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Orange Court Hotel

650 N Orange Ave, Orlando, FL

A 275-room Spanish Revival hotel with a courtyard of 500 tropical plant varieties and a small orange grove, emptied in 1989 and demolished in 1990.

📅 1924–1989🏛️ HotelDemolished
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The story

G.A. Miller of Tampa built the Orange Court Hotel in 1924, from a design by G. Lloyd Preacher of Atlanta. The Spanish Revival building had 275 rooms, a courtyard garden with more than 500 varieties of tropical plants, and a small orange grove. It was also one of Orlando's first hotels with a steam-heated swimming pool.

The hotel closed in 1960 and reopened in 1962. It went on sale in 1985 for $5.5 million, when it housed both long-term residents and nightly guests. No buyer was found, and the owners evicted all tenants in November 1989. The building was demolished in 1990, and the site sold in 1997 for $2.38 million. A downtown Orlando mural now depicts the hotel.

What's There Now

The sources I opened do not say what occupies the site now; a downtown mural depicts the hotel.

Everything that was here

Did you know?

The courtyard held more than 500 varieties of tropical plants.
It was one of Orlando's first hotels with a steam-heated swimming pool.
In 1985 it housed both long-term residents and nightly guests while up for sale at $5.5 million.

Nearby history

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The Beacham Theatre

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Sourceshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orange_Court_Hotel