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Dickson & Ives

214 S Orange Ave, Orlando, FL

A grocery that became a department store in 1913, was rebuilt in 1920, and closed on April 11, 1965.

📅 1913–1965🏛️ StoreClosed
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The story

H. H. Dickson and Sidney Ives Sr. arrived in Orlando in the 1880s and opened mercantile establishments independently. They formed a partnership around 1897 and opened a grocery store on West Pine Street. In 1903 they bought the Browne Building and reopened it as the Dickson-Ives Grocery. In 1913 the grocery became a department store, and it dropped groceries in 1919.

In 1920 they demolished the building, and the C. E. Hillyer Company built the present four-story brick structure, with Beaux Arts and Classical terra cotta cornice and friezes. The company was reorganized in 1944 as Dickson and Ives. The department store went out of business on April 11, 1965, and the building was later occupied by several law firms. In 1955 the store cooperated with Ivey's to install the Christmas star and lights across Orange Avenue.

What's There Now

The 2001 RICHES photo shows the building, which the sources say was later occupied by law firms; current use not confirmed.

Everything that was here

Did you know?

It started as a grocery on West Pine Street around 1897.
It dropped groceries in 1919.
In 1955 it cooperated with Ivey's on the Christmas star and lights over Orange Avenue.

Nearby history

King Henry's Feast

15 W Church St · 54 m away
Dinner attraction in the Church Street portion that later relocated to International Drive.

Rialto Theatre

27 W Church St · 69 m away
A 450-seat Mission Revival grindhouse with a huge marquee and double features; Cinema Treasures says demolished, a 2011

McCrory's (Woolworth-McCrory Building)

101 S Orange Ave · 125 m away
A 1942 Art Moderne five-and-dime that kept parts of an 1888 building and was torn down in 2003.

Church Street Station entertainment district

4 Depot Place · 154 m away
Bob Snow's club-hopping complex built around the depot and neighboring Church Street buildings.

Lucerne Theatre

125 S Court Ave · 159 m away
A downtown movie house that opened with 'The Third Degree' in January 1912 and closed in December 1923, per a cited Sent

Astor Theatre

37 W Pine St · 190 m away
Renamed after a 1953 sale to the B. S. Moss Theatre Corporation.

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Sourceshttps://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/items/show/1675