theater) · Orlando Drive-In Theatre · Colonial Drive-In · Washington Shores Drive-In

Other (5)

Church Street Station entertainment district · Rogers Building (English Club) · Ben White Raceway · Orlando Public Library (1966 main library) / Albertson Public Library · Albertson Public Library

Store (5)

Belk-Lindsey Company · Dickson & Ives · S. H. Kress & Co. · McCrory's (Woolworth-McCrory Building) · Rogers, Martyn & Company

Hotel (4)

Angebilt Hotel · Orange Court Hotel · Virginia Hotel · Parliament House

Government Building (4)

Orange County Courthouse Annex · Old Orange County Courthouse (Orange County Regional History Center) · Orange County Courthouse Annex · 1892 Orange County Courthouse

Stadium (4)

Tinker Field · Orlando Arena / Amway Arena · Orlando Stadium / Tangerine Bowl (Camping World Stadium) · Orlando Sports Stadium (Eddie Graham Sports Complex)

Every place in Orlando (38)

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