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American Federal Building

455 S Orange Ave, Orlando, FL

A mid-century bank tower with a precast concrete screen, torn down for the Dr. Phillips Center; the screen was saved and now stands outside the History Center.

📅 1963–2014🏛️ BankDemolished
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The story

American Federal Savings and Loan acquired the lot in 1961 for $400,000. Architect Robert Murphy designed a Mid-Century modern building, and construction ran from 1962 to 1963 with Jack Jennings and Sons as contractor. It began as two stories wrapped in a precast concrete brise soleil. In 1973 five glass-walled floors were added, making it seven stories and about 66,000 square feet.

Tenants included Coral Gables Federal Savings, First Union and Loan, and CNL Financial Group. In its last years the City of Orlando bought it and used it for overflow office space from City Hall across Orange Avenue. Demolition began in fall 2014, was delayed, and finished by summer 2015, clearing the site for the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts. Preservationists salvaged the 120-piece latticework. The first preserved segment was installed in front of the Orange County Regional History Center in November 2018.

What's There Now

The Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts.

Everything that was here

Did you know?

The lattice screen had 120 pieces.
Five floors were added in 1973 to the original two.
The city used it as overflow office space across the street from City Hall.

Nearby history

Dickson & Ives

214 S Orange Ave · 270 m away
A grocery that became a department store in 1913, was rebuilt in 1920, and closed on April 11, 1965.

King Henry's Feast

15 W Church St · 316 m away
Dinner attraction in the Church Street portion that later relocated to International Drive.

Rialto Theatre

27 W Church St · 321 m away
A 450-seat Mission Revival grindhouse with a huge marquee and double features; Cinema Treasures says demolished, a 2011

Church Street Station entertainment district

4 Depot Place · 336 m away
Bob Snow's club-hopping complex built around the depot and neighboring Church Street buildings.

Lucerne Theatre

125 S Court Ave · 379 m away
A downtown movie house that opened with 'The Third Degree' in January 1912 and closed in December 1923, per a cited Sent

McCrory's (Woolworth-McCrory Building)

101 S Orange Ave · 391 m away
A 1942 Art Moderne five-and-dime that kept parts of an 1888 building and was torn down in 2003.

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