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4730 Amendment to Schedule S - Georgetown Residential Historic DistrictOrdinance No. 2023-4730 An ordinance of the City of Sanford, Florida relating to historic preservation and providing for historic district designation for the historic Georgetown residential neighborhood; revising and amending the provisions of Schedule "S", City of Sanford Code/Land Development Regulations (LDRs), relating to historic preservation; creating the Georgetown Residential Historic District; amending Section 2.0 of Schedule "S" relating to the description of the Historic District and Section 8.0 limiting the requirement for a certificate to cases of demolition and new construction; providing for legislative findings and intent; providing for designation and signage; providing for implementing administrative actions and responsibility for implementation; proving for exhibits; providing for a savings provision; providing for conflicts; providing for severability; providing for codification and the correction of scrivener's errors and providing for an effective date. Whereas, Schedule "S" of the Land Development Regulations of the City of Sanford sets forth the criteria and procedures for designating historic districts with the City and provides as follows: ; and A. Criteria for Creating Historic Districts. Historic Districts shall be consistent with following criteria for designation: 1. The properties within the area, are associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad pattern of the history of the City, State or Nation; or are associated with the lives of persons significant to the city, State or Nation's past; or 2. The properties embody the distinctive characteristics of a type, period or method of construction or represent the work of a master, or that possess high artistic values, or that represent a significant and distinguishable entity whose components may lack individual distinction; or 3. The area has yielded, or may be likely to yield, information important in prehistory or history (e.g., burial mound); or 4. If based on architecture, there is a concentration of contributing buildings (see definition.) The number of contributing buildings shall be no less than fifty (50) percent of the total number of buildings. Whereas, on March 10, 2008 the City Commission adopted the Georgetown Neighborhood Plan, which was focused on improving the current and future quality of life 11 Page for residents in and around the Georgetown Neighborhood which Plan included the following goals: EEO (1). Comprehensive Rezoning (accomplished in 2009). (2). National Register Nomination (accomplished in 2020). (3). Local Conservation District Designation. (4). Design Guidelines for New Construction. (5). Development Incentives (cottage lots—accomplished in 2022). Whereas, in 2009, the Georgetown neighborhood was re -zoned to the SR -1 Single Family, zoning district/classification and the properties assigned the General Commercial, GC, zoning district/classification on Sanford Avenue were rezoned to the SC -3, Special Commercial, zoning district/classification and the RC -1 Restricted Commercial, zoning district/classification by means of the enactment of Ordinance Number 4182 by the City Commission; and Whereas, the past actions of the City Commission have somewhat protected the character of the Georgetown neighborhood and provided means for the redevelopment and revitalization of Sanford Avenue, but now, partly due to the proximity to an energetic downtown environment and increased activity on Sanford Avenue, the neighborhood is now a prime area for infill development including new residential construction that does not reflect the neighborhood character; and Whereas, the strong concern of Georgetown residents that was expressed 15 years ago has accelerated in recent times, especially due to the large number of vacant lots in the area; and Whereas, the Georgetown National Register Historic District was listed in 2020 which status confirms the significance and integrity of the historic resources in the 2 1 P _ Georgetown neighborhood and their importance to the City of Sanford providing the area with equal status to the Sanford Residential Historic District; and Whereas, presently, the Georgetown Steering Committee and residents are requesting local historic district designation with review for demolition of contributing buildings and new construction only (in accordance with the existing standards set forth in Schedule "S" of the Land Development Regulations of the City of Sanford) inasmuch as since the National Register District was listed, 6 contributing buildings have been demolished in the area and several of them could have been rehabilitated to provide affordable housing; and Whereas, the proposed Sanford Avenue Historic District, as established in a companion ordinance, is included within the Georgetown National Register District boundaries; and Whereas, the areas of significance are Ethnic Heritage/Black and Architecture and the period of significance is 1900-1970. Comprised of residences, churches, funeral homes, and a school, Hopper Academy, the built environment in the Georgetown Residential Historic District is an intact representation of an African American neighborhood founded during the Jim Crow era; and Whereas, although a number of individual historic resources have been lost over time and new infill development is present, the extant resources convey the historic identity and continued development over the course of the 20th century; and Whereas, the Georgetown Residential Historic District boundaries include what were originally 2 distinct African American communities, Tuckertown and Georgetown, 31 Page with Tuckertown being located in the northern portion of present-day Georgetown having been settled by African Americans as early as the late 1860s; and Whereas, the settlement of Georgetown began directly south of Tuckertown in the early 1880s and, as a result of their close proximity, Tuckertown was gradually absorbed by Georgetown over time and eventually ceased to maintain a distinct identity; Whereas, early residential growth gradually moved eastward from Sanford Avenue during the 20th century and, while concentrated along Sanford, Cypress and Pine Avenues (and the adjacent numbered cross streets), new houses appeared on lots along Hickory, Locust, Orange and Willow Avenues during the 1910s and 1920s; and Whereas, the eastern and southernmost areas of Georgetown were the last to be settled with lots between 11th and Celery Avenue vacant until the mid -1920s, and most lots on Bay Avenue remained vacant until the 1940s; and Whereas, construction focused primarily on frame vernacular buildings constructed by local builders in the community, many of whom were self-taught; and Whereas, the resulting frame buildings were a product of available materials and resources and the builder's experience and typically featured simple designs which could be built fairly quickly using readily available local materials with common sub -types including the hall -parlor, Georgian Cottage, shotgun and the four-square although other architectural styles in the neighborhood included masonry vernacular, bungalow, minimal traditional and ranch; and Whereas, there are 12 contributing churches in the Georgetown neighborhood with the oldest dating back to the early 20th century and many of the neighborhood's 41 P_ congregations have been active since the early years of Sanford's founding such as St. James African Methodist Episcopal Church which was founded in 1867 and was the first known church founded by African Americans in Sanford; and Whereas, the present St. James African Methodist Episcopal Church building is located at the corner of East 9th Street and Cypress Avenue and was designed by local architect Prince W. Spears, construction of the church began in 1913 as a gothic revival church is a red brick building featuring stained glass windows and a bell tower; and Whereas, also St. John Missionary Baptist Church, constructed around 1910, is located at 920 Cypress Avenue, with an addition in 1941 and Zion Hope Missionary Baptist, constructed around 1926, is located at 710 Orange Avenue although the congregation dates to its founding in 1888 having used 2 other locations for worship; and Whereas, small stores and businesses were sprinkled throughout the Georgetown neighborhood and Midwife Marie Francis operated the Frances Maternity Home out of her house at 621 Sixth Street with many Georgetown residents being born in the house, which is considered a local landmark; and Whereas, while some businesses operated out of homes, a few operated out of separate structures and, although many have not survived, a small general store dating to the 1930s still stands at 901 Locust Avenue and 2 long-standing funeral homes operate in the neighborhood those being the Wilson-Eichelberger Mortuary located at 1110 Pine Avenue and the Sunrise Funeral Home located at 900 Locust Avenue; and Whereas, when examined at the neighborhood level, the Georgetown Residential Historic District provides a visual representation of an African American neighborhood that adapted to the confines of segregation and developed a thriving 51; a _ community and, when considered in its greater context as the largest African American neighborhood in Sanford, the built environment and history of Georgetown provides an essential perspective in the history of Sanford's development over the course of the late 19th and early 20th century; and Whereas, while a transportation hub for steamboats and the railroad, and later an agricultural center for the production of citrus and winter vegetables, Sanford owed much of its economic success to the labor of African Americans, many of whom resided in Georgetown; and Whereas, a report, prepared by a professional, acceptable to the City, including a description of the typical architectural styles, character defining features, and types of buildings, structures, objects or sites within the proposed district; is a requirement to identify which properties are contributing at the time and the National Register Registration Form prepared by Megan McDonald, Florida Division of Historical Resources, is the report which supports the actions taken in this Ordinance the report having been reviewed by the Florida National Register Review Board and accepted by the Florida State Historic Preservation Officer and the Keeper of the National Register; and Whereas, the Georgetown Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places by the National Park Service in October, 2020 and the aforementioned report is on file in the City of Sanford Planning Department and was included in the staff reports as this Ordinance was processed in accordance with controlling legal requirements as were maps identifying all zoning and land use information, and the location of all buildings, structures, objects or sites within the proposed district, noting 61kaage which are contributing (245 contributing and 124 non-contributing (66% contributing of the total of 369)) with the majority of non-contributing buildings are new structures constructed after the period of significance; and Whereas, the properties located within the Georgetown Residential Historic District are generally assigned SR -1, Single -Family Residential, zoning district/classification with the exception of a few parcels, and the future land use designation assigned to the property under the provisions of the City's Comprehensive Plan is generally Single Family Residential with the exception of the same parcels referenced previously above; and Whereas, the Georgetown Steering Committee has requested that demolition of contributing structures and new construction be subject to the provisions of Schedule "S" of the City of Sanford Code/Land Development Regulations; and Whereas, the City of Sanford Historic Preservation Board and the Historic Preservation Officer of the City have recommended that the historic Georgetown residential neighborhood be designated the Georgetown Residential Historic District; and Whereas, the City Commission of the City of Sanford has the power and authority to create and establish the policies and Program set forth herein under the controlling provisions of State law such as, by way of example only, the provisions of Article VIII, Section 2 of the Constitution of the State of Florida and the provisions of Chapter 166, Florida Statutes, and the controlling case law of the State of Florida; and Whereas, the City of Sanford has complied with all requirements and procedures of Florida law in processing and advertising this Ordinance; and 7I Whereas, legislative coding is used in this Ordinance and the following coding may be used: underlined words shall constitute additions to the current text of the City Code, *** shall constitute ellipses (spaces where current City Code provisions are omitted for the sake of the ease of reference), and stFike thre g4 shall constitute deletions to current text of the City Code; and Whereas, the City Commission of the City of Sanford hereby adopts these recitals (whereas clauses) as the legislative findings and intent of and for this Ordinance. Now, Therefore, Be It Enacted By The People Of The City Of Sanford, Florida: Section 1. Legislative findings and intent. (a). The City Commission of the City of Sanford hereby adopts and incorporates into this Ordinance the City staff report and City Commission agenda memorandum relating to this Ordinance and accepts and appreciates the recommendation of the Historic Preservation Board and the fine work accomplished by that body and its members as well as the citizens of the Georgetown community. (b). The provisions of this Ordinance are enacted pursuant to the statutory and home rule powers of the City to establish and maintain the appropriate operations of the City. (c). The City of Sanford has complied with all requirements and procedures of Florida law in processing and advertising this Ordinance. (d). The intent of this Ordinance is to recognize the vitality and historic ambiance of the Georgetown community for which it is highly recognized, to enhance and expand public experience and exposure to culture including, but not limited to, African-American culture, to enhance the appearance of places located throughout the City and to improve s1:Page the cultural environment of the City for its citizens while making the City of Sanford a showplace throughout our State and Nation. Section 2. Historic District Designation; Georgetown Residential Historic District; Historic District Signage. (a). The area shown in Exhibit I" to this Ordinance is hereby designated as the Georgetown Residential Historic District within the City of Sanford. (b). Suitable signage, as approved by the Historic Preservation Board, shall be located nearing close proximity to the boundaries of the Georgetown Residential Historic District indicating that the area has been designated an historic district by the City. Section 3. Other Exhibits To Ordinance. (a). Exhibit "2" to this Ordinance shows and depicts photographic examples of contributing and non-contributing properties located within the Georgetown Residential Historic District. (b). Exhibit "3" to this Ordinance lists contributing and non-contributing properties by address which are located within the Georgetown Residential Historic District. (c). Exhibit 'A" to this Ordinance are the current guidelines applicable to demolition and new construction as set forth in Schedule "S" of the City of Sanford Code/Land Development Regulations which are hereby ratified and affirmed and made applicable to the pertinent properties located within the Georgetown Residential Historic District. (d). All exhibits to this Ordinance are hereby incorporated into the text of this Ordinance and made a part thereof. 9 1 P at,e Section 4. Amendment To Section 2.0 (a) Of Schedule "S", City Code. Section 2.) (a) pf Schedule "S", City of Sanford Code/Land Development Regulations, is amended to read as follows: *** Historic district - An area that includes or encompasses historic sites, historic landmarks, buildings, signs, appurtenances, structures or objects as the City Commission may determine to be appropriate for historical preservation as set forth in this Schedule. A historic district need not be a single enclosed area nor be contiguous to constitute a district. The following are the historic districts located within the City: *** A.*** - C*** D. Georgetown Residential Historic District. The Georgetown Residential Historic District was created in 2023 by this Ordinance and is generally bounded by E. 2nd Street on the north, Bay Avenue and Melonville Avenue to the east, Celery Avenue to the south, and the alley east of Sanford Avenue on the west, corresponding with the Georgetown National Register historic District boundaries excluding Sanford Avenue. *** (b) ***-(c) * * * Section 5. Amendment To Section 8.0 Of Schedule "S". A new Subsection is hereby added to 8.0 of Schedule "S", City of Sanford CodelLand Development Regulations, as follows: Section 8.0. Certificate of appropriateness and procedures for altering historic landmarks or structures and new construction within historic districts. 10age A. * * *- - E. * * *- F. Georgetown Residential Historic District. A certificate of appropriateness is required for demolition of a structure, in whole or part, and new construction in accordance with standards of Schedule "S". G. F—. Appeal of HPB decision. Any person aggrieved by a determination of the HPB may appeal such determination to the City Commission by filing a written appeal within 30 calendar days of the HPB action. The decision of the City Commission on an appeal shall constitute final action. H. G. It is prohibited and unlawful to fail to conform to the provisions of this Schedule. Section 6. Implementing Administrative Actions. (a). Without limiting in any way the other provisions of this Ordinance, the Historic Preservation Officer of the City and the City Attorney are hereby authorized and directed to implement the provisions of this Ordinance and to take any and all necessary administrative actions to bring into effect the provisions of this Ordinance. (b). The Historic Preservation Board is hereby granted authority to adopt rules relating to the Georgetown Residential Historic District in order to implement the provisions of this Ordinance which rules shall be provided to the City Commission and the Planning and Zoning Commission upon adoption. Section 7. Savings. The prior actions of the City of Sanford relating to historic preservation and all similar or related matters are hereby ratified and affirmed. 11� a e Section 8. Severability. If any section or portion of a section of this Ordinance proves to be invalid, unlawful or unconstitutional, it shall not be held to impair the validity, force or effect of any other section or part of this Ordinance. Section 9. Conflicts. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with this Ordinance are hereby repealed. Section 10. Codification; Scrivener's Errors. (a). The provisions of this Ordinance including, but not limited to the exhibits, shall be codified as determined to be appropriate by the Code codifier in consultation with the Historic Preservation Officer of the City. (b). The sections of this Ordinance may be renumbered or relettered and the words of this Ordinance may be changed to section, article or -some other appropriate word or phrase to accomplish codification. (c). The divisions and provisions of this may be renumbered or relettered in the absolute discretion of the Code codifier. (d). Typographical errors and other matters of a similar nature that do not affect the intent of this Ordinance, as determined by the City Clerk and City Attorney, may be corrected with the authorization of the City Manager, or designee, without the need for a public hearing. Section 11. Effective Date. This ordinance shall become effective immediately upon its passage and adoption. 121 Paae Passed and adopted this 10th day of April, 2023. Attest.- Traci ttest. Traci Houchin, MMC, FC City Clerk For use and reliance of the Sanfo City Commission only. Approved as to form and legality. City Commission of the City of Sanford, Florida � Art ,Mayor i /w)L'6':I"' Y�2a"'�x- William L. Colbert, City Attorney 13 1 NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 (Rev. 10-90 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES REGISTRATION FORM This form Is for use In nominating or requesting determinations for individual properties and districts. • See instructions In How to Complete the National Register of Historic Places Registration Form (National Register Bulletin 16A). Complete each 'stem by marking Y In the appropriate box or by entering the Information requested. If any Item does not apply to the propertybeing documented, enter WA! for "not a pplicable " For functions, architectural classification, materials, and areas of significance, enter only categons and subcategories from the Instructions. PIace additional entries and narrative Items on continuation sheets (NPS Form 10-900a). Use a typewriter, word processor, orcomputer, to complete all Items. 1. Name of Property historic name Georeetown Historic District other names/site number SE02924 2. Location street & number E 2nd St, Mellonviffe Ave..: Celei•v Ave., and Sanford Ave ❑ not for publication city or town Sanford ❑ vicinity state Florida .code county Seminole code zio code 32771 3. State/Federal Agency Certification e designated authority under the atonal Historic Preservation Act, as amen e , I hereby cert, t this N nomination ❑*request for determination of eligibility meets the documentation standards for registering properties In the National Register of Historic Places and meets the procedural and professional requirements set forth in 36 CFR Part 60. In my opinion, the property ® meets CI do s not me a on egister criteria. I recommend that this property be considered significant ❑ nationally stat e ® "tally. (❑ ee continuation sheet for additional comments.) Signat6re of ce g off>cla[Mbe D e Florida D" artment of State, Division of Historical Resources, Bureau of Historic Preservation State or Federal agency and bureau In my opinion, the property ❑ meets ❑ does not meet the National Register criteria. (❑See continuation sheet for additional comments.) Signature of certifying offician le Date State or Federal agency and bureau 4. National Park Service Certification I hereby certify that the property is: Signature of the Keeper Date of Action ❑ entered In the National Register, ❑ See continuation sheet ❑ determined eligible for the National Register _ C) See continuation sheet.— ❑ determined not eligible for the National Register ❑ See continuation sheet. D removed from the National Register. ❑ other, (explain) NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 (Rev. 10-90 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES REGISTRATION FORM This form is for use in nominating or requesting determinations for individual properties and districts. See instructions in How to Complete the National Register of Historic Places Registration Form (National Register Bulletin 16A). Complete each item by marking 'x" in the appropriate box or by entering the information requested. If any item does not apply to the property being documented, enter "NIA" for "not applicable." For functions, architectural classification, materials, and areas of significance, enter only categories and subcategories from the instructions. Place additional entries and narrative items on continuation sheets (NPS Form 10-900a). Use a typewriter, word processor, or computer, to complete all items. Z. Name of Property historic name Georgetown Historic District other names/site number SE02920 2. Location street & number E 2°d St, Mellonville Ave.. Celery Ave. and Sanford Ave ❑ not for publication city or town Sanford ❑ vicinity state Florida code county Seminole code zip code 32771 3. State/Federal Agency Certification As the designated authority under the National Historic Preservation Act, as amended, 1 hereby certify that this N nomination ❑ request for determination of eligibility meets the documentation standards for registering properties in the National Register of Historic Places and meets the procedural and professional requirements set forth in 36 CFR Part 60. In my opinion, the property ® meets ❑ does not meet the National Register criteria. I recommend that this property be considered significant ❑ nationally ❑ statewide ® locally. (❑ See continuation sheet for additional comments.) Signature of certifying official/Title Date Florida Department of State, Division of Historical Resources, Bureau of Historic Preservation State or Federal agency and bureau In my opinion, the property ❑ meets ❑ does not meet the National Register criteria. (❑See continuation sheet for additional comments.) Signature of certifying officiaMfle Date State or Federal agency and bureau 4. National Park Service Certification 1 hereby certify that the property is: Signature of the Keeper Date of Action ❑ ,entered in the National Register ❑ See continuation sheet ❑ determined eligible for the National Register ❑-See continuation sheet: --- -- _ ______ � � _ _. _ _ ❑ determined not eligible for the National Register ❑ See continuation sheet. ❑ removed from the National Register. 13 other, (explain) _Georgetown Historic District Name of Property Seminole County, FL County and State 5. Classification Ownership of Property Category of Property Number of Resources within Property (Check as many boxes as apply) (Check only one box) (Do not include any previously listed resources in the count) ® private • ❑ buildings ❑ publicdocai ® district ❑ public -State ❑ site ❑ public -Federal ❑ structure ❑ object Name of related multiple property listings (Enter "NIA" if property is not part of a multiple property listing.) "N/A" Contributing Noncontributing 296 110 buildings sites structures objects 296 110 total Number of contributing resources previously listed in the National Register 11 6. Function or Use Historic Functions Current Functions (Enter categories from instructions) (Enter categories from instructions) DOMESTIC: Single Dwelling COMMERCE: Business SOCIAL: Meeting Hall RELIGION: Religious Facility 7. Description categories from Instructions) OTHER: Frame Vernacular OTHER: Masonry Vernacular LATE 19TH AND EARLY 20TH CENTURY AMERICAN MOVEMENTS: Bungalow MODERN MOVEMENT: Minimal Traditional MODERN MOVEMENT: Ranch DOMESTIC: Single Dwelling COMMERCE: Business RELIGION: Religious Facility Materials (Enter categories from instructions) foundation N/A walis N/A roof N/A other Narrative - Description --.-(Describe the historic and current condition of the property on one or more continuation sheets.) Georgetown Historic District Name of Property 8. Statement of Significance )plicable National Register Criteria ark Y in one or more boxes for the criteria qualifying the property National Register listing.) ® A Property is associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of our history. ❑ B Property is associated with the lives of persons significant in our past. ® C Property embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction or represents the work of a masteri or possesses high artistic values, or represents a significant and distinguishable entity whose components lack individual distinction. ❑ D Property has yielded, or is likely to yield information important in prehistory or history. Criteria Considerations (Mark Y in all the boxes that apply.) Property is: ® A owned by a religious institution or used for religious purposes. ❑ B removed from its original location. ❑ C a birthplace or grave. ❑ D a cemetery. ❑ E a reconstructed building, object, or structure. ❑ F a commemorative property. ❑ G less than 50 years of age or achieved significance within the past 50 years Narrative Statement of Significance (Explain the significance of the property on one or more continuation sheets.) Seminole County, FL County and State Areas of Significance (Enter categories from instructions) Ethnic Heritage/Black Architecture Period of Significance 1900-1970 Significant Dates Significant Person N/A Cultural Affiliation N/A Architect/Builder Spears, Prince W. 9. Major Bibliographical References Bibliography Cite the books, articles, and other sources used in preparing this form on one or more continuation sheets.) Previous documentation on file (NPS): Primary location of additional data: — -R-preliminary determination of individual listing -(-36-- — -- --®-State Historic Preservation Office --- — CFR 36) has been requested ❑ Other State Agency ❑ previously listed in the National Register ❑ Federal agency ❑ previously determined eligible by the National ❑ Local government Register ❑ University ❑ designated a National Historic Landmark ® Other ❑ recorded by Historic American Buildings Survey Name of Repository # Sanford Museum ❑ recorded by Historic American Engineering Record Georgetown Historic District Name of Property 10. Geographical Data Acreage of Property 166 UTM References (Place additional references on a continuation sheet.) W I.1_LL1_l_I 11 1 1 1 J� 2 zone _ Eastin NorthlnI I Verbal Boundary Description (Describe the boundaries of the property on a continuation sheet.) Boundary Justification (Explain why the boundaries were selected on a continuation sheet.) 11. Form Prepared By name/title Megan McDonaId Seminole County, FL County and State 3 W t.LI I I I I I I I I I Zone ( f EaI L_ stin I I l'I Northing 4M l __1 I I I ® See continuation sheet organization Florida Division of Historical Resources date street & number 500 South Bronough Street telephone 850-245-6365 city or town Tallahassee state FT, zip code 32394 Additional Documentation Submit the following items with the completed form. Continuation Sheets Maps A USGS map (7.5 or 15 minute series) indicating the property's location. A Sketch map for historic districts and properties having large acreage or numerous resources. Photographs Clear and descriptive photographs under separate cover. The size of each image must be 3000x2000 pixels, at 300 ppi (pixels per inch) or larger. Each photograph must be numbered in the order they are referenced in the manuscript, and that number must correspond to the photograph number on the photo log. Additional items (check with the SHPO or FPO for any additional items) Property Owner _—(Complete this item aCthe- request of SHPO or FPO.) _-- --- - - - — name Multiple street & number city or town telephone state zip code Paperv+o Re, lon Act Statement: his In onnaul- is bTng leered or app icer ons to the National Register o stone Places to nominate properties or Istng or determine a igibifity or listing, to list properties, and amend listings. Response to this request - squired to obtain a benefit In accordance with the NaBonal Hisloric Preservation Aci, es amended (16 U.S.C. 470 et seq.?. Estimated Burden Statement: Public reporting burden for this form is estimated to average 16.1 hours per response including time for reviewing Instructions, gathering and maintaining data, and comptegng and rav ewing the form. Direct oommen/s regarding this burden estimate or any aspect of this form to the Chief, Admin strative Services Division, National Park Service, P.O. Box 37127, Washington, DC 20013-7127; and the Oirtee of Management and Budget, Papenvork Reductions Projects (1024 18), Washingion, DC 20503. NPS Form 10-800-a United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number 7 Page 1 SUMMARY OMB No. 1024-0018 Georgetown Historic District Name of Property Seminole County, FL County and State N/A Name of multiple listing (if applicable) The Georgetown Historic District is a historically African American neighborhood located in Sanford, Florida. Comprised of residences, commercial buildings, churches, funeral homes, and a school, the built environment of Georgetown is an intact representation of an African American neighborhood founded during the Jim Crow era. Though a number of individual historic resources have been lost over time and new infill development is present throughout the district, the extant resources in Georgetown convey the neighborhood's historic identity and continual development over the course of the 20th century. The Georgetown Historic District is roughly bounded by East 2nd Street to the north, Bay Avenue and Mellonville Avenue to the east, Celery Avenue to the south and Sanford Avenue to the west. Georgetown directly abuts the eastern border of the Sanford Residential Historic District (NR 12/15/1989) along Sanford Avenue. In fact, several Georgetown residences and commercial buildings were included within the Sanford Residential Historic District boundaries due to their architectural character. As these properties were the homes and businesses of African American residents and are located along the western border of Georgetown, they have also been identified in the Georgetown district boundaries due to their historic significance to the African American community. t There are 406 resources in the historic district with 296 of which are listed as contributing and 110 noncontributing, making the ratio 73 percent contributing. Though African American residents of Sanford settled within the boundaries of what is now Georgetown at least as early as the 1870s, the oldest known extant resources in the district date to the early 201h century. However, it is very possible that a number of structures in the district pre -date their estimated dates of construction. The 1917 Sanborn Fire Insurance maps provide the earliest record of most buildings in Georgetown. Prior to that year, only the buildings along Sanford Avenue were documented on the Sanborn maps, as it was located along the eastern boundary of the white residential and commercial districts. It is very likely that a number of fesidential houses date from the late 19' century, but no known documentation is available to confirm earlier dates of construction. Extant buildings in Georgetown date from c. 1900 to 1970. The district boundaries include what were originally two distinct African American communities, Tuckertown and Georgetown. Located in the northern portion of present-day Georgetown, Tuckertown was settled by African Americans_as-early_as_the_late_ 1860s. Settlement of Georgetown-began.directly_ south of Tuckertown in the early 1880s. Due to their close proximity, Tuckertown was gradually absorbed by Georgetown over time and eventually ceased to maintain a distinct identity. 1 See contributing and noncontributing list for resources that were included in the Sanford Residential Historic District (NR. 12/15/1989). NPS Form 10-900-a United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number 7 Page 2 OMB No. 10240018 Georgetown Historic District Name of Property Seminole County, FL County and State N/A Name of multiple listing (if applicable) The Georgetown Historic District is largely comprised of frame vernacular residences and masonry vernacular commercial buildings. Other property types found within the district are Bungalow, Minimal Traditional, and Ranch. There are twelve contributing churches in the district, one of which, St. James A.M.E. Church is listed in the National Register of Historic Places (NR 4/24/1992). Another notable resource listed in the Register is the Hopper Academy (NR 5/6/2015), which served as a public school for African American children in the early part of the twentieth century. When examined at the neighborhood level, the Georgetown Historic District provides a visual representation of an African American neighborhood that adapted to the confines of segregation and developed a thriving community. When considered in its greater context as the largest African American neighborhood in Sanford, the built environment and history of Georgetown provides an essential perspective into the history of Sanford's development over the course of the late 19th and early 201h century. Once a transportation hub for steamboats and the railroad, and later an agricultural center for the production of winter vegetables, Sanford owed much of its economic success to the labor of African Americans, many of whom resided in Georgetown. Georgetown residents provided the bulk of labor that built the city of Sanford, and it was their labor that continued to fuel Sanford's economy over the course of its development. SETTING Georgetown is located within the city of Sanford in Seminole County, Florida. Sanford is located in central Florida on the southern shore of Lake Monroe and the St. Johns River, approximately 20 miles northeast of Orlando. The city has a total population of approximately 54,000 people. Located in the Orlando metropolitan area, Sanford is now primarily a bedroom community, despite its history as a transportation crossroads and agricultural hub. Georgetown is a historically African American residential neighborhood located immediately east of the historically white Sanford Residential Historic District and just southeast of the Sanford Commercial District. The plan of Georgetown is generally a simple, north/south-east/west grid with blocks usually divided into ten and twelve lots. Some blocks are divided north -south by an alley. The east -west streets, with the exception of Celery Avenue, are numbered 2nd through 11 th. With the exception of _Sanford Avenue, the north-south.streets-have.been_named_after trees, such as Cypress, Pine,_Hickor_y_and. _ Willow. The majority of the Georgetown Historic District is comprised of residential homes, though the community's historic commercial thoroughfare is located along the northern part of Sanford Avenue and several individual commercial buildings are located throughout the district. Concentrated between 1' and 6th streets, the most intact sections of the commercial section are located on the west side of Sanford NPS Form 10-900-a United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number 7 Page 3 OMB No. 1024-0018 Georgetown Historic District Name of Property Seminole County, FL County and State N/A Name of multiple listing (if applicable) Avenue in the 200 and 400 blocks. A number of churches are located throughout the district, as well as a previously NR listed school, Hopper Academy. ARCHITECTURAL STYLES The majority of buildings in Georgetown are residential in nature, and are typically single story, wood frame construction. Though a variety of architectural types and styles are present in the district, frame vernacular structures are by far the most common. Frame Vernacular Frame vernacular buildings in Georgetown display a variety of forms and configurations. Examples of both single and two-story structures are present in the district. Frame vernacular structures in Georgetown include examples of both hipped and gable roofs, and most feature front porches (though many have been enclosed). A number of other common characteristics include raised masonry pier foundations, wood siding, asphalt shingle or metal roofs, and double -hung wood sash windows. Many Frame Vernacular homes in Georgetown contain brick chimneys either along an exterior wall or within the interior of the house. Common adaptations to frame vernacular buildings in the district include the enclosure or screening of the front porch, replacement of historic windows, and the construction of side or rear additions. Most frame vernacular buildings in Georgetown were constructed by local builders in the community, many of whom were self-taught. The resulting frame vernacular buildings were a product of the available materials and resources and the builder's experience. Frame vernacular dwellings typically featured simple designs and could be built fairly quickly using readily available local materials. A number of common subtypes of the Frame Vernacular style can be found in Georgetown, including the hall -parlor, Georgian cottage, shotgun, and the four-square. However, most examples of frame vernacular construction in Georgetown do not fit neatly into a subtype. The Hall -Parlor subtype is characterized by its one-story height, two -room width, and the absence of a central hallway. An excellent example of the Hall -Parlor subtype stands at 719 East 81" Street (Photo 1), and dates to c. 1920. As- le, one-story structure, this example retains much of its historic appearance, including board and batten siding. A rear addition was constructed during the historic period, but despite this change, the original hail -parlor structure is clearly distinguishable from the addition. Shotgun houses are a vernacular house type characterized by their narrow form and are one room wide and several rooms deep. Several extant shotgun houses are present in Georgetown, including two houses across the street from one another at 412 (c. 1920) and 413 (c. 1917) Cypress Avenue (Photos 2- 3). Though both homes feature rear additions, they maintain their historic one -room width and NPS Form 10-900-a United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number Page 4 OMB No. 1024-0018 Georgetown Historic District Name of Property Seminole County, FL County and State N/A Name of multiple listing (if applicable) simplicity of form and materials. Both homes were constructed on raised pier foundations and feature front facing gables, front porches, and wood siding. A slightly larger example of a shotgun, constructed c. 1917, is located at 710 Cypress Avenue (Photo 4). This example features a central chimney and a metal, hipped roof, It was also constructed on a raised pier foundation. Several examples of the Georgian cottage are present in Georgetown and represent some of the oldest extant houses in the district. 510 Hickory Avenue, constructed c. 1910, was the home of one of Sanford Avenues merchants and livery stable owners, Alexander and Dina Long (Photo 5). The steeply pitched, pyramid -roofed building features ornamental wood brackets at the comers of wood porch columns and decorative detail work on the brick chimney. The house feat -tires a metal roof and a front porch that runs the full length of the front faqade. Similarly, 1122 Locust Avenue, constructed c. 1908, features a hipped, metal roof with exposed rafter tails and a brick chimney near the rear of the house (Photo 6). The house is cladded in wood siding, features a front porch that is recessed beneath the main roof line, and is constructed on a raised brick pier foundation. 608 Cypress Avenue (c. 1912) is nearly identical, though features a raised, concrete block porch in front of the home and stucco has been applied to the wood siding (Photo 7). The home at 813 Willow Avenue (c. 1932), is a later example of a Georgian cottage that incorporates vernacular ornamentation, such as decorative paired columns and masonry piers along the front porch (Photo 8). Several examples of one-story frame vernacular houses that do not neatly fit into a subtype are also worth mentioning. The two houses located at 700 Cypress Avenue (c. 1917) were both originally 1-2 rooms wide with a rear wing (Photos 9 and 10). Both houses are one-story in height with gable roofs, wood siding, front porches, and raised pier foundations. An addition has been constructed at the rear of 700 a. The main roof of 700 a has been modified to extend over the front porch, but 700 b retains a separate porch recessed beneath the primary roof, Through the maintenance of their modest scale, historic materials, and simplicity of design, both houses convey their historic use as working class housing. 1917Sonbornfire insurance mop depictma 700a and b fformeily 700 and 702) Cypress Avenue, Present day sofelfitt NPS Form 10-900-a United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet OMB No. 1024-0018 Georgetown Historic District Name of Property Seminole County, FL County and State N/A Section number 7 Page 5 Name of multiple listing (if applicable) A number of two-story vernacular structures are located in Georgetown, including the four square type, which generally consists of a two -and -a -half story box with a hipped roof and four large rooms on each floor. 1119 South Locust Avenue, c. 1930, is an example of a four square with minimal ornamentation and detailing (Photo 11). The house features a hipped roof with asphalt shingles, wood siding, double - hung windows, and an exterior chimney. The front porch features a masonry foundation, piers, and columns that have been coated with stucco. Some- alterations have taken place on this structure: it appears that a third, central window on the second story has been removed, and additions have been constructed at the rear of the house. Despite these changes, the house still clearly conveys its vernacular constriction and four square form. Other examples of two-story frame vernacular houses in Georgetown include 613 Sanford Avenue, c. 1934, which features a hipped, metal roof with a central interior chimney, wood siding and wood -frame double -hung windows (Photo 12). The house also features a one-story front porch with a hipped metal roof. Masonry piers, possibly a later addition, serve as front porch supports and feature decorative diamond emblems. A very similar two-story structure is located at 714 Cypress Avenue. Constructed c. 1917, the residence is relatively narrow with an entrance located on the right hand side of the front fagade (Photo 13). This structure features large windows on both the first and second floor that are nearly the full height of each story. The house features wood siding and wood frame windows, and is constructed on a raised pier foundation. It has a shallow, hipped roof with metal cladding and an interior chimney near the front of the house. The first floor front door features a double -lite transom above the doorway, and the windows on the front facade of the house all feature decorative window casings. Based on Sanborn Fire Insurance maps, a small rear addition was expanded to the full size of house sometime after 1947, and the original, one-story front porch was replaced with a two-story porch during the 1920s. Despite the fact that the house has been subdivided into apartments, it stili conveys its historic use as a single-family residence. The c. 1917 two-story residence at 518 East 8th Street is one of the largest homes in the district that is not located along Sanford Avenue (Photo 14). The house was constructed on a masonry pier foundation, which is currently encased in decorative wood lattice. The house features a wrap around, one-story porch and a hipped roof with overhanging eaves. The house appears to have retained the majority of its historic wood frame windows, which include both 1-1 lite and 2-2 lite windows. Despite the addition of a wheel chair ramp, the house maintains a remarkable degree of integrity. Though_few examples of frame vernacular commerciaLbuildings_remain in the district, an. excellent___ example of a c. 1930 general store stands at 901 Locust Avenue (Photo 15). The simple wood -frame building features a gable roof and wood siding, and a porch addition resting on wood posts. The store features small windows encased with security bars. In contrast with many of the buildings in the district, this building is not elevated on piers and rests directly on a masonry foundation. A number of frame vernacular buildings in Georgetown have been attributed to a local African American architect and builder named Prince W. Spears. Spears is known to have studied architecture NPS Form 10-900-a United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number Page OMB No. 1024-0018 Georgetown Historic District Name of Property Seminole County, FL County and State N/A Name of multiple listing (if applicable) at Tuskegee Institute, but it is unclear whether he completed his studies. Regardless of certifications, Spears brought his talents and training to Sanford and constructed a number of Frame Vernacular homes in Georgetown. Several houses in the 600 block of Sanford Avenue were designed by Spears, including the frame vernacular residences at 611, 612, and 614 Sanford Ave (Photos 16-18). These structures were constructed for Georgetown's middle class, including local African American doctors and leaders of the business community. The frame vernacular house at 714 Cypress Avenue (Photo 13) has also been attributed to him, but documentation connecting Spears to the property has not been found. Masonry Vernacular Georgetown contains a number of masonry vernacular buildings throughout the district, including both commercial and residential buildings. The majority of commercial buildings along Sanford Avenue are masonry vernacular, with examples of both brick and concrete block construction. The c. 1925 building at 401-405 Sanford Avenue (Photo 19) is a brick, commercial example of masonry vernacular. This building features a corner entrance and ornamentation primarily consists of brick detailing along the cornice. Storefront windows appear to have been altered overtime, but the building conveys its historic function as an early twentieth century commercial building. The c. 1925 commercial building at 500- 504 Sanford Avenue (Photo 20), is a masonry vernacular building that has been coated in stucco. A c. 1925 warehouse/storage building at 500 Celery Avenue features rusticated concrete block construction (Photo 21). This building was originally constructed to house the Nehi Bottling Works, which was a fruit -flavored soda produced by the Chero-Cola Company. Located several blocks south of Georgetown's primary commercial district, a c. 1924 masonry vernacular auto repair shop is located at 1003 Sanford Avenue (Photo 22). The building was originally constructed for the Wight Brothers Company, a white -owned business that included a filling station, automobile sales, and repair services. This structure has two primary sections: an auto sales section facing Sanford Avenue and a service center facing East 10"i Street. The auto sales section features an elaborate mission -style parapet and large windows (currently covered with plywood). The service section historically featured three garage bays, two of which have been filled in. Though this property originally included a filling station, it has since been removed. Despite these changes, the building is still an excellent example of a masonry vernacular structure constructed for the sale and service of automobiles during the 1920s. Commercial buildings_arenot_limited_to-Sanford Avenue, and several unique_examples_ofmasonr_y vernacular commercial buildings are located elsewhere in the Georgetown District. The brick structure at 601 E Yd Street (formerly 315 Pine Avenue) was constructed c.1925 as A.J. Lossing's "Quick Service Transfer" business (Photos 23-24). The company provided a variety of services including hauling, storage, moving, packing and shipping, and taxi services.' The one-story building features several openings on the front fagade including a central, arched entry way with wood panel doors and a large 'Sanford, Florida City Directory, 1926-1927 (Richmond, Va.: R.L. Polk & Co., 1926- 1927) NPS Form 10-900-a United States Department of the interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number Page 7 OMB No. 1024-0018 Georgetown Historic District Mame of Property Seminole County, FL County and State N/A Name of multiple listing (if applicable) opening for vehicles on the left side. A small, arched customer service window is located on the right hand side, in addition to an entrance door. A series of later additions were constructed along the north wall of the building, including a concrete block and metal structure. A number of residential masonry vernacular buildings are located within the district. A c. 1930 two- story duplex at 712 East 1 lth Street (Photo 25) features concrete block construction and concrete block porch supports. A one-story, concrete block residence at 1000 South Bay Avenue (Photo 26) features a number of concrete block additions, including a car port, that were added to the primary structure over time. Bunealow There are thirty bungalows in the historic district. Typically one to one -and -a -half stories tall, bungalows are most commonly characterized by a low pitched roof with wide overhangs, a rectangular form and asymmetrical fagade. Most bungalows feature a front porch, and a variety of cladding materials can be found on the exterior of the structure, including clapboard, shingles, and stucco. In Georgetown, a common alteration to the bungalow type is an enclosed front porch. 511 Sanford Avenue, c. 1930, is an example of a bungalow featuring masonry construction (Photo 27). Built by local architect Prince W. Spears for dentist Dr. Edwin D. Strickland, the house is I %2 stories in height and features a hipped roof with a large dormer. A large porch runs the length of the front fagade and features columns resting on brick piers. The house was constructed of brick, with stucco applied along the front porch. The c. 1926 bungalow at 1117 Hickory Avenue (Photo 28) features a front -facing gable roof with a porch roof recessed just beneath it. The wood -frame building is cladded with wood siding and features a full -width porch supported by columns resting on brick piers. Windows are 3/1 -light double -hung wood sash windows, a common fenestration type associated with bungalows. Though a portion of the porch has been enclosed, the house still clearly conveys the characteristics of a bungalow. 1018 Locust Avenue, c. 1930, is another example of the bungalow type (Photo 29). The house features a porch with a front facing gable roof, supported by columns resting on brick piers. The exterior of the building is cladded in wood siding. Planters sit on top of the central piers on the front porch and knee walls. flank either side o£the_front.steps._ The house features a large picture window -on -the front-fagade and large, multi -light windows throughout the exterior facades. Minimal Traditional A number of Minimal Traditional houses are present in the Georgetown historic district. Characterized by their small size, minimal detailing, and simple building plans, Minimal Traditional houses were largely constructed during the 1930s and 1940s as a response to the need for affordable housing during NPS Form 10-900-a United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number 7 Page 8 OMB No. 10240018 Georgetown Historic District Name of Property Seminole County, FL County and State N/A Name of multiple listing (if applicable) the Great Depression and the housing shortage that followed World War H. The eleven Minimal Traditional houses in Georgetown include examples of both wood frame and masonry construction and commonly feature 1/1 -light double hung windows. Ornamentation is minimal, with decorative shutters the most common embellishment on the exterior. Minimal Traditional examples are present throughout the district. 619 East 7'h Street, c. 1940, is a one story house that features continuous wood siding throughout the exterior of the house and minimal ornamentation (Photo 30). A car port was constructed as a later addition on the east fagade of the house. 1100 Orange Avenue, c. 1944, features wood siding, 1/1 -lite windows, and the addition of a front porch (Photo 31). The one-story wood frame residence at 910 Bay Avenue, c. 1953, has an L-shaped plan and is sheathed in wood siding (Photo 32). The residence features 1/1 -light windows flanked by decorative wood shutters. Ranches There are eight contributing Ranch houses located in the Georgetown district. Characterized by their one-story height, emphasis on horizontality, and low pitched roofs, Ranch houses were a popular housing choice in the post -World War 11 era. Ranch houses commonly feature large picture windows and car ports, as is the case with examples of the style in Georgetown. Constructed c. 1957, the home located at 518 Locust Avenue features a long, horizontal front facade with a low-pitched roof and three multi -lite picture windows (Photo 33). The house was constructed with concrete blocks and brick veneer and incorporates a carport beneath the continuous main roof. Another example of a Ranch house in Georgetown is located at 400 East 8'h Street (Photo 34). This example features brick exterior walls and neoclassical -inspired ornament including columns and a pediment along the front fagade. The house also features a carport beneath the continuous main roof. Community and Religious Buildings A number of community and religious buildings are located throughout the Georgetown district, including churches, schools, and clubs. There are twelve contributing churches located in Georgetown. Though the oldest churches in the district date to the early 201h century, many of the neighborhood's congregations have been active since the early years of Sanford's founding. _ St.James.AfricanMethodist Episcopal.Church (individually_listed_in-the_NationaLRegister of Historic Places in 1991) was founded in 1867 and was the first known church founded by African Americans in Sanford. The present building is located at the corner of East 9'h Street and Cypress Avenue (Photo 35). Designed by local architect Prince W. Spears, construction of the church began in 1913. The gothic revival church is a red brick building that features stained glass windows and a bell tower. St. John Missionary Baptist Church, c. 1910, is located at 920 Cypress Avenue (Photo 36). The main sanctuary is constructed of brick with a stucco coated masonry foundation and an intersecting gable roof. The building has a square tower with a pyramidal roof. Pointed, arched windows are located on NPS Form 10-900-a United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet OMB No. 1024-0018 Georgetown Historic District Name of Property Seminole County, FL County and State N/A Section slumber 7 . Page 9 Naive of multiple listing (if applicable) all of the elevations, and the main entrance consists of a pair of wooden double doors found in a nook at the top of a concrete handicap ramp. An addition to the church was completed in 1941 and a two-story Sunday school and administration building was constructed at the rear of the church in 1975. In order to make the church more readily accessible, the basement level of the church was removed in 1992, lowering the church several feet to ground level. Zion Hope Missionary Baptist Church, c. 1926, is located at 710 Orange Avenue (Photo 37). The lower half of the building is comprised of stucco -covered concrete block topped with a wood frame gable roof. The church features a square tower with a pyramidal roof at the southeast corner of the building that is topped with a distinctive finial. Rows of five stained glass windows are location on the north and south walls of the church and a larger, central stained glass window on the front facade of the church. A Sunday school addition is located at the rear of the building. This is the third location of Zion Hope Missionary Baptist Church; the congregation dates its founding to June 9, 18 88.3 Hopper Academy, located at 1101 Pine Avenue, is a large, two-story Frame Vernacular school building set on a brick pier foundation (Photo 38). A central, hip -roofed dormer is located above the primary entrance to the school. Constructed c. 1906, with a large rear addition constructed in 1916, Hopper Academy was originally a high school, but was used as the primary grammar school after the construction of Croorns Academy in 1926. The school closed in 1962 and was individually listed in the National Register on May 6, 2015. A number of fraternal orders were and are presently still active in Georgetown. The building located at 510 Cypress Avenue (c. 19 17) served as the meeting hall for several lodges and fraternal orders during the coufse of the 2& century (Photo 39). Identified simply as a "Negro Hall" on Sanborn maps, the building was the Grand Uiuon of Odd Fellows Hall. A number of other organizations met in the building, including the American Woodmen Camp No. 17, the House of Ruth Lodge No. 353, Jupiter Lodge No. 2352, and Key of Wisdom Lodge No. 3807. The building is presently used as multi -family housing. Noncontributing. Resources There are 110 non-contributing structures located in Georgetown; the majority were built after the period of significance. A handful of properties were originally constructed during the period of significance,_buthave_been. so significantly altered that they no longer -retain historic_iniegrity. 3 Yeilding & Provost, Orange County Black Communities Survey Phase 1 -Seminole County, 1990. NPS Form 10-900-a United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic PIaces Continuation Sheet Section number 7 Page 10 INTEGRITY OMS No. 10240018 Georgetown Historic District Name of Property Seminole County, FL County and State N/A Name of multiple listing (if applicable) Georgetown's historic commercial district along Sanford Avenue has experienced the most change in recent decades. While during the period of significance the 200-400 blocks of Sanford Avenue were lined with commercial buildings, many have since been lost. Three historic commercial buildings remain on the west side of Sanford Avenue's 200 block. The majority of commercial buildings in the 300 block of Sanford Avenue have been lost. A single commercial building remains at 300 Sanford Avenue, dating to the 1920s. The west side of Sanford Avenue's 400 block contains the largest concentration of intact early and mid -twentieth century commercial buildings in Georgetown. These buildings were included as contributing structures in the 1989 Sanford Residential National Register District, located directly adjacent to the Georgetown District, but played an essential role in the daily life of the Georgetown community. The west side of Sanford Avenue's 500 block contains three structures dating to the mid -1920s, while a single commercial structure (5 07 Sanford Ave) on the east side of the block survives from the late 1920s. Though a number of Georgetown's historic commercial buildings along Sanford Avenue have been lost (particularly those in the 300 block) the area distinctly conveys its historic function as a commercial district. The remaining structures, dating largely from the 1920s, retain their overall integrity. The residential areas of the Georgetown Historic District maintain sufficient integrity for listing on the National Register of Historic Places. The district maintains integrity of location, as the majority of contributing structures remain in their original location and proximity to neighboring properties. Though some structures have been lost over time and replaced with new infill construction, the majority of structures date to the period of significance. As a largely working class African American neighborhood established at the height of the Jim Crow era, the physical fabric of Georgetown conveys a great deal about the community's history. The majority of surviving homes in Georgetown were constructed by local, self-taught builders using readily available materials, and are largely vernacular in nature. A small middle class comprised of doctors and business owners could afford larger homes, many of which are concentrated on Sanford Avenue. Under segregation, separate businesses and services were required to serve the African American population of Sanford; many buildings that housed black -owned businesses still stand on Sanford Avenue and throughout the district. The neighborhood's numerous churches and the segregation -era Hopper Academy all still stand in Georgetown and represent important pillars of the community, both past and present. When evaluated as a whole, the built -environment-of Georgetown conveys the historical -evolution -and- development of -an African-American community over the course of the twentieth century and retains integrity of location, design, workmanship, materials, feeling, and association. NPS Form 10-900-a Unites[ States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number 7 Page 11 OMB No. 1024-0018 Georgetown Historic District Name of Property Seminole County, FL County and State N/A Name of multiple listing (if applicable) CONTRIBUTING AND NONCONTRIBUTING RESOURCES Contributing Buildings Address Year Built Style Use Site File No. East 2nd Street 307 c. 1930 Masonry Vernacular Commercial SE1859 417 c. 1911 Frame Vernacular Single Family 501 c. 1947 Masonry Vernacular Commercial 519 c. 1920 Frame Vernacular Single Family SE1089 629 c. 1945 Frame Vernacular Single Family East 3" Street 300 c. 1946 Masonry Vernacular Commercial SE1862 501 c. 1930 Masonry Vernacular Multi -Family SE 1063 503 c. 1958 Masonry Vernacular Single Family SE01078 505 c. 1962 Masonry Vernacular Church 601 c. 1925 Masonry Vernacular Warehouse SE02933 613 c. 1925 Minimal Traditional Single Family SE1083 615 c. 1930 Frame Vernacular Single Family SE1081 616 c. 1925 Frame Vernacular Single Family SE1088 620 c. 1963 Masonry Vernacular Single Family East 4th Street 405 c. 1940 Masonry Vernacular Commercial SE02932 415 c.1920 Frame Vernacular Single Family SE01073 509 c.1920 Frame Vernacular Single Family SE01078 East 5th Street 508 C.1901 Bungalow Single Family SE02933 517 c.1926 Duplex Multi -Family SE02934 711 c.1915 Frame Vernacular Single Family SE00905 NPS Form 10-900-a United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number . 7 Page 12 East 6th Street OMB No. 1024-0018 Georgetown Historic District Name of Property Seminole County, FL County and State N/A Name of multiple listing (if applicable) 413 c. 1926 Frame Vernacular Single Family 507 C. 1900 Frame Vernacular Single Family 610 c. 1949 Frame Vernacular Single Family 621 c. 1912 Frame Vernacular Single Family 701 c. 1908 Frame Vernacular Single Family 709 c. 1930 Frame Vernacular Single Family East 7th Street 412 c. 1920 Masonry Vernacular Single Family 509 c. 1939 Masonry Vernacular Commercial 600 c. 1943 Minimal Traditional Single Family 615 c. 1920 Minimal Traditional Single Family 616 c. 1930 Frame Vernacular Single Family 619 c. 1940 Minimal Traditional Single Family 701 c. 1956 Masonry Vernacular Single Family 715 c. 1952 Masonry Vernacular Single Family 718 c. 1945 Frame Vernacular Commercial 815 c. 1929 Frame Vernacular Single Family 818 c. 1951 Ranch Single Family 819 c. 1933 Frame Vernacular Single Family 914 C. 1951 Frame Vernacular Single Family 1101 c. 1920 Frame Vernacular Single Family 1103 c. 1951 Masonry Vernacular Single Family 1113 c. 1920 Frame Vernacular Single Family 1121 c. 1925 Bungalow Single family 1133 c. 1926 Frame Vernacular Single Family 1135 C. 1920 Frame Vernacular Single Family East 8th Stfeet 400 c. 1962 Ranch Single Family 405 c. 1917 Frame Vernacular Single Family 515 c. 1938 Frame Vernacular Single Family 518 c. 1917 Frame Vernacular Single Family 622 c. 1934 Gothic Revival Single Family SE02935 SE02936 SE00510 SE00822 SE02937 SE02938 SE02939 SE00813 SES 15 SE00812 SE02940 SE02941 SE02942 SE00866 SE864 SE763 SE02943 SE02944 NPS Form 10-900-a United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number 7 Page- 13 OMB No. 1024-0018 Georgetown Historic District Name of Property Seminole County, FL County. and State N/A Name of multiple listing (if applicable) 719 c. 1920 Frame Vernacular Single Family SE829 801 c. 1920 Frame Vernacular Single Family SE02945 804 c.1935 Minimal Traditional Single Family SE02946 907 c.1917 Frame Vernacular Single Family SE00871 909 c.1920 Frame Vernacular Single Family SE02953 1104 c.1948 Frame Vernacular Single Family 1105 c.1951 Frame Vernacular Single Family •SE02954 1107 c.1964 Masonry Vernacular Single Family SE02955 1108 c.1970 Masonry Vernacular Single Family SE02956 1110 c.1970 Masonry Vernacular Single Family 1112 c.1970 Masonry Vernacular Single Family 1114 c.1970 Masonry Vernacular Single Family 1116 c.1970 Masonry Vernacular Single Family East 9th Street 409A & B c. 1944 Frame Vernacular Single Family SE02947 612 c.1966 Ranch Single Family 700 c.1939 Frame Vernacular Church SE02948 815 c.1945 Bungalow Single Family SE02949 1105 c.1920 Frame Vernacular Single Family 1107 c.1949 Masonry Vernacular Single Family East 10th Street 311 c. 1925 Bungalow Single Family 409A c. 1930 Frame Vernacular Single Family SE02950 409B c.1930 Frame Vernacular Single Family SE02951 511 c.1920 Frame Vernacular Single Family SE02952 600 c.1961 Masonry Vernacular Single Family • SE02953 701 c.1970 Masonry Vernacular Single Family 713 – c. 1925 Frame Vernacular - Single Family—"" •SE02954 818 c.1920 Bungalow Single Family SE02955 918 c.1925 Frame Vernacular Multi -Family SE02956 1101 c.1940 Frame Vernacular Single Family NPS Form 10-900-a United States Department of the interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number 7 Page 14 East I 1 th Street OMB No. 1024-0018 Georgetown Historic District Name of Property Seminole County, FL County and State N/A Name of multiple listing (if applicable) 506 c. 1920 Frame Vernacular Single Family SE02957 509 c. 1925 Frame Vernacular Single Family 612 c. 1925 Frame Vernacular Single Family SE02958 712 c.1930 Masonry Vernacular Single Family SE02959 914A c.1920 Frame Vernacular Single Family 914B c.1939 Frame Vernacular Single Family Bay Avenue 700 c. 1967 Masonry Vernacular Single Family 703 c. 1954 Masonry Vernacular Single Family 706 c. 1953 Minimal Traditional Single Family 708 c. 1947 Masonry Vernacular Single Family SE02960 709 c. 1925 Frame Vernacular Single Family 711 C.1950 Masonry Vernacular Single Family 800 c.1951 Masonry Vernacular Multi -Family 801 c.1926 Frame Vernacular Single Family 808 c.1920 Frame Vernacular Single Family SE898 810 c.1920 Frame Vernacular Single Family 815 c.1969 Masonry Vernacular Single Family 907 c.1956 Masonry Vernacular Single Family 910 c.1953 Minimal Traditional Single Family SE02962 1000 C.1951 Masonry Vernacular Single Family SE02963 1005 c.1935 Frame Vernacular Single Family 1007 c.1956 Masonry Vernacular Single Family 1112 c.1968 Masonry Vernacular Single Family 1122 c.1968 Frame Vernacular Single Family Celery Avenue 402 c.1952 Masonry Vernacular Single Family SE02965 500 c.1925 Masonry Vernacular Warehouse/Storage 512 c.1917 Bungalow Single Family SE02966 600 C.1910 Frame Vernacular Single Family SE00800 616 c.1928 Frame Vernacular Single Family SE02968 702 c.1925 Frame Vernacular Single Family SE02969 NPS Form 10-900-a United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number 7 Page 15 OMB No. 1024-0018 Georgetown Historic District Name of Property Seminole County, FL County and State N/A Name of multiple listing (if applicable) 708 c. 1920 Frame Vernacular Single Family SE02970 906 c.1939 Frame Vernacular Single Family 1002 c.1960 Ranch Single Family SE02971 Cypress Avenue 207 c. 1955 Masonry Vernacular Commercial 319A c. 1917 Frame Vernacular Single Family SE1064 319B c. 1920 Frame Vernacular Single Family 412A c. 1920 Frame Vernacular Single Family 412B c. 1920 Frame Vernacular Single Family 413 c. 1917 Frame Vernacular Single Family SE02973 505 c.1952 Masonry Vernacular Single Family SE02974 509 c.1940 Frame Vernacular Single Family SE02975 510 c.1917 Frame Vernacular Multi -Family SE02976 516 c.1930 Frame Vernacular Single Family SE02977 518 C.1901 Frame Vernacular Single Family SE02978 608 c.1912 Frame Vernacular Single Family SE02979 612 c.1920 Bungalow Single Family SE00775 620 c.1920 Frame Vernacular Multi -Family SE02980 700A c.1917 Frame Vernacular Single Family SE02981 700B c.1917 Frame Vernacular Single Family SE02981 704 c.1963 Minimal Traditional Single Family SE02985 710 c.1917 Frame Vernacular Single Family SE02982 714 c.1917 Frame Vernacular Multi -Family SE02983 715 c.1920 Bungalow Single Family SE02984 719 c.1920 Bungalow Single Family SE00782 805 c.1960 Ranch Single Family SE02985 806 c.1940 Bungalow Single Family SE00767 818A c.1949 Masonry Vernacular Single Fancily SE02986 818B c.1952 Masonry Vernacular Multi -Family SE02987 "8I9A `- — c. 1913- " Gothic Revival Cliurcl>-- SE00457 (NR 4/24/92) 819B c.1946 Masonry Vernacular Sunday School 920 C.1910 Gothic Revival Church SE761 1002 c.1970 Masonry Vernacular Single Family 1003 c.1920 Frame Vernacular Single Family SE790 1004 c.1956 Masonry Vernacular Single Family SE02989 1013 c.1930 Bungalow Single Family SE02990 NPS Form 10-900-a United States Department of the Interior National Park'Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number 7 Page 16 1020 c. 1925 Frame Vernacular 1100 c. 1938 Frame Vernacular 1108 c. 1943 Masonry Vernacular 1113 c. 1920 Frame Vernacular 1114 c. 1961 Frame Vernacular 1115 c. 1930 Frame Vernacular 1116 c. 1930 Frame Vernacular 1117 c. 1955 Masonry Vernacular 1118 c. 1932 Frame Vernacular 1119 c. 1920 Frame Vernacular Hickory Avenue OMB No. 1024-0018 Georgetown Historic District Name of Property Seminole County, FL County and State N/A Name of multiple listing (if applicable) Single Family Single Family Single Family Single Family Single Family Single Family Single Family Single Family Single Family Single Fancily SE02991 SE02992 SE02994 SE795 SE02995 SE02996 SE02997 SE02998 502 c. 1917 Frame Vernacular Single Family SE02999 503 c.1963 Masonry Vernacular Church SE03000 510 c.1915 Frame Vernacular Single Family SE00819 512 c.1948 Bungalow Single Family SE03001 515 c.1961 Frame Vernacular Single Family SE03002 607 C.1900 Frame Vernacular Single Family SE00823 611 c.1949 Masonry Vernacular Single Family SE03003 614 c.1920 Bungalow Single Family SE816 702 c.1930 Frame Vernacular Single Family SE03004 710 c.1920 Frame Vernacular Single Family SE00811 717 c.1948 Frame Vernacular Single Family SE03006 913 c.1950 Frame Vernacular Single Family SE03007 1117 c.1926 Bungalow Single Family SE00845 1119 c.1937 Bungalow Single Family SE00846 1121 c.1931 Frame Vernacular Single Family 1123 c.1943 Minimal Traditional Single Family SE03008 Locust Avenue 510 c.1961 Ranch Single Family SE03009 518 c.1957 Ranch Single Family SE03010 602 c.1920 Frame Vernacular Single Family SE03011 611 c.1917 Frame Vernacular Single Family SE867 612 c.1943 Frame Vernacular Single Family SE00821 711 c.1926 Frame Vernacular Single Family SE03012 NPS Form 10-900-a United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number 7 Page 17 OMB No. 10240018 Georgetown Historic District Name of Property Seminole County, FL County and State N/A Name of multiple listing (if applicable) 712 c. 1934 Frame Vernacular Single Family 708 713 c. 1920 Bungalow Single Family SE00860 717 c.1920 Bungalow Single Family 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Masonry Vernacular Mortuary SE03035 1930 - Masonry Vernacular —Single Family 1114 c.1948 Frame Vernacular Single Family SE00797 Sanford Avenue 112 c. 1950 Masonry Vernacular Commercial SE 1929 114 c. 1956 Masonry Vernacular Commercial NPS Form 10-900-a United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number 7 Page 19 118 c. 1937 Masonry Vernacular 202 c. 1917 Masonry Vernacular 208 c. 1930 Masonry Vernacular 210 c. 1926 Masonry Vernacular 215 c. 1969 Masonry Vernacular 300 c. 1925 Masonry Vernacular 329 c. 1968 Masonry Vernacular 400 c. 1922 Masonry Vernacular 401-405 c. 1925 Masonry Vernacular 410 c. 1929 Masonry Vernacular 412-416 c. 1936 Masonry Vernacular 417-419 c. 1916 Masonry Vernacular 418-430 c. 1922 Masonry Vernacular 440 c. 1922 Masonry Vernacular 500-504 c. 1925 Masonry Vernacular 501-503 c. 1933 Masonry Vernacular 508 c. 1925 Masonry Vernacular 511 c. 1930 Bungalow 516 c. 1926 Masonry Vernacular 526 c. 1967 Masonry Vernacular 601 c. 1950 Masonry Vernacular 602 c. 1955 Masonry Vernacular 611 c. 1917 Frame Vernacular 612 c. 1920 Frame Vernacular 613 c. 1934 Frame Vernacular 614 c. 1910 Frame Vernacular 617 c. 1953 Masonry Vernacular 619 c. 1950 Masonry Vernacular 620 c. 1922 Bungalow 700 c. 1948 Masonry Vernacular 703 c. 1934 Frame Vernacular 705 --6.-19160 —-MAsonry Vernacular 707 c. 1950 Masonry Vernacular 718 c. 1952 Masonry Vernacular 806 c. 1920 Frame Vernacular 812 c.1920 Bungalow 813 c. 1960 Masonry Vernacular 818 c. 1926 Masonry Vernacular OMB No. 10240018 Georgetown Historic District Name of Property Seminole County, FI. County and State N/A Name of multiple listing (if applicable) Commercial SE1930 Commercial SE1931 Commercial SE1932 Commercial SE1935 Commercial SE00467 Commercial SE00468 (NR 12/15/1989) Commercial SE00753 M 12/15/1989) Commercial SE00462 (NR 12/15/1989) Commercial SE00463 Commercial SE00464 (NR 12/15/1989) Commercial SE00466 (NR 12/15/1989) Commercial SE00467 Commercial SE00468 (NR 12/15/1989) Commercial SE00475 Commercial SE470 Commercial SE471 Commercial SE00752 (NR 12115/I989) Single Family SE00473 Commercial SE03038 Church SE00753 M 12/15/1989) Single Family SE03036 Single Family Single Family SE00475 Multi -Family SE00751(NR 12/15/1989) Multi -Family SE00477 Single Family SE00752 (NR 12115/I989) Single Family SE03037 Single Family SE03038 Single Family SE00753 M 12/15/1989) Single Family Single Family SE00768 Single Family"SE03039---- Single Family SE03040 Single Family Single Family (NR 12115/1989) Single Family SE00756 (NR 12115/1989) Single Family SE03041 Commercial NPS Form 10-900-a United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number 7 Page 20 OMB No. 1024-0018 Georgetown Historic District Name of Property Seminole County, FL County and State N/A Name of multiple listing (if applicable) 909 c. 1964 Masonry Vernacular Single Family 911 C. 1950 Masonry Vernacular Single Family SE03042 1003 c.1924 Masonry Vernacular Auto Repair SE03043 1011 C.1951 Masonry Vernacular Church SE00870 1106A c.1925 Frame Vernacular Commercial SE03046 1111 c.1922 Bungalow Single Family SE03044 1120 c.1928 Frame Vernacular Commercial SE03047 1121 c.1947 Masonry Vernacular Auto Supply SE03045 Willow Avenue 610 c. 1967 Masonry Vernacular Single Family 709 c. 1968 Masonry Vernacular Single Family 716 c. 1920 Frame Vernacular Single Family SE00869 804 c.1941 Frame Vernacular Single Family SE00870 805 c.1920 Frame Vernacular Single Family SE03046 813 c.1932 Frame Vernacular Single Family 904 c.1935 Frame Vernacular Single Family SE03047 910A C.1910 Frame Vernacular Single Family 910B, C.1910 Frame Vernacular Single Family 1001 c.1925 Frame Vernacular Single Family SE03048 1007 c.1925 Frame Vernacular Single Family 1016 c.1920 Frame Vernacular Single Family SE03049 1017 c.1946 Bungalow Single Family SE00892 1019 c.1920 Frame Vernacular Single Family SE00893 1100 c.1930 Frame Vernacular Single Family SE03050 1104 c.1930 Frame Vernacular Single Family SE03051 1105 c. 1951 Frame Vernacular Single Family SE00890 1109 c.1964 Frame Vernacular Multi -Family 1112 c.1967 Frame Vernacular Single Family 1116 c.1920 Frame Vernacular Single Family SE03052 NPS Form 10-900-a United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number 7 Page 22 Noncontributing Buildinus East 2nd Street Single Family 609 c. 1970 East 5th Street Single Family 512 c. 1986 610 c. 2016 612 c. 2007 OMB No. 10240018 Georgetown Historic District Name of Property Seminole County, FL County and State N/A Name of multiple listing (if applicable) Frame Vernacular Single Family Masonry Vernacular Single Family Masonry Vernacular Single Family Masonry Vernacular Single Family East 6th Street 500 c. 1976 Masonry Vernacular Single Family East 7th Street 401 c. 1975 Ranch Single Family 500 503 c. 1981 Minimal Traditional Single Family 700 c. 1995 Minimal Traditional Single Family East 8th Street 519 c. 1980 Bungalow Single Family 616 c. 1996 Frame Vernacular Single Family 701 c. 1973 Minimal Traditional Single Family 706 c. 1994 Ranch Single Family 819 c. 1979 Ranch Single Family East 9th Street 615 c. 1991 Minimal Traditional Single Family 1000 c. 1993 Frame Vernacular Single Family East 10th Street 315 c. 2000 Masonry Vernacular Single Family NPS Form 10.900-a United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number 7 Page OMS No. 1024-0018 Georgetown Historic District Name of Property Seminole County, FL County and State N/A Name of multiple listing (if applicable) 618 c. 1982 Gothic Revival Church 919 c. 1989 Ranch Single Family 1000 c. 1980 Split Level Single Family I lth Street 501 c. 2006 Masonry Vernacular Single Family 503 c. 1989 Frame Vernacular Single Family 700 c. 1989 Ranch Single Family Bay Avenue 704 c. 1996 Frame Vernacular Single Family 713 c. 2008 Masonry Vernacular Single Family 804 c. 2019 Masonry Vernacular Single Family 809 c. 1977 Masonry Vernacular Single Family 904 c. 1987 Frame Vernacular Multi -Family 905 c. 1986 Frame Vernacular Single Family 906 c. 2019 unknown Single Family 909 c. 2006 Masonry Vernacular Single Family 1004 c. 2004 Mediterranean Revival Single Family 1014 c. 2018 Masonry Vernacular Single Family 1020 c. 1971 Masonry Vernacular Single Family 1100 c. 1971 Masonry Vernacular Single Family 1115 c. 1998 Masonry Vernacular Single Family Celery Avenue 820 c. 1971 Masonry Vernacular Single Family 908 c. 1998 Frame Vernacular Single Family Chapman Avenue 304 c. 1935 Frame Vernacular Single Family 308 c. 1935 Frame Vernacular Single Family 312 c. 1926 Frame Vernacular Single Family 320 c. 1956 Masonry Vernacular Single Family NPS Foran 10-900-a United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number 7 Page 23 Cypress Avenue OMB No. 10240018 Georgetown Historic District Name of Property Seminole County, FL County and State N/A Name of multiple listing (if applicable) 409 c. 1971 Masonry Vernacular Single Family 501 c. 2007 Masonry Vernacular Single Family 613 c. 2007 Masonry Vernacular Single Family 814 c. 2002 Duplex Multi -Family 911 c. 2014 Masonry Vernacular Single Family 1120 c. 1972 Minimal Traditional Single Family Hickory Avenue 506 c. 2006 Frame Vernacular Single Family 610 c. 2005 Masonry Vernacular Single Family 807 c. 2001 Masonry Vernacular Single Family 1004 c.1988 Frame Vernacular Single Fancily 1005 c. 1976 Masonry Vernacular Single Family 1113 c. 1989 Masonry Vernacular Single Family Locust Avenue 611B c. 1980 Frame Vernacular Garage 621 c. 1977 Masonry Vernacular Club/Union Hall 804 c. 1985 Masonry Vernacular Single Family 1011 c. 1987 Frame Vernacular Single Family 1117 c. 1997 Frame Vernacular Single Family Orange Avenue 603 c. 1996 Masonry Vernacular Single Family 710 B c. 1987 Masonry Vernacular Single Family 802 c. 1971 Masonry Vernacular Single Family 804- -- c. 1973" Masonry Vernacular —Single Family 806 c. 1971 Masonry Vernacular Single Family 808 c. 1971 Masonry Vernacular Single Family 813 c. 1994 Frame Vernacular Single Family 815 c. 1997 Frame Vernacular Single Family 901 c. 2014 Masonry Vernacular . Single Family 911 c. 1971 Frame Vernacular Single Family NPS Form 10-900-a United States Department of the interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number 7 Page 24 OMB No. 10240018 Georgetown Historic District Name of Property Seminole County, FL County and State N/A Name of multiple listing (if applicable) 919 c. 1985 Frame Vernacular Single Family 1013 c. 1987 Frame Vernacular Single Family 1103 c. 2008 Masonry Vernacular Single Family 1112 c. 2007 Frame Vernacular Single Family 1114 c. 1989 Frame Vernacular Single Family 1121 c. 1989 Masonry Vernacular Single Family Pine Avenue 300 c. 1981 Masonry Vernacular Single Family 302 c. 1981 Masonry Vernacular Single Family 304 c. 1984 Masonry Vernacular Single Family 400 c. 1983 Masonry Vernacular Single Family 409 c. 1981 Masonry Vernacular Single Family 600 c. 1981 Masonry Vernacular Single Family 412 6.1996 Frame Vernacular Single Family 414 c. 1996 Frame Vernacular Single Family 502 c. 2002 Masonry Vernacular Barn 912 c. 1991 Masonry Vernacular Single Family 914 c. 1989 Masonry Vernacular Single Family 920 c. 1982 Masonry Vernacular Single Family 1001 c. 1999 Frame Vernacular Single Family 1006 c. 2014 Masonry Vernacular Single Family 1011 c. 1993 Masonry Vernacular Single Family 1016 c.2018 Unknown Single Family 1018 c. 2006 Masonry Vernacular Single Family Sanford Avenue 607 c. 1982 Masonry Vernacular Single Family 704 c. 2018 Unknown Single Family {- 807 -- -- c. 1980 -- Masonry Vernacular - Single Family 901.903 c. 2002 Masonry Vernacular Multi -Family 1012 c. 1972 Masonry Vernacular Commercial 1100 c. 1977 Masonry Vernacular Commercial 1106E c. 2007 Metal/Pre-fabricated Commercial NPS Form 10-900-a United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number 7 Page 25 Willow Avenue OMB No. 1024-0018 Georgetown Historic District Name of Property Seminole County, FL County and State NIA Name of multiple listing (if applicable) 608 unknown Frame Vernacular Single Family 715 c. 2000 Masonry Vernacular Single Family 806 c. 1973 Masonry Vernacular Single Family 807 c. 1987 Frame Vernacular Single Family 810 c. 2003 Masonry Vernacular Single Family 901 c. 1998 Frame Vernacular Single Family 914 c. 2007 Masonry Vernacular Single Family 1103 C. 1985 Frame Vernacular Single Family 1107 c. 2007 Frame Vernacular Single Family 1107A c. 2007 Frame Vernacular Single Family 1130 c. 2007 Masonry Vernacular Single Family NPS Form 10-900-a United States Department of the interior National Park Service National Register of Historic PIaces Continuation Sheet Section number 8 Page OMB No. 1024-0018 Georgetown Historic District Dame of Property Seminole County, FL County and State N/A Name of multiple listing (if applicable) The Georgetown Historic District is being proposed for listing in the National Register of Historic Places at the local level under Criterion A for Ethnic Heritage (Black). The period of significance extends from the date of construction of the oldest extant resources in the district, c. 1900 through 1970. African Americans have lived in Sanford since its early beginnings. The earliest known settlement of African Americans in the area dates to the late 1860s and early 1870s, and was known as Tuckertown. Located in the northern portion of what is now Georgetown, Tuckertown gradually lost its distinct identity as it was absorbed by the rapidly growing Georgetown. Henry Shelton Sanford platted the area east of Sanford Avenue that would become known as Georgetown around 1880. In the decades that followed, a rich African American community developed, where residents purchased land and built their homes, established schools; churches, and black -owned businesses. Georgetown residents provided the bulk of the labor that built the young town of Sanford at the end of the 19th century. Residents of Georgetown also made up significant proportion of the agricultural work force that later established Sanford as "Celery City" during the 20th century. Though many residents,'of Georgetown served in working-class occupations, a thriving middle class also emerged in Georgetown, comprised of physicians,. business owners, teachers, and ministers. The neighborhood was segregated for much of its existence, and the built environment of the neighborhood still conveys this history. Segregated institutions such as churches, schools, and funeral homes still stand in Georgetown. A large collection of working class housing remains in Georgetown, in addition to a number of properties constructed for the middle class. When considered as a neighborhood, the built environment of Georgetown conveys the history of a segregated yet thriving black community during the late 19' and early 20th century. When considered in the context of the city of Sanford, the history of Georgetown provides much needed context for the economic successes of the city, which largely depended on the labor of African Americans. Though the Georgetown community has a rich African American heritage that dates to the late 1860s, the oldest known extant resources date to the early twentieth century. Though it is very likely that some structures pre -date their estimated dates of construction, documentary evidence has not yet been found' to confirm it. For that reason, the period of significance begins at 1900. HISTORIC CONTEXT Early Development of Sanford The City of Sanford owes much of its early development to the efforts of its namesake, Henry Shelton Sanford. A wealthy investor from Connecticut, Sanford purchased the land that would become the city NPS Form 10-900-a United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number 8 Page 2 OMB No. 1024-0018 Georgetown Historic District Name of Property Seminole County, FL County and State N/A Name of multiple listing (if applicable) of Sanford in 1870. Comprised of over 12,000 acres, Sanford's purchase included almost the entirety of the original Levy Spanish Land Grant at a cost of over $18,000.4 Sanford hoped to transform a sparsely populated, fairly remote area of Florida into a thriving city. Due to its strategic location on the south bank of Lake Monroe and the head of navigation on the St. Johns River, Sanford hoped to establish the city as a transportation hub. To encourage settlement in the area, he founded a model orange grove to promote the area's potential for citrus cultivation. Though Sanford initiated a great deal of development in the growing city, much of his work was carried out by local "agents" as he and his family did not reside in Sanford, permanently.s Through his local agents, Henry Sanford quickly established two citrus groves (the St. Gertrude and Belair plantations), and set to work providing necessary amenities for the new town including a general store, a hotel, sawmill, slaughterhouse, cotton gin, a wharf, and streets. The City of Sanford was officially incorporated in 1877. After spending much of his own profits on developing the town, Sanford organized the Florida Land and Colonization Company in 1880, in partnership with British investors. Sanford served as the company's president and was its largest stockholder. 6 While Sanford was hard at work developing the city, construction of the South Florida Railroad began in 1880, with the road's terminus planned for Sanford? The South Florida Railroad was acquired by industrialist Henry Plant in 1883, leading to Plant's investment in the development of Sanford. Headquartering his newly founded Plant Investment Company (PICO) in Sanford, Plant went on to construct several significant buildings in the city's downtown, including the Pico Hotel (18 86) to house passengers traveling on his railroad and steamships, the Pico Block (18 87) for company offices, and the Pico Restaurant and Stores Building (1887). These buildings contribute to the Sanford Commercial District, which was listed in the National Register on June 15, 1976. African American Life in Early Sanford African Americans played a significant role in the early development of Sanford. The 1870 United States census, taken in the same year that Henry Sanford purchased his 12,000 acres of land, reveals the early presence of African Americans in the community. As the Civil War had ended only five years prior, the majority of Sanford's earliest African American residents were former slaves who came to Florida from other southern states. The few African American women documented in the 1870 census worked as cooks, while African American men in early Sanford were primarily employed as laborers, Mary K. Garner, Land Grants, Land Use, Land Alienation, Masters Thesis, University of Central Florida, Fall 1981: Spanish Land Grants, pp. 68, 70. s Richard J. Amundson, "The Florida Land and Colonization Company," The Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 44, No. 3 (Jan., 1966), pp. 153-168 6 Ibid. 7 City of Sanford, History and Historic Preservation, http://www.sanfordfl,gov/indexaspx?page=48. NPS Form 10-900-a United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number 8 Page OMB No. 1024-0018 Georgetown Historic District Name of Property Seminole County, FL County and State N/A Name of multiple listing (if applicable) working to cultivate Henry Sanford's experimental citrus groves, working in the local sawmill, and laying out town.streets.8 The 1870 census records document the presence of a labor camp in Sanford, in which. twenty-three African American men were living, most of whom were in their twenties and thirties. The camp was located in close proximity to the residences of John Whitner and Richard Marks, of the engineering firm Whitner & Marks, whom Henry Sanford had hired to establish his experimental citrus groves.9 One of Whitner and Marks' primary responsibilities was to obtain and supervise a local labor force to operate the groves. This proved to be a challenging task, as the area was relatively unpopulated and the existing labor force was deemed unreliable. As described in an 1870 letter from Whitner to Sanford, "We have been exceedingly troubled to procure labor ... The native white is not worth a dime. We have imported black. labor which wd [sic] we think do well..."10 Having originally hired local white laborers to work the groves, Whitner and Marks were so unhappy with their work that they personally paid to have the work re -done. As a result of their experience with local white laborers, Whitner and Marks decided to "import' black laborers to work the groves and established a camp for their lodging. Angry and resentful over Whitner. and Marks' decision, the white laborers formerly employed at the groves reacted with violence, threatening workers and firing upon the labor camp. Though guards were subsequently stationed around the camp, threats and violence continued toward African American laborers in Sanford, including an attack on the local sawmill where several black workers were employed. These acts of violence led Henry Sanford to experiment with immigrant labor, importing 100 Swedish laborers to work his citrus groves in 1871. The Swedish laborers agreed to work for a year in exchange for their passage to the United States. The experiment with Swedish labor held mixed results, however, and Henry Sanford resumed his practice of hiring African American laborers throughout the late 1870s and 1880s.11 Despite the instances of racial violence that took place in the early 1870s, African Americans continued to play a key role in the development of Sanford during the late 19th century. The local citrus industry continued to flourish, with African American residents of Sanford providing the bulk of agricultural labor necessary to operate the groves. The citrus industry was Sanford's primary economic driver for over twenty years, drawing .aspiring citrus fanners to the area. a 1870 United States Federal Census data, Division No. 17, Orange County, Florida, accessed March 2020, Ancestry.com 9 Ibid. 10 Richard J. Amundson, "Henry S. Sanford and Labor Problems in the Florida Orange Industry," The Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 43, No. 3 (Jan., 1965), pp. 229-243. 1 Amundson, "Henry S. Sanford and Labor Problems in the Florida Orange Industry," pp. 229-243. NPS Form 10-900-a United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number 8 Page 4 OMB No. 1024-0018 Georgetown Historic District Name of Property Seminole County, FL County and State N/A Name of multiple listing (if applicable) Henry Shelton Sanford (seated) and family at the Belair Citrus Grove in Sanford, circa 1891. Many African American laborers worked at the Belair and Sr. Gertrude groves when they dere initially developed in the 1870s. Sanford Museum Collection. Beyond the temporary lodging of labor camps, the earliest known African American settlement in the vicinity of Sanford was known as Tuckertown. The community was named for Joseph Wofford Tucker, who purchased 50 acres of land immediately adjoining Sanford's 12,000 acres in the late 1860s.12 Soon after arriving in the region, Tucker signed an equal partnership contract with Sanford to establish a meatpacking business. Tucker supervised the construction of a slaughterhouse, meatpacking house, and a wharf on Lake Monroe. He began buying cattle and setting up contracts to ship meat up the St. Johns River to Jacksonville, Fernandina, and Savannah, while also providing meat for the steamboat lines that passed through the area. 13 12 Tucker's land was also a part of the original Levy Grant. As recorded on the "Chapman and Tucker Addition to Sanford" plat map, Tucker's property was roughly bounded by Sanford Avenue to the west, Lake Monroe to the north, the "Pump Branch" (a small stream or creek) to the east, and 5th Avenue to the South. 13 "Sanford Business Woes Were Too Much for Founder," Orlando Sentinel, September 8, 1991, https://www.oriandosentinel.com/news/os-xpm-1991-09-08-9109070369-story.html NPS Form 10-900-a United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number 8 Page The majority of workers at Tucker's slaughterhouse and meatpacking plant were African Americans. Tucker rented and sold portions of his land to many of the workers, upon which they established homesteads and businesses. This area became known as "Tuckertown'- and was located in what is now the northern portion of the Georgetown community. Tucker's slaughterhouse operation was relatively short lived, closing in the late 1870s. By that time, however, a burgeoning African American community had already been established. 14 The westernmost edge of Tuckertown is depicted on the 1884 Sanborn Fire Insurance map of Sanford. At the intersection of Sanford Avenue and East Street (a thoroughfare that is no longer in existence, the present location of the Post Office) is a one story building labeled "Negro Shanties Beyond" indicating the location of African American residences on what was formerly Tucker's land.ls These "shanties" are depicted on a Birds Eye View map of Sanford from the same year. Over time. Tuckertown would eventually be absorbed by Georgetown (located immediately south of Tuckertown) and no longer maintain a separate identity. OMB No. 1024-0018 Georgetown Historic District Name of Property Seminole County, FL County and State N/A Name of multiple listing (if applicable) yINS elft°' ' X h Ic 6170. ' W L_1 I� Section of 1884 Sanborn Fire insurance map for Sanford. East Street is no longer in existence, but is the current location of the post office. The highlighted "Negro Shanties Beyond" indicates the location of African Americans living in Tuckertown. Rev. Prince Mark Strobert is believed to have purchased property in Tuckertown after arriving in Sanford sometime around 1876. A former slave from South Carolina, Strobert was involved with the St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church, established in 1878, and would later help the congregation acquire a lot in Georgetown. 16 Stating his occupation as "preacher' in the 1880 census, Strobert would later work as a Hackman and a teamster. He lived in Sanford until his death in 1920. " Garner, Mary Kerns. Land Grants, Land Use, land Alienation. https://pdfs.seinanticscholar.org/56d8/Odccl7c2e83dI2eac2aIa2f863f2df9224ed.pdf, "Sanford Business {foes 11'ere Too hfuch for Founder." Orlando Sentinel, September 8, 1991, https://%vw%v.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-xpm-1991-09-08- 9109070369-story.htm 1 15 Sanborn Map Company. Sanford, Orange County, Florida. (New York: Sanborn Map Company, 1884), p. 1. 16Jim Robison, "Name on Street Sign Keeps Alive Memories of St. Paul's Preacher," Orlando Sentinel, February 16, 1992, accessed March 18, 2020, https://www.oriandosentinel.com/news/os-xpm-1992-02-16-9202150414-story.html NPS Form 10-900-a United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number 8 Page 5 r OMB No. 1024-0018 Georgetown Historic District Name of Property Seminole County, FL County and State N/A Name of multiple listing (if applicable) M Section of 1884 Birds Eye View depicting Tuckertown, facing south. Tuckertown was roughly bounded by lake Monroe, the "Pump Brandt`, half a block below Fourth Street, and Sanford Avenue. The primary business district serving Tuckertown is depicted along Sanford Avenue. The houses depicted between East Street and lake Monroe are identified as "Negro Shanties" on the Sanborn Map from the some year. Central Florida Memory. NPS Form 10-900-a United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number 8 _ Page 7 HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE Criterion A: Establishment of Georgetown OMB No. 1024-0018 Georgetown Historic District Name of Property Seminole County, FL County and State N/A Name of multiple listing (if applicable) The Georgetown Historic District is significant at the local level under Criterion A in the area of Ethnic Heritage (Black) for its association with Sanford's African American community. The Georgetown community began developing south of Tuckertown in the 1880s, after the town boundaries were expanded eastward to include the area.17 In an 1879 letter to his wife, Henry Sanford described his intention to set aside land for African American residents of Sanford: "...have been seeing today about laying out lots in the town addition for the negroes." This move was apparently inspired by Sanford's perception that the primarily white -occupied Palmetto Avenue had been "marred by the negro homes and church."18 Only two years earlier, Sanford himself had deeded said properties to the African American congregation of the Orthodox Primitive Baptist Church and several African American individuals. Located at the northwest comer of 81h Street and Palmetto Street, the church was located outside of the present boundaries of Georgetown, in what would become a primarily white residential area. Trustees of the church listed in the deed are James Wallace, Martin Bronson, and Alfred Johnson.14 Martin Bronson and his family occupied one of the "negro homes" on Palmetto Avenue. 20 The section of Sanford that would become known as Georgetown was originally platted c. 1881 by E.R. Trafford of the Florida Land and Colonization Company. The plat includes Sanford Avenue to the west, Fifth Street to the north, Willow Avenue to the east, and Twelfth Street (present day Celery Avenue) to the south. Joseph Wofford Tucker's land ("Tuckertown") was located directly north of the area depicted on the plat map. A creek known as the "pump branch" which originated at Lake Monroe, is depicted on the map meandering through a portion of the neighborhood.21 Streets were planned on a grid pattern, and lot sizes varied slightly between blocks. 11 Up until June 27, 1881, Sanford Avenue served as the eastern boundary of the town. On that date, the town was expanded to include what is currently known as Georgetown. Orange County Black Communities Survey, Phase 1, p 58 18 Henry Shelton Sanford to Gertrude Sanford, January 5, 1879, Sanford Museum. 19 Account Book of General Henry Shelton Sanford of Florida Land & Colonization Company. Central Florida Memory, accessed March 18, 2020, florida 1/cdm/compoundobject/collection/CFM/id/123147/rec/4 20 1910 United States Federal Census data, Sanford, Florida, accessed March 2020, Ancestry.com 21 The creek is no longer in existence. NPS Form 10-900-a United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number 8 Page 8 7. 1 4- ,a ff 1It I III 13 V IR lira rI TOWN OF SANFORD v*,i A14 c Me**rf 3q.+ 9+u -!-f OMB No. 10240018 Georgetown Historic District Name of Property Seminole County, FL County and State N/A Name of multiple listing (if applicable) Vq TO <Viv" OF SAN FORD 04,00e eo#,Alr� Fdoitlp,4 t: f`.:tr rrx r r Left, Otiginal Piat Mlop of Georgetown, C. 1881, lormeddirectly east of the criginal Town of Sonfordplar. Tire= plonk regiopotthe= too right Comer of rile mop was the location of Mc/lonville, then f till an independent cornmunaty. Tuckertown -vas located &rectly north of fifth street. Right: c. 1881 Plot inop depicting easternmost port of Georgetown, between Willow Avenue and the eastern boundary of the Sanford Grant. Trafford's plat map does not identify the community as "Georgetown" nor does it make any indication that the subdivision was created for African Americans. However, in addition to Henry Sanford's documented intention to specifically set aside land for African Americans, other primary sources from the 1880s also clearly identify Georgetown as an African American -suburb."22 22 Some Account of Belair, also of the City of Sanford, Florida, with a Brief Sketch of their Founder, Sanford, Florida, 1889. NPS Form IMMa United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number 8 Page 9 OMB No. 1024-0018 Georgetown Historic District Name of Property Seminole County, FL County and State N/A Name of multiple listing (if applicable) Section of 1884 Birds Eye View depicting early settlement in Georgetown. The majority ojority of hones in 6eorg etov.,n were cot) Cent ra ted along Cypress Avenue and adjoining streets, south of rifth Street. A Concentration of homes is also visible neat the St. James AME Church and St. Poul Baptist Church along Minth Street. Central Florida Memory. One of the earliest known real estate transactions in Georgetown was the purchase of a lot for St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church. Henry Sanford established a contract with Rev. Prince Strobert (sometimes spelled Strobart), Martin Bronson, and John Hawkins for a 66' x 117' lot at what is now the northeast comer of 9' Street and Pine Avenue. Payments were completed in 1881 and the deed delivered to Martin Bronson on July 8. 1882 .23 The congregation built a temporary "brush arbor" for services until a small wooden structure was completed in 1881.24 The earliest areas of Georgetown to be settled were located along Sanford, Cypress, and Pine Avenues. Two of Georgetown's earliest property owners and residents were Silas Lightfoot and Alexander Baker, who came to the area in 1880 while building the South Florida Railroad, Sanford's first rail Line.`` Lightfoot was a former slave from Virginia and a veteran of the Civil War, having served with the United States Colored Troops in the infantry.'' In 1881, both Lightfoot and Baker purchased 23 Account Book of General Henry Shelton Sanford of Florida Land & Colonization Company. Central Florida Memory, accessed March 18, 2020, florida I/cdm/compoujidobject/collectionfCFM/id/ I 23147/rec/4, page 129. 11 Yeilding & Provost, Orange County Black Communities Survey Phase 1 -Seminole County, 1990, page 64 25 1880 United States Federal Census data, Sanford, Florida, accessed March 2020, Ancestry.com 11 U.S. Civil War Pension Index: Harriet Lightfoot application, 1890. Ancestry.com; Jim Robison, "Finding Graves only adds to Mystery of Black Soldiers," Orlando Sentinel, https://wAw.oriandosentinel.cominews/os-xpm- 1998-08-23- 9808210571 -story.htrni, accessed March 2020; Margo Lee Williams, "My First United States Colored Troops (USCT) Ancestor: Silas Lightfoot," Personal Prologue: Family Roots and Personal Branches, https://margoleewilliamsbooks.com/2019/01/26/52ancestors-2019-1 -my-first-united-states-colored-troops-usct-ancestor- silas-ligbtfoot-1844-1884-co-a-2nd-inf-usct/, accessed March 2020 NPS Form 10-900-a United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number 8 Page 10 OMB No. 1024-0018 Georgetown Historic District Name of Property Seminole County, FL County and State N/A Name of multiple listing (if applicable) Georgetown lots along Pine Avenue from the newly formed Florida Land and Colonization Company (headed by Henry Shelton Sanford).27 The Florida Land and Colonization Company was responsible for the bulk of sales in Georgetown between 1880 and 1892, dividing and selling lots at the company office at the northeast corner of Commercial Street and Park Avenue. 28 Both Lightfoot and Baker purchased two, 124' x 66' lots for a total of $225. Their lots were located directly next to one another and adjacent to the lot recently purchased by the St. James African Methodist Episcopal Church. At the time, St. James AME Church held its services in a temporary "brush arbor" but would soon build a small, wood frame building on the lot.29 As noted in Henry Sanford's account book, the men decided to swap lots the following year. After Silas Lightfoot's premature death in 1884, Alexander Baker deeded his lots to Lightfoot's widow Harriet (Hattie) Lightfoot, who then owned all four lots facing Pine Avenue. 30 Based on available records, it appears that Alexander Baker and his wife (also named Hattie) no longer resided in Sanford at this time. Grove of Silos Lightfoot, one of Georgetown's earliest residents and property owners. Li_ahtfoot is buried in Page Jackson Cemetery, Sonford`s first Ajricon Hattie Lightfoot's brother, Green Jacobs, was also an early property American Cemetery. Find o Grave Index. owner in Georgetown. In 1887 and 1888, he purchased two lots on the same block as Hattie's properties, though facing Cypress Avenue, each for $175.3 t As a result, at one time the siblings owned almost the entire block, with the exception of the church property and one residential lot. Jacobs, a carpenter, would later purchase additional property at the northwest corner of Cypress Avenue and 9`h Street (present day 818 Cypress Avenue) for $250 in 1896. Hattie appears to have fallen on hard times by 1916, based on her application for an increase in pension benefits. Her friends provided testimony for the application, stating that Hattie had "no property except a small lot and house thereon that she resides on in Sanford, Florida, and that said claimant ... has to work to maintain herself and family and that she has no other means of support than her labor... derived from washing and cooking and that she has no other source of income whatever."32 She would reside on her brother's 2' Account Book of Henry Shelton Sanford, pages 232-233. 2' Amundson, "The Florida Land and Colonization Company," pp. 153-168; Birds Eye View of Sanford, Florida. Central Florida Memory, haps:Hstars.library.ucf.edu/cfni-images/2448/, accessed March 2020. 2' November 14, 1881, Florida Land and Colonization Company to Silas Lightfoot, Account Book of Henry Shelton Sanford, page 232; November 14, 1881, Florida Land and Colonization Company to Alexander Baker, page 233; April 28, 188 1. Florida Land and Colonization Company to Trustees of AME Church, Account Book of Henry Shelton Sanford, page 191; 30 October 6, 1885 deed, Alexander and Hattie Baker to Hattie Lightfoot. Orange County Comptroller's Office. 3' Florida Land and Colonization Company to Green Jacobs, October 3, 1887; Henry Lilienthal (agent) to Green Jacobs, March 19, 1888, Orange County Comptroller's Office. 12 Margo Lee Williams. "My First United States Colored Troops (USCT) Ancestor: Silas Lightfoot." NPS Form 10-900-a United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number 8 Page 11 OMB No. 1024-0018 Georgetown Historic District Name of Property Seminole County, FL County and State N/A Name of multiple listing (if applicable) former property at 811 Cypress Avenue from at least 1910 until her death in 1945, living with her son Silas and her granddaughter, Hattie Bennett.33 In total, Hattie Lightfoot resided in Georgetown from 1881 to 1945, witnessing the community's first 64 years of growth and development, encompassing times of both great prosperity and financial depression. As the city of Sanford continued to develop during the late 19th century, amenities such as street lighting and street paving were implemented. However, many of these improvements did not reach Georgetown in equal measure, or until many years after the white communities. In 1887, Henry Sanford wrote to his wife: "last night the town was lighted with gas—an unnecessary and expensive luxury—but it makes the town very pretty at night, & is exciting a lively quarrel. `Tuckertown' & `Georgetown' (W of the Ave) the little negro suburb only getting 2 of the 60 lamps while paying %a of the taxes."34 The population of Sanford grew dramatically during the late 19`h and early 20`h century. In 1880, fewer than 100 people resided within the city limits. By 1886, the population had grown to over 2,500, (though some of this population growth can be attributed to the expansion of the city limits).35 Much of this growth was due to Sanford's growing reputation as a transportation hub. By 1889, seven railroad lines passed through Sanford, with over fifty, trains passing through on a daily basis. The railroads and their ancillary railroad shops and roundhouse were one of the largest employers of African Americans living in Sanford. Residents of Georgetown worked in a variety of roles related to the railroad, including Firemen, Switchmen, and Brakemen.36 The citrus industry also continued to be a dominant employer of African Americans, including residents of Georgetown. However, a series of freezes during the winter of 1894-95 destroyed the entire year's citrus crop and led to widespread abandonment of citrus cultivation in Sanford. Though some citrus production continued, the great freezes led to the diversification of agriculture in Sanford. In place of citrus, many residents began to grow winter vegetables, including celery. Celery would become so essential to the local economy that Sanford would later adopt the nickname "Celery City." As was the case with citrus production, African American laborers were essential to the cultivation, packing, icing, and transport of celery. The Federal Writers Project' of the 1930s described how African American laborers were involved in nearly every step of celery production: "The crop is planted, dug, trimmed, washed, tied in three -stalk bunches, and packed for shipment by Negro workers."37 33 1940 United States Federal Census data, Sanford, Florida, accessed March 2020, Ancestry.com 31 Amundson, "The Florida Land and Colonization Company," pp. 153-168 31 Sanford and Beyond, Florida Land and Colonization Company, 1886. 36 Some Account of Belair, also of the City of Sanford, Florida, with a Brief Sketch of their Founder. Sanford, Florida, 1889. 37 The Federal Writers' Project, WPA Guide to Florida, (New York: Pantheon Books, 1984), 360. NPS Form 10-900-a United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number 8 Page 12 OMB No. 10240018 Georgetown Historic District Name of Property Seminole County, FL County and State N/A Name of multiple listing (if applicable) Undated Photograph Of rilayman 'Wilhani Taylor transporting a load of celery along Second Street. According to the 1930 LIS Census, Taylor resided at 612 East Sixth SO ect in Georgelovvii. Courtesy of the Sanford Museum, Employment opportunities for African American women in Sanford were much more limited than that of African American men during the late 19th and early 201h century. In the 1880 U.S. Census, most women are listed as "servant" or "keeping house." By 1910, many women living in Georgetown were employed as laundresses, an occupation that could be completed at home. 38 Despite the limited occupations available to African American men and women living in Georgetown, homeownership rates among residents was fairly high during the late 19'h and early 201h century. In addition, many residents of Georgetown invested in local real estate as an additional source of income. While some residents owned one or two rental properties, other residents appeared to have made large investments in local real estate. William C. Stewart was an early resident of Georgetown who was considered the largest property owner in the community at the time of his death in 1914. His real estate holdings were believed to amount to $10,000 in that year. 39 By the early 201h century, Georgetown was home to a thriving middle class largely comprised of doctors, teachers, professionals and business owners. A number of these families achieved a level of financial prosperity that allowed them to hire an architect to design and build their homes. Prince W. Spears, an '8 1880, 1910 United States Federal Census data, Sanford, Florida, accessed March 2020, Ancestry.corn 39 "Negro and Horse Die," The Tampa Tribune, June 15, 1914, page 4. NPS Form 10-900-a United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number 8 Page 13 OMB No. 1024-0018 Georgetown Historic District Name of Property Seminole County, FL County and State N/A Name of multiple listing (if applicable) African American architect, arrived in Sanford sometime before 1910. He designed and constructed at least eight buildings in Georgetown, several of which remain on Sanford Avenue. An excellent example is the home and dental practice of E.D. Strickland at 511 Sanford Avenue. Strickland originally opened a dental practice in the 300 block of Sanford Avenue during the late 1910s, later moving the practice to his home at 511 Sanford Avenue by 1930 (Photo 27).40 Several prominent, middle-class residents of Georgetown resided along Sanford Avenue. An excerpt from the WPA American Guide Series of the 1930s describes the middle class homes of Sanford Avenue: `By far -the best shops and residences are on Sanford Avenue. Their homes and gardens do thein credit, the homes are attractive, and their lawns and gardens are good to look upon." Several of the houses along Sanford Avenue were designed by architect Prince W. Spears. David and Viola Brock owned a house designed by. Spears at 612 Sanford Avenue. David owned a tailor shop and Viola was a teacher. Dr. George Brewer operated his medical practice out of his home for at least two decades, initially at 611 Sanford Avenue, later moving to 620 Sanford Avenue. Brewer's wife, Elizabeth, worked as a music teacher 42 Prominent educators Joseph and Wealthy Crooms owned a distinctive home at 812 Sanford Avenue. Joseph became the principal of Georgetown's Hopper Academy in.1906, and oversaw the construction of the school building that still stands in Georgetown (Photo 37). Wealthy Crooms began teaching in Sanford in 1908 and worked alongside her husband at Hopper Academy and Crooms 43 Academy until she retired in 1954. Residential growth in Georgetown gradually moved eastward from Sanford Avenue during the 2& century. While early growth was concentrated along Sanford, Cypress, and Pine Avenues (and the adjacent numbered cross streets), new houses appeared on lots along Hickory, Locust, Orange, and Willow Avenues during the 1910s and 1920s. The eastern and southerninost boundaries of Georgetown were the last to be settled. The majority of lots between I I 1 Street and Celery Avenue were vacant until the mid -1920s, while the majority of lots on Bay Avenue remained vacant until the 1940S.44 Though many of Georgetown's early working class homes were simple, frame vernacular structures, many residents enlarged their homes during times of prosperity and as their families grew. For this reason, rear and side additions are very common on the frame vernacular houses in Georgetown. Churches, too, constructed more elaborate edifices as the financial means of their congregations 411 Sanford, Florida City Directory, 1917-1918 (Richmond, Va.: R.L. Polk & Co., 1917-1918); 1930 United States Federal Census data, Sanford, Floriaa, aid March-2020tTncestry.com; Sanford Pathways to Hisfory: Historic Georgetown Walking/Driving Tour, City of Sanford, Florida, c. 2014. 41 Yeilding & Provost, Orange County Black Communities Survey Phase 1 -Seminole County, 1990. 41 Sanford, Florida City Directory, 1917, 1927 (Richmond, Va.: R.L. Polk & Co., 1917, 1927); 1920, 1930 United States Federal Census data, Sanford, Florida, accessed March 2020, Ancestry.com. 41 Yeilding & Provost, Orange County BIack Communities Survey Phase 1 -Seminole County, 1990, 44 Sanborn Map Company. Sanford, Orange County, Florida. (New York: Sanborn Map Company, 1922); Sanborn Map Company. Sanford, Orange County, Florida. (New York: Sanborn Map Company, 1929); 1943, 1948 aerial images of Sanford, Florida. University of Florida Digital Collections: Aerial Photography. NPS Form 10-900-a United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number 8 Page 14 OMB No. 10240018 Georgetown Historic District Name of Property Seminole County, FL County and State N/A Name of multiple listing (if applicable) improved. During the early 20th century, several of Georgetown's churches constructed new buildings. St. James African Methodist Episcopal Church constructed a new edifice in 1910, as did St. John Missionary Baptist Church around the same time. Both churches were designed by Prince W. Spears. 45 St. lames AME Church, cornet of -0th Street and Cypress Avenue. Courtesy of the Sanford Museum. Georgetown Businesses As was the case in many southern cities during the Jim Crow era, a thriving commercial district developed to meet the needs of the African American community. Georgetown's commercial district was concentrated along the northern end of Sanford Avenue, beginning in what had formerly been known as Tuckertown. During the 1900s and 1910s, Georgetown's commercial district was largely concentrated in the 200 and 300 blocks of Sanford Avenue. The majority of businesses in this area were operated by African Americans who lived in the comintuiity, though a number of white -owned businesses operated in the area, as well. The 1909 Sanford City Directory listed a number of African American owned businesses in this section of Georgetown, including a livery stable operated by Alexander Long at 308 Sanford Avenue, Rev. E.D. Wood's watch repair shop at 310, Lewis McFarland's barber shop at 320, and King S. Johnson's Fancy Groceries: Hay, Grain & Country Produce at 323.46 " "Prince W. Spears," Dreck Spurlock Wilson, ed., African American Architects: A Biographical Dictionary, 186.7-1945. New York: Routledge, 2004. 16 Sanford, Florida City Directory, 1909 (Richmond, Va.: R.L. Polk & Co., 1909) NPS Form 10-900-a United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number g Page 15 OMB No. 1024-0018 Georgetown Historic District Name of Property Seminole County, FL County and State N/A Name of multiple listing (if applicable) During the 1920s, the commercial district expanded southward to include the 400 and 500 blocks of Sanford Avenue. The relative prosperity of the times, coupled with Sanford's continued population growth, led to greater business opportunities for residents of Georgetown. The number of black -owned businesses on Sanford Avenue continued to grow. In 1926, the 300 block of Sanford Avenue included a E.D. Strickland's dental practice at 300 '/: Sanford Ave, Albert Gramling's billiards at 302, W.O. Green's blacksmith shop at the rear of 304, and Z.J Jerry's People's Drug Store at 315. Black -owned restaurants, barber shops, grocery stores, and repair shops were located up and down Sanford Avenue, and sprinkled throughout Georgetown. 47 Q z 0 z All /l A/V S. SANFORD AV, --�• Extent of the Georgetown business district in 1912, concentrated in the 200 and 300 blocks of Sanford Avenue. The 400 and 500 blocks were largely residential during the 1910s. 1912 Sanborn Fire Insurance Map. Though the majority of commercial buildings were located along Sanford Avenue, small stores and businesses were sprinkled throughout the residential portion of the district during the period of significance. Midwife Marie Francis operated the Frances Maternity Home out of her house at 621 Sixth Avenue. Many residents of Georgetown were barn in this house, which is considered a local landmark. Meanwhile Marie's sister, Annie Clyde Walker, operated a beauty salon out of her home across the street. 48 While some businesses operated out of the homes of local residents, some businesses Sanford, Florida City Directory, 1926-1927 (Richmond, Va.: R.L. Polk & Co., 1926-1927) as Valada Park Flewellyn and the Sanford Historical Society, African Americans of Sanford, Charleston: Arcadia Publishing, page 17, 39. NPS Form 10-900-a United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet - Section number 8 Page 16 OMB No. 1024-0018 Georgetown Historic District Name of Property Seminole County, FL County and State N/A Name of multiple listing (if applicable)' operated out of separate structures. Though many have not survived, a small general store dating to the 1930s still stands at 901 Locust Avenue (Photo 15). Just as schools, churches, and businesses were segregated during the early 20th century; so too was the funerary industry. Several local mortuary facilities opened in Georgetown to cater to the funerary needs of the community, and two, long-standing funeral homes still operate in the neighborhood: Wilson- Eichelberger Mortuary at 1110 Pine Avenue and Sunrise Funeral Home at 900 Locust Avenue. Georaetowh?s Schools �FORo PURL toS_ +-qal (NEGROf x #,core.$MkC C/a'Hri XD/VE. � j f l w.c..R 1917 Sanborn Fire insurance Map depicting the segregated Georgetown Public School property, which was located at the northeast corner of East 7ei Street and Cypress Avenue. As Georgetown was established at the height of Jim Crow segregation, separate educational facilities were established in order to provide for the education of neighborhood children. A segregated school for children living in Georgetown was in operation as early as 1883. In 1885, a new school building was constructed, which soon required the construction of several additions as school attendance increased. School attendance records are illustrative of overall populationgrowth in Georgetown: while average school attendance was only 14 in 1886, that number increased to 121 students in 1887, 130 in 1888, and 165 in 1889.49 The 1912 Sanborn Fire Insurance map depicts a two-story public school building at the northeast corner of East 7th Street and Cypress Avenue. Also depicted is a one-story building and two water closets (outhouses) on the lot.50 This is likely the 1885 school building and subsequent additions mentioned in school district documents. 49 Yeilding & Provost, Orange County Black Communities Survey Phase I -Seminole County, 1990, p. 59. S0 Sanborn Map.Company. Sanford, Orange County, Florida. (New York: Sanborn Map Company, 1912), p. 7 NPS Form 10-900-a United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number 8 Page 17 OMB No. 1024-0018 Georgetown Historic District Name of Property Seminole County, FL County and State N/A Name of multiple listing (if applicable) 1910 photograph of students and teal -her Montes Harrison the steps of the sr house at Seventh Street and Cypress Avenue. Harris resided at 417 East Second Street in Gecraetown (the house still stands.) Courtesy of the Sanford Museum. As the population of Georgetown continued to grow at the turn of the twentieth century, the need for expanded educational facilities was readily apparent. In 1906, Hopper Academy was constructed at 1101 Pine Avenue with Joseph Crooms as principal. Due to continued population growth, a large, two- story wing was constructed at the rear of the building shortly afterward. The old school house on 7" Street remained open as a segregated public school until at least 1929, but by 1947 had been converted to a fraternal lodge.51 Hopper Academy remained in operation in Georgetown until 1961, when it was closed. As was the case throughout much of the American South, African American students living in Georgetown were not given equal treatment to that of white students in Sanford. Up until the mid - 1920s, white students attending public schools in Seminole County attended for an 8 -month school term, w4iereas African American students only attended for 6 months. '12 African American schools were also denied funding, resources, and building facilities equal to that of white schools. Black teachers were paid significantly lower salaries than their white counterparts during much of the early twentieth 11 Sanborn Map Company. Sanford, Orange County, Florida. (New York: Sanborn Map Company, 1929), p, 6: Sanborn Map Company. Sanford, Orange County, Florida. (New York: Sanborn Map Company, 1947) p. 6 12 Patricia Dillon, "Civil Rights and School Desegregation in Sanford," The Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 76, No. 3 (Winter, 1998), pp. 310-325. NPS Form 10-900-a United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number 8 Page 18 OMB No. 1024-0018 Georgetown Historic District Name of Property Seminole County, FL County and State N/A Name of multiple listing (if applicable) century. An examination of teacher salaries for the 1924-1925 school year illustrates this point: while most teachers at the all -white Sanford High School earned between $75 and $100 per month, teachers at Hopper Academy were paid half that amount (most made less than $55 per month). Ten years later, the teacher pay disparity had not changed: most white teachers at Sanford High School earned double that of their counterparts at both Hopper and Crooms Academy. 53 1930s.1940s.1950s Many residents of Georgetown continued to work for the railroad and in Sanford's local agriculture during the 1930s and 1940s. "Truck Farm" was by far the most commonly listed industry among male. residents of Georgetown in the 1930 census, while many African American women were employed by a "private family" as a domestic worker. 54 During the 1930s, the Great Depression shrunk an already limited pool of employment opportunities for African American residents of Georgetown and many residents entered a period of financial hardship. As a result, few new buildings were constructed in Georgetown during the 1930s. During the 1930s, Georgetown was home to Zora Neale Hurston, a folklorist and author perhaps most well known for her book Their Eyes Were Watching God. Hurston's father moved to Sanford from Eatonville in 1910 to serve as pastor of Zion Hope Missionary Baptist Church. Zora's brother, Clifford, was a teacher at Crooms Academy and resided in Georgetown. While in Sanford, Zora is believed to have written Jonah's Gourd. Vine and Mules and Men. 55 The 1940 census reflected similar occupations: most male residents of Georgetown were identified as a "Laborer" in "Celery Field" or in general "Farm Work" while many women were employed as cooks or maids in private homes. 56 When the United States entered World War II, many residents of Georgetown enlisted in the military, which provided opportunities for increased pay and later, GI benefits. In 1942, the Sanford Naval Air Station was constructed in the city, bringing service members with expendable income to Sanford, in addition to job opportunities for local residents. Though the Naval Air Station initially closed following the end of World War II, it was re -opened in 1951, and continued to enhance Sanford's local economy. Residents of Georgetown shared in the years of relative prosperity that followed World War II, as evidenced by the uptick in new housing construction in the neighborhood: many of Georgetown's extant resources date to this period. I Seminole County Public Schools Teachers and Salaries, 1913-1954.. https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/fdes/original/gf3d74143d51339047f6674266405160.pdf 54 1930 United States Federal Census data, Sanford, Florida, accessed March 2020, Ancestry.com ss Valada Park FleweIlyn and the Sanford Historical Society, AfricanAmericans ofSanford, Charleston: Arcadia Publishing, page 25. 561940 United States Federal Census data, Sanford, Florida, accessed March 2020, Ancestry.com NPS Form 10-900-a United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number 8 Page 19 OMB No. 1024-0018 Georgetown Historic District Name of Property Seminole County, FL County and State N/A Name of multiple listing (if applicable) 4'� AV 19410s photograph of a military pomade olong the 300 block of Sanford Averwe, Tire rmijowyofttuddings in this photograph have been lost. David N. Roberts St. is holding the flog. Cofirte5y of the Sanford musevin, During the mid -twentieth century, Sanford slowly ceased to be an agricultural center. Many celery growers began moving their operations further south in order to take advantage of the rich soil created from draining the Everglades. Coupled with technological innovations such as the "mule train," celery fanning gradually began to employ fewer and fewer local residents of Sanford.57Though celery growing was decreasing in Sanford by the 1960s, agriculture continued to be a source of employment for many residents of Georgetown. As agricultural work was seasonal in nature, some residents of Georgetown migrated to northern farms between June and November in order to earn a year-round income. Pilgrim Black, who was born in Georgetown in 1905 and lived at 1101 E. 10`x' Street for much of his adult life, worked as a migrant crew leader from 1962-1975. VA -tile Black worked as a foreman for Sanford's Chase & Company during the winter and spring months, each summer he traveled with a group of Georgetown residents to Huron, New York where they were employed on the Don Vandusen Apple Farm. 5 S 51 Sanford Historical Societ)`, Images qfAmerica: Sanford, Charleston: Arcadia Publishing, page H 6 Patricia Black Collection, Central Florida Memory. https://richesmi.cah.ucfedu/oliieka,/collections/show/72 NPS Form 10-900-a United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number 8 Page 20 Urban Renewal OMB No. 1024-0018 Georgetown Historic District Name of Property Seminole County, FL County and State N/A Name of multiple listing (if applicable) Georgetown became the subject of increased attention during the late 1960s as urban renewal and the elimination of "blight" became a priority of cities across the United States. In 1967, the city of Sanford sought to participate in a Housing and Urban Development (HUD) code enforcement program that would provide loans and grants to rehabilitate properties located in Georgetown and Goldsboro (an African American community located in west .Sanford). Much of the housing stock in Georgetown by this point was between 50 and 100 years old, and many of the houses were visibly deteriorated. Sanford was determined ineligible for the HUD program upon a site visit by HUD officials. Of the approximately 750 structures evaluated in Georgetown, they found that at least 105 buildings were severely deteriorated and 209 were in need of major repair.59 Because of the high number,of deteriorated structures, HUD officials felt that much of Georgetown would only be eligible for urban renewal programs. 60 The city of Sanford changed course and applied for HUD funding for several public housing projects, one of which would be located in Georgetown. Located between Chapman and Locust Streets, above 5th Street the 100 -unit housing project was intended for seniors over the age of 62. The site was chosen because the'majority of the land selected was already vacant, with only four houses that would need to be moved or demolished. However, the project was vehemently opposed by Georgetown residents, who feared the that the location of low -rent housing would impact property values." Despite resident opposition, the Sanford City Commission approved the project, and the Redding Garden Apartments were constructed in 1971.62 As Georgetown residents struggled to oppose the construction of public housing in their neighborhood, they also fought for fair treatment in street paving. In 1968, the majority of Pine, Hickory, Orange, Willow, and Bay Avenues were still unpaved dirt roads that quickly became mud when it rained. Inadequate drainage in the neighborhood further exacerbated the problem. The city commission adopted a "pay as you go" program that would assess Georgetown property owners $10.50 (approximately $78 in 2020) per foot that their property fronted the street. 63 Since most Georgetown lots contained either 50' or 66' of street frontage, the cost would be an enormous expense for most Georgetown residents, many of whom were elderly citizens living on a pension or laborers working low-paying jobs. Though the "pay as you go" plan was ultimately abandoned, the city struggled to identify a source of funding to pave the streets of Georgetown for several years, with paving finally taking place by the mid-1970s. 59 "Slum Dwelling Fight Put Before Candidates," Orlando Evening Star, October 11, 1968, page 25. 60 "2 Sanford Areas Flunk HUD Test," The Orlando Sentinel, October 3, 1968, page 31. 61 "Low -Rent Opposition Criticized," Orlando Evening Star, December 10, 1969, page 40; "Housing Layouts on View," The Orlando Sentinel, January 11, 1970, page 28 61 Redding Gardens was demolished in 20I3 after years of neglect and poor conditions. https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/seminole-county/os-ne-sanford-affordable-housing-georgetown-square-20190328- story.htmI 63 "Owners Pay Paving BilI," Orlando Evening Star, July 25, 1968, page 23. NPS Form 10-900-a United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number 8 Page 21 Historic Context: 1970 and beyond OMB No. 1024-0018 Georgetown Historic District Name of Property Seminole County, FL County and State N/A Name of multiple listing (if applicable) Dingy storefronts and sparse traffic tell story of downtown's decline Clipping from 1979 Newspaper article discussing conditions on Sanford Avenue, Georaetown's historic commercial district. The block depicted appears to be the west side of the 400 block, which still stands. The Orlando Sentinel, February 7, 1979. Page 195 With the decline in local agriculture and the closure of the Sanford Naval Air station in 1968, Sanford entered a period of economic decline that disproportionally impacted residents of Georgetown. As was the case with many downtown commercial districts during the late 201h century, Georgetown's commercial district along Sanford Avenue entered a period of decline during the 1970s. The popularity of suburban shopping malls had directed many residents away from historic commercial districts, nationwide, and Sanford was no exception. Desegregation and the Civil Rights Movement also impacted black owned businesses, as African Americans were now free to shop wherever they pleased. While the vast majority of Sanford's historically white commercial district has been preserved due to early revitalization efforts, Georgetown's Sanford Avenue unfortunately did not experience the same level of intervention. As a result, a number- of structures along Sanford Avenue fell into disrepair and were condemned and demolished, or lost due to fire. During the late 1980s and early 1990s, local residents began undertaking efforts to recognize Georgetown's history and the significant role its residents played in the development of Sanford. In particular, local historian Altermese Bentley began compiling research about the community and drawing awareness to Georgetown's significance. Georgetown was included in a 1990 historic NPS l=oan 10-900-a United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number 8 Page 22 OMB No. 1024-0018 Georgetown Historic District Name of Property Seminole County, FL County and State N/A Name of multiple listing (if applicable) resources survey of African American communities in the region, a project that drew a great deal of attention to the history of the neighborhood and its extant resources. St. James AME Church was listed on the National Register in 1992, the first structure in Georgetown to be listed for its association with the African American community." Similarly, eff©rts to honor significant figures in the Georgetown community continued in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Many white residents of Sanford learned about such figures as long-time educator Joseph Crooms for the first time in newspaper pieces highlighting Georgetown history. Today, Georgetown is home to many residents whose families have lived in the community for generations. Ongoing efforts are underway by Georgetown residents to honor the history of the community and share the community's history with the greater public. I Several structures along Sanford Avenue were listed in 1989, but for their architectural significance. NPS Folin 10-900-a United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number 9 Page OMB No. 1024-0018 Georgetown Historic District Name of Property Seminole County, FL County and State N/A Name of multiple listing (if applicable) Account Book of General Henry Shelton Sanford of Florida Land'& Colonization Company. Central Florida Memory, https://stars.library.ucf edu/cfin-texts./17/ Amundson, Richard J. "Henry S. Sanford and Labor Problems in the Florida Orange Industry," The Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 43, No. 3 (Jan., 1965), pp. 229-243. Amundson, Richard J. "The Florida Land and. Colonization Company," The Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 44, No. 3 (Jan., 1966), pp. 153-168. Wilson, Drecic Spurlock, ed.; African American Architects: A Biographical Dictionm y, 1865-1945. New York: Routledge; 2004. Bentley,.Altermese Smith. Black America Series: Seminole County. Charleston: Arcadia Publishing, 2000. Birds Eye View of Sanford, Fla., Orange Co., 1884. Central Florida Memory. https://stars.library.ucfedu/cfin-images/2448/ Dillon, Patricia "Civil Rights and School Desegregation in Sanford," The Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 76, No. 3 (Winter, 1998), pp. 310-325. Elliott, Brenda J. Orange County Black Communities Survey, Phase I. Seminole County Project Report. Orlando: Orange County Historical Society, 1990. E.R. Trafford's Map of the Town of Sanford, Orange County, Florida, c. 1882. Seminole County Property Appraiser. Chapman and Tucker Addition to Sanford plat map, Seminole County Property Appraiser. Flewllyn, Valada Parker and the Sanford Historical Society. Images ofAmerica, African Americans of Sanford. Charleston: Arcadia Publishing, 2009. Florida Department of State/Bureau of Historic Preservation. National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Sanford Residential Historic District. 1989. Florida Department of State/Bureau of Historic Preservation. National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Sanford Commercial Historic District. 1976. NPS Form 10-900-a United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number 9 Page 2 OMB No. 1024-0018 Georgetown Historic District Name of Property Seminole County, FL County and State N/A Name of multiple listing (if applicable) Florida Department of State/Bureau of Historic. Preservation. National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Hopper Academy. 2015. Garner, Mary K. "Land Grants, Land Use, Land Alienation." Masters Thesis, University of Central Florida. https://pdfs.semanticscliolar.org/56d8/0dccl7c2e83d!2eac2ala2f863f2df9224ed.pdf Georgetown Collection, the Sanford Museum. Map of the Sanford Grant, 1884, Central Florida Memory, https:Hstars.library.ucf.edu/efin-iinages/132/ Sanford Historical Society. Images of America: Sanford. Charleston: Arcadia Publishing, 2009. Sanford, Florida City Directories. (Richmond, Va.: R.L. Polk & Co.,) 1909, 1911, 1917, 1926, 1954. Sanborn Map Company. Sanford, Orange County, Florida. (New York: Sanborn Map Company), 1884, 1912, 1917, 1922, 1929, 1947. The WPA Guide to Florida: The Federal Writers' Project Guide to 1930s Florida. Pantheon Books: Florida, 1984. Tenth Census of the United States, 1880, Ancestry.com, accessed March 2020. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900, Ancestry.com, accessed March 2020. Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910, Ancestry.com, accessed March 2020 Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920, Ancestry.com, accessed March 2020 Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930, Ancestry.com, accessed March 2020 Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, Ancestry.com, accessed March 2020 NPS Form 10-900-a United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number 10 Page 1 UTM Reference A) 17N 474099 3187105 B) 17N 474149 3187106 Q 17N 474149 3187056 D) 17N 474489 3187008 E) 17N 474454 3186750 F) 17N 474556 3186750 G) 17N 474558 3186644 M 17N 474757 3186625 1) 17N 475090 3186557 J) 17N 475081 3186409 K) 17N 4749.10 3186194 L) 17N 474859 3185995 M) 17N 474141 3185994 N) 17N 474104 3186050 0) 17N 474104 3186248 P) 17N 474100 3186353 Q) 17N 474103 3186862 R)17N 474097 3186918 S) 17N 474098 3186957 T) -17N 47.4042-3.186954 - U) 17N 474043 3187065 OMB No. 1024-0018 Georgetown Historic District Name of Property Seminole County, FL County and State N/A Name of multiple listing (if applicable) NPS Form 10-900-a United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number 10 Page 2 Verbal Boundary Description OMB No. 10240018 Georgetown Historic District Name of Property Seminole County, FL County and State N/A Name of multiple listing (if applicable) The boundaries of the Georgetown Historic District are generally East 2nd Street to -the North, Mellonville Avenue and Bay Avenue to the east, Celery Avenue to the south and Sanford Avenue to the west. The boundaries of the historic district are shown as a dashed line on the map of the district that accompanies this National Register Nomination Proposal. Boundary Justification The boundaries encompass the Georgetown neighborhood as it developed between 1900 and 1970. It includes the entirety of E.R. Trafford's c. 1881 plat map, and the southern half of the Chapman and Tucker Addition to Sanford. Though the area located directly to the northeast of Georgetown is referred to as "Georgetown" by some present-day residents of Sanford, this area was originally an independent community known as Mellonville. Though it would be absorbed by the city of Sanford in the mid - 1880s, it remained undeveloped farmland until the 1950s. Because this area developed separately and much later than the majority of the district, it has not been included within the boundaries. The Georgetown Historic District extends to Mellonville Avenue along 8th Street, as this area was settled by African Americans at least as early as the 1920s. Because the eastern boundary of Trafford's plat map ended at an angle, Georgetown originally reached its furthest eastern extent along 7" and 8`h Streets. The small section of land along 7th and 8th Streets between Georgetown's eastern boundary and Mellonville Avenue (Long's 1St and 2"a additions) was annexed to the city in the mid -1920s and considered an extension of Georgetown. The Georgetown Historic District slightly overlaps with the Sanford Residential Historic District (NR 12/15/1989) along Sanford Avenue. While several properties along Sanford Avenue were included in the prior nomination due to their architectural significance, they are included within this nomination due to their historical and social significance to the Georgetown community. The commercial buildings located along -the west side of Sanford Avenue's 400 block are located along the western border of Georgetown and were occupied by black -owned businesses during the period of significance. The residential homes at 612, 614, 620,-806,_and 812 -Sanford Avenue are located along the -western _border_ of Georgetown and were the homes of prominent, middle-class African Americans. Because of the role these properties played in the history of Georgetown's development and social history, they have been included in this nomination despite their prior listing in the Sanford Residential Historic District. NPS Form 10-900-a United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number Photos Page OMB No. 1024-0018 Georgetown Historic District Name of Property Seminole County, FL County and State N/A Name of multiple listing (if applicable) Submit clear and descriptive photographs. The size of each image must be 1600x1200 pixels (minimum), 3000x2000 preferred, at 300 ppi (pixels per inch) or larger. Key all photographs to the sketch map. Each photograph must be numbered in the order they are referenced in the manuscript, and that number must correspond to the photograph number on the photo log. Property Name: Georgetown Historic District City or Vicinity: Sanford County: Seminole- State FL Photographer: Christine Dalton, Julie Adams Scofield Date Photographed: March 2017, March 2020 Description of photograph(s) and number, including description of view indicating direction of camera: LIST OF PHOTOGRAPHS 1. 719 East 8a` Street, facing south 2. 412 Cypress Avenue, facing west 3. 413 Cypress Avenue, facing east 4. 710 Cypress Avenue, facing west 5. 510 Hickory Avenue; facing west 6. 1122 Locust Avenue, facing west 7. 608 Cypress Avenue, facing west 8. 813 Willow Avenue, facing east 9. 700 Cypress Avenue A, facing west 10.700 Cypress Avenue B, facing west 11. 1119 South Locust Avenue, facing east 12.613 Sanford Avenue, facing east 13.714 Cypress Avenue, facing west 14. 518 East 8" Street, facing northwest 15.901. Locust Avenue, facing east 16. 611 Sanford Avenue, facing east 17. 612 Sanford Avenue, facing west — — 18. 614 Sanford Avenue,. facing west 19.401-405 Sanford' Avenue, facing southeast 20.500-504 Sanford Avenue, facing southwest 21. 500 Celery Avenue, facing north 22. 1003 Sanford Avenue, facing east 23.601 E Yd Street, facing southeast 24. 601 E 3rd Street, facing northeast NPS Form 10-900-a United States Department of the Interior National Park Service National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Section number Photos Page 2 OMB No. 1024-0018 Georgetown Historic District Name of Property Seminole County, FL County and State N/A Name of multiple listing (if applicable) 25. 712 East 11'' Street, facing north 26. 1000 South Bay Avenue, facing south 27. 511 Sanford Avenue, facing east 28. 1117 Hickory Avenue, facing east 29.10 18 Locust Avenue, facing west 30.619 East 71h Street, facing south 31. 1100 Orange Avenue, facing west 32.910 Bay Avenue, facing west 33. 518 Locust Avenue, facing west 34.40Q East 81' Street, facing north 35. St. James AME Church, 819 Cypress Avenue, facing east 36. St. John Missionary Baptist Church, 920 Cypress Avenue, facing northwest 37. Zion Hope Missionary Baptist Church, 710 Orange Avenue, facing west 38. 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LL i ! Q Z 0 E 5TH ST ` 1 15 IOTH S1 E IOTH ST Q v� - rJ • _r W 1 cfi (r n rr. T -- 29 F Ii1IIST E iITHST 25 �R 28 11 Ib 4 t t�? Nar�tt A (Ii5 S ••• r t srw• j! ■ �� ,. ••• � •rte•■ • • h.' .ti � - If OEM, •p{ Y m i ij..y,,::f NA• .tom � i+�7a0u! .. r � •'.,� ! � • � � * r+•/ t • . r� 1 i 46 awl 46 I 112i APO .,. ,- f � s p -j lit ti + " • J A C A bm Street t Saint Paul Baptist Church 8th Street 11 th Street 7th Street 00 --------------------- . —.— O C 1 I V I � 1 J 1 1 —. 7rh irr—t I r - C c N 3 C A 9th Street 1 Oth Street ro- t t Church of God Prophecy 8th Street I Ith Street a' d C c ro A FLORIDA DEPARTMENT 0 STA'T'E RON DESANTIS Governor April 13, 2020 The Honorable Jeff Triplett Mayor, City of Sanford Post Office Box 1788 Sanford, Florida 32772-1788 LAUREL M. LEE secretary of State Re. Georgetown Historic District, roughly bounded by East 2'd Street anis East 6t Street on the north, Celery Avenue on the south, South Chapman, Locust, Mellonville and Bay Avenues -on the east, and Sanford Avenue on the west, Sanford, Florida 32771 Dear Mayor Triplett: We are pleased to advise you that the above referenced property has been proposed for nomination_ for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. The nomination proposal will be reviewed by the Florida National Register Review Board in a public meeting on May 28, 2020 starting at 1:30 pm in -Room 307, RA. Gray Building, 500 South Bronough Street, Tallahassee, Florida. To participate via webinar, please register online at https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/ret! ster/4964321793508156173. The webiiw ID is 393-969-811. If the Review Board :finds that this property. meet's the criteria far listing established by the National Register, a formal nomination will be submitted to the Keeper of the National Register in Washington; D.C., who will make the final decision. A cope of the meeting agenda, nomination and additional information on protection provisions, financial incentives, or other aspects of the National Register Program may be obtained by calling our Survey and Registration Section at 850.245.6364. If you wish to comment on whether. or not this property should be nominated for listing in the National Register, please send me your comments by May 28, 2020. Sincerely, Ruben A. Acosta Survey & Registration Supervisor Bureau of Historic Preservation RAA/raa Division of Historical Resources R.A. Gray Building soo South Bronough Street% Tallahassee, Florida 32399 850.245.63oo • 85o.245.6436 (Fax) • FLHeritage.com FLORIDA DEPARTMENT Of STATE RON DESANTIS Governor April 13, 2020 Ms. Julie Adams Schofield Historic Preservation Officer Post Office Box 1788 Sanford, Florida 32772-1788 LAUREL M. LEE Secretary of State Re: Georgetown Historic District,. roughly bounded by East 2nd Street and East 611 Street on the north, Celery Avenue on -the south, South Chapman, Locust, Mellonville and Bay Avenues on the east, and Sanford Avenue on the west, Sanford, Florida 32771 Dear Commissioner Zembower: We are pleased to advise you that the above referenced property has been proposed for nomination for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. The nomination proposal will be reviewed by the Florida National Register Review Board in a public meeting on May 28, 2020 starting at 1:30 pm in Room 307, R.A- Gray Building, 500 South-Bronough Street, Tallahasseee, Florida. To participate via webiaar, please register online at httgs://attendee.gotowebinar com/re�, s er/4964321793508156173. The webinar ID is 393-969-811. If the Review Board finds that this propeity meets'the criteria for listing established by the National Register, a formal nomination will be submitted to the Keeper of the National Register in Washington, D.C., who will .make the final decision. A copy of the meeting agenda, nomination and additional information on protection provisions, financial incentives, or other aspects of the National Register Program may be obtained by calling.our Survey and Registration Section at 850.245.6364. If you wish to comment on whether or not thisproperty should be nominated for listing in the'N'ational Register, please send'me your:comments by May 28, 2024. Sincerely, f t 4 • &--azz— Ruberi A. Acosta Survey & Registration Supervisor Bureau of Historic Preservation RAA/raa Division of Historical Resources �sG R.A. Gray Building • soo South Bronough Streeto Tallahassee, Florida 32399 850.245.6300 • 880:24.5,6436 (Fax) • FLHer:itage.com FLORIDA DEPARTMENT O STATE RON DESANTIS LAUREL M. LEE Governor Secretary of State April 13, 2020 The Honorable Jay Zembower Chair, Seminole County Board of County Commissioners 1101. East la Street Sanford, Florida 32771 Re: Georgetown Historic Distrlet,rroughly bounded by East 2'd Street and East 6m Street on.the north, Celery Avenue on the south, South Chapman, Locust, Mellonville and Bay Avenues on the. east, and Sanford Avenue on the west, Sanford, Florida 32771 Dear Commissioner Zembower: We are pleased to advise you that the above referenced property has been proposed• for nomination for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. The nomination proposal will be reviewed by the Florida National Register Review Board in a public meeting on May 28, 2020 starting at 1:30 pm in Room 307, R.A. Gray Building, 500 South•Bronough Street, Tallahassee, Florida. To participate via webinar, please register online at https.//attendee.sotowebinar.comtregister/4964321793508156173. The webinar ID is 393-969-811. If the Review Board finds that this property meet's the.criteria for listing. established by the National Register, a formal nomination will be submitted to the Keeper of ft National Register in Washington, D.C., who will make the final decision. A copy of the meeting agenda, nomination and additional information -on protection provisions, financial incentives, or other aspects of the National Register Program may be obtained by calling qui Survey and Registration Section at 8$0.245.6364. if you wish to comment on whether or not this property should be nominated for listing in the National Register, please send me your comments by May 28, 2020. Sincerely, 4L_4 Ruben A. Acosta Survey & Registration Supervisor Bureau of Historic Preservation Division of Historical Resources R.A. Gray Building , soo South Bronough Streets Tallahassee, Florida 3x399j, 850.245.6300 0 850.24$.6436 (Fax) • FLSeritage.com FLORIDA DEPARTMENT Of STATE RON DESANTIS Governor June 2, 2020 The.Honorable Jeff Triplett Mayor,.City of Sanford. Post Office Box 1788 Sanford, Florida 32772-1788 LAUREL M. LEE Secretary of State Re: Georgetown Historic District, roughly bounded by East 21 Street and East 61 Street on the north, Celery Avenue on the south, South Chapman, Locust, Mello and Bay Avenues on the east, and Sanford Avenue on the west, Sanford, Florida 32771 Dear Mayor Triplett: It is a pleasure to advise you that the Florida National Register Review Board has recommended that the above referenced property be formally nominated for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. The Board took this action at its regular meeting on May 28, 2020. We are now in the process of preparing a formal nomination for submission to the Keeper of the National Register in accordance with 36 CFR Part 60.6. When the formal nomination has been submitted to and received by the Keeper of the National Register, that office will have forty-five days in which to approve or disapprove the nomination. If the nomination is approved, the property will be listed as of the date of approval. The forty -five-day review period may be extended, however, if the National Register staff finds technical deficiencies in the nomination requiring correction in our office. If the nomination is disapproved, the National Register staff will notify us and explain the reasons for disapproval. We will in turn notify you of any action that may betaken to pursue the matter further: Any person or organization interested in a nomination may petition the Keeper of the National Register during the nomination process either to accept or to reject the nomination. Comments regarding the nomination -should be addressed to: - --- --- — — — -- - National Register_ of Historic Places Mail Stop 7228 1849 C Street, NW Washington, DC 20240 Division of Historical Resources R.A. Gray Building • 500 South Bronough Street* Tallahassee, Florida 32399 856.245.6300. 850.245.6436 (Fax) • FLHeritage.com Triplett June 2, 2020 Page 2 On behalf of Secretary of State Laurel M. Lee and the Historic Preservation staff, we appreciate your interest in Florida's historic heritage. PIease let us know if you have any questions regarding the nomination process, or if we can be of any other assistance. Sincerely, Ruben A. Acosta Survey & Registration Supervisor Bureau of Historic Preservation RAA/ajw. FLORIDA DEPARTMENT 0TATE RON DESANTIS Governor June 2, 2020 The Honorable Jay Zembower Chair, Seminole County Board of County Commissioners 1101 East 11" Street Sanford, Florida 32771 LAUREL M. LEE Secretary of State Re.: Georgetown Historic District, roughly bounded by East 2C° Street and East 6'h Street on the north, Celery Avenue on the south, South Chapman, Locust, Melionville and Bay Avenues on the east, and Sanford Avenue on the west, Sanford, Florida 32771 Dear Commissioner Zembower. It is a pleasure to advise you that the Florida National Register Review Board has recommended that the above referenced property be formally nominated for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. The Board took this action at its regular meeting on May 28, 2020. Vire are now in the process of preparing a formal nomination for submission to the Keeper of the National Register in accordance with 36 CFR Part 60.6. When the formal nomination has been submitted to and received by the Keeper of the National Register, that office will have forty-five days in which to approve or disapprove the nomination. If the nomination is approved, the property will be listed as of the date of approval. The forty -five-day review period may be extended, however, if the. National Register staff finds technical deficiencies in the nomination requiting correction in our office. If the nomination is disapproved, the National Register staff will notify us and explain the reasons for disapproval. We will in turn notify you of any action that may be taken to pursue the matter fintber. Any person or organization interested in a nomination may petition the Keeper of the National Register during the nomination process either to accept or to reject the nomination. Comments regarding the — — ---nomination should be addressed to:-- --- -- -- — ---- --- -- — — National Register of Historic Places Mail Stop 7228 . 1849 C Street, NW Washington, DC 20240 Division of Historical Resources �►n' L�, R.A. Gray Building • 500 South Bronough Street, Tallahassee, Florida 32399 850.245.6300.850.246.6436 (Fan) • nHeritage.com 91 Zembower Me 2, 2020 Page 2 On behalf of Secretary.of State Laurel M. Lee and the Historic Preservation staff, we appreciate your interest in Florida's historic heritage. Please let us know if you_ have any questions regarding the nomination process, or if we can be of any other assistance. Sincerely, Ruben A. Acosta Survey & Registration Supervisor Bureau of Historic Preservation RAA/ajw FLORIDA DEPARTMENT 0 STATE r RON DESANTIS Governor June 2, 2020 Ms. Julie Adams Schofield Historic Preservation Officer Post Office Box 1788 Sanford, Florida 32772-1788 LAUREL M. LEE Secretary of State Re: Georgetown Historic District, roughly bounded by East 2nd Street and East 6' Street. on the north, Celery Avenue on the south, South Chapman, Locust, Mellonville and Bay Avenues on the east, and Sanford Avenue on the west, Sanford, Florida 32771 Dear Ms. Schofield: It is a pleasure to advise you that the Florida National Register Review Board has recommended that the above referenced property be formally nominated for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. The Board'took this action at its regular meeting on May 28, 2020. We are riow in the process of preparing a formal nomination for submission to the Keeper of the National Register in accordance with 36 CFR Part 60.6. When the formal nomination has been submitted to and received by the Keeper of the National Register, that office will have forty-five days in which to approve or disapprove the nomination. If the nomination is approved, the property will be listed as of the date of approval. The forty -five-day review period may be extended, however, if the National Register staiifinds technical deficiencies in the nomination requiring correction in our office. If the nomination is disapproved, the National Register staff will notify us and explain the reasons for disapproval. We will in turn notify you of any action that may be taken to pursue the matter further. Any person or organization interested in a nomination may petition the Keeper of the National kegister during the nomination process either to accept or to reject the nomination. Comments regarding the nomination should -be -addressed to:- - - -- — — -- -- -- -- National Register of Historic Places Mail Stop 7228 1849 C Street, NW Washington, DC 20240 Division of Historical Resources R.A. Chap Building • 500 South Bronough Street! Tallahassee, Florida 32399 8s0.24s.6300. 860.246.6436 (Fax) • FLHeritage.com Schofield June 2, 2020 Page 2 On behalf of Secretary of State Laurel M. Lee and the Historic Preservation staff, we appreciate your interest in Florida's historic heritage. Please let us know if you have any questions regarding.the nomination process, or if we can be of any other assistance. Sincerely, a�� a. At4� Ruben A. Acosta Survey & Registration Supervisor Bureau of Historic Preservation RAA/ajw RON DESANTIS Governor August 31, 2020 Joy Beasley, Keeper National Register of Historic Places Mail Stop 7228 1849 C St, NW Washington, D.C. 20240 Dear Ms: Beasley: LAUREL M. LEE Secretary of State The attached files contain the true and correct copy'of the nomination for the Georgetown Historic District (SEt)2920) In Sanford, Seminole County, Florida, to the National Register of Historic Places. The related materials (ten digital images, maps, and site plan) are included. We did not receive any correspondence in regards to this nomination The submitted photos correspond to photos 1, 3, 9;13,15,17, 23, 29,33, and 37 found in the nomination's photo list. Please do not hesitate to contact me at Mben.Acosta,Gtd6s.mvilorld&C!2m or (850) 245-6364 if you have any questions or require any additional information. Sincerely, (. Ruben A. Acosta . Supervisor, Survey & Registration Bureau of Historic Preservation RAA/raa Enclosures Division of Historical Resources R.A. Gray Building • 500 South Bronough Street, Tallahassee, Florida 32399 1360.245.6300 . 850.246.6436 (Fax) • FLHeritage.com FLOIRiDA DEPARTMENT Of STATE k0N DESATAMS Governor March 26, 2020 Ms. Julie Adams Scofield. Historic Preservation Officer 300 North Park Avenue Sanford, FL 32772-1788 LAUREL M. LEE Secretary of State Re: Georgetown Historic District, roughly bounded by East 2"d Street and East 6'h Street on the north, Celery Avenue on the south, South Chapman, Locust, Mellonville and Bay Avenues on the east, and Sanford Avenue on the west, Sanford, Florida 32771 Dear Ms. Scofield, A Florida National Register Nomination Proposal for the alcove referenced property has been prepared by the State Historic Preservation Office. We solicit your review and recommendation concerning eligibility in accordance with the procedures established by the National Historic Preservation Act, as amended (54 U.S.C. 302504), which created the basis for the'participation of Certified Local Governments in the Florida National Register of Historic Places nomination process. According to the Act, before properties within the jurisdiction of the certified local government may be considered by the State to be nominated for inclusion on the National Register, the State Historic Preservation Officer shall notify the owners, the applicable chief local elected official, and the local historic _preservation commission. The commission, after reasonable Opportunity for public comment, shall prepare a report as to whether or not such properties meets the eligibility criteria. Within sixty days of the notice from the State Historic Preservation Officer, the chief local elected official shall transmit the report of the commission and his recommendation to the State Historic Preservation Officer. If no such report and recbmnien�ation are received within sixiy days, the State shall proceed with the arni nnation process. if either the preservation agency or the chief local elected official supports the nomination of the properties, the proposals will be scheduled for consideration by the Florida National Register Review Board. The nomination for the above property is tentatively scheduled for consideration Division of Historical Resources R.A. Gray Building Soo South Branough Street* Tallahassee, Florida g23gg5, 6 8$o.2.4s.6300 • 85o.245.6436 (Fax) + FLHeritage.com Ms. Ailic Adams 9cofield Marph26,2020_ Page Two by the Florida National K6gigeir Review Board; meeting on May 28, 2026, at 1-30 p.m. at the R. A. Gray Building, Tallahassee, Florida. If both the commission and the chief lo6ilelect6d official recommend that a' property not be prop nominated to the National Register, the State Historic Preservation Officer shall take no further action,,unless within thirty days of the receipt of suchrecommendation by the -State Historic Preservation Officer an appeal isfiled .with the State- Any party may file an appeal with the State Hisioric Preservation Officer. If the State Hisioric Preservation Officer, after hearing the appeal, determines that the p;op itis eligible, he shall proceed with the nomination process. The State Historic PreserVation Officer shall include any reports and recommendations from any party along with the nomination submitte& to the Keeper of the Register. We look forward to your recommendation and comments regarding this' property. If we can be of any Arffier assistance to you, please & not hesitate to contact me at R:uben.Aco*@46s:.iriyf[b44c6ni or 850-245-6364. Sincerely, Ruben A. Acosta Survey arid -Registration Supervisor Bureau of Historic Preservation Enclosures FLORIDA DEPARTMENf6f STATE ItOWDEIMMIS Govemor October 27, 2020 Ms. Julie Adams Scofield Historic Preservation Officer Post .Office Box 1788 Sanford, Florida 32772-1788 LAUREL M. LEE Secr6taxy of State Re: Georgetown Historic bistdct, roughly bd.unded-by East 2nd Street and East 61b Street on the north,. Celery Avenue on the south, South Chipman, Locust, Mellonville and Bay Avenues on the east, and Sanford Avenud on the west, Sanford, Florida 32771 Dear Ms. Scofield, It is a pleasure to notify you that the National,Park Service officially listed the above referenced property in the National Register of Historic Places on October 8, 2020. If you have any questions, please feel fr6e, to contact me at 850.245.6364, On behalf of SWetary of State Laurel A Lee and- our historic preservation staff, I coiftgraMat& you on achieving this -formal recognition ofthe historic significance of this property. We appreciate your interest in preserving this important element of Florida's cultural resources. Sincerely, 57 -- Ruben A. Acosta Survey & Registration Supervisor —Btreau-'ofHisioric-i.Preservaiio'n- - raa Division of Historical Resources RJL Gray Building * 500 South Bronough Street* Tallahassee, Florida 32399 850.245.6300 0 $50-245.6436 (Fax) FLgeritage-com Q RON DESAWTIS Governor October 27, 2620 The Honorable Art Woodruff Mayor, City of Sanford Post Office Box 1788 Sanford, Florida 32772-178.8 L4UREL M. LEE Secretary of State Re: POrgetown Histork District, roughly bounded by East 2-d Street and East 6d` Sheet on the north, Celery Avenue on the south, South Chapman, Locust, MeltonVille and Bay Avenues on the east, and Sanford Avenue on the west, Sanford, Florida 32771 Dear Mayor Woodruff. It is a pleasure to notify you that the National Park Service officially listed the above referenced pigperty in the National Register of Historic Plates on October 8* 2020. If you have any questions' please feelfreeto contact me.at.850.245.6364. On behalf of Secretary -State Laurel M. Lee and our historic preservation staff, I congratulate .pf PrIp YOU on achieving,this formal recognition of the historic significance of this property. We apprvciate your interest in preserving this important element of Florida's cultural resources. Sincerely, Ruben A. Acosta Survey & Registration Supervisor of Historic Preservation —— raa Division otIllstorical Resources R.A. Gray Building * 500 South Broiaough street- Tallahassee, Florida 52399 850:245.6300 e 850.245.6436 (Fax) a FLIferitage.com FLORIDA, DEPARTMENT Df STATE ------, RON DESANTIS Governor - October 27, 2020 The Honorable Jay Zembower Chair, Seminole County Board of County Commissioners 1101 East 11 Street Sanford, Florida 32771 LAUREL M. LEE Secretary of State Re: Georgetown Historic District; roughly bounded by East 21 Street and East 6`' Street on the north, Celery Avenue on the south, South Chapman, Locust, Mellonville and Bay Avenues on the east, and Sanford Avenue on the'west, Sanford, Florida 32771 Dear Commissioner Zembower, It is a pleasure to notify you that the National Park Service officially listed the above referenced property in the National Register of Historic Places on October S, 2020. If you have any questions; please feel free to contact me at 850.245.6364. On behalf of Secretary of State Laurel A Lee and our historic preservation staff, I congratulate you on achieving this formal recognition of the historic significance of this property. We appreciate your interest in preserving this important element of Florida's cultural resources. Sincerely, Ruben A. Acosta Survey & Registration Supervisor Bureau of Historic Preservation raa Division of Historical Resources R.A. Gray Building • 500 South Bronough Street* Tallahassee, Florida 32394 $50.245.6300 • $50.245.6436 (Fax) + FLHeritage.com -Sanford herald Published Twig Weekly Sanford, Seminole County, FL STATE OYFI,ORIDA COUNTY OF SEMWOLE Before the undersigned' authority personally .appeared Scott Cabbey, who on oath -says that he is the legal advertising specialist for Sanford Herald, a twice weekly newspaper published by Sanford. Herald, LLC at Sanford,, in Seminole County, Florida, that the attached i spy of the BdYet't�Seirierit, n being a in the matter of In the Cotrrt, was published in said newspaper .in the issues of t r�+T.�.6•2! at -.0 Aiilant finther says that said Sanford Herald is a newspaper published by Sanford Herald LLC at Sanford, in said Seminole County, Florida, acid that the. said newspaper has heretofore been continuously published in said Seminole County, Florida, twice weekly and has been entered as periodicals matter at the post office in Sanford, in said Seminole County, Florida, for a period of one year next preceding the first publieatian of the attached copy of advertisement; and aff.ant ftuttier slays that he or she has neither paid nor promised any person, firm or corporation any discount, rebate, commission or refund for the purpose of se g is advertisement lication in the said .newspaper. •---^rte--- (Signanim of Affiant) Sworn to and subscribed before me oris to 4 day of 20 t% (Sig of Notary Public) Personally Known or Produced Identification "WrNotary Pubft State.cf Rod"' AN Thomas E Vincent r my Cummissinn GG 308838 or A Expires 08112f2023 Nance of Public Meeting of thb Walborn Reglster• Review Board The Florida National Register Review Board wil�, conslder the - National Register (NR) nomination for the Georgetown Historic District at Its next rneating on May 28, 2020, 1:30 p.m., at the R.A. gtultim5i)0 ray Sg,S. Bronough St, Tallahassee, FL32399.0250. Tat' participate in the meeting, via wetunar, members of rho public may, register - • at.' https-4latfendee.gotowebinar.comliegis- - W149B4321793S08tS8173 usIq Wabinar ID: 393-389-811. A rep-' resentaGv9 of the State Bureau of H]stollc Preservation (BHP) will be present to explain the proposal and to answer questions regarding the nominatlon process. The proposed district is roughly bounded on the north by East 2nd and .East 8th 5fteeti south boundary along Celery Avenue; east boundary is South Chapman, Locust, Meilomnlla and Bay Avenues; west boundary Includes properties along the west side of'Santord Avenue. . } 'Ae opy,of the NR nomination; indluding a detaUed bodMary desedp- tion, Ust of contributing and nor--acnidbutlng huUdirigs, and a map of the district, is available upon fequest from BHP. Division of Historical r Resources, Florida Department of State, *at -the above address, Telephone incIdidos can be'mode at (850) 245-WS4..Corrvrienta on ' the nalnination should be.recefved by BHP beforeMay 28, 2020. Listtng,ln,the NR, the federal govemmenrs official tlst of Nstoric j properties worthy of prasetvatlon,'results in the following for historic I . properties: , � '.. � • ' Corisideratlon in planning for federal, federally goensed. and fedam ly essistad programa: The Advisory Council on•Historld Preservation must be given an opportunity _to comment on all federally related proj- ects offect[ng ust id properties. For further information, $60 38 CFR cion, _ Ela jNtty for federal tax•provislorjs Tha Federal Internal Roveiue ' Code encourages preservation of deprea]able historic structures by. allowing favorable tax traatnentd for reheblErIatfon and also pmwidOs for charitable contributions for conservation purposes at partial Inter - eats in, historically Important land areas or structures. For further .'ktfonnauart, sea 3a CFR 67. , . .. Consideration of historic values: In the decision by the state or ted - oral gajamment to Issue a surface eoal'mlntng permit where conal is faceted. For further information, see 36 CFR 602(d). EaglbI4ly. far gnurtsstn aid-. Whenever funds aro appropriatsd by Congress. Contnti rho State Hlstotfc. Preservation Office for further Itifarrttation Listing of private property on the NR'dae s net prohibit under Faderal law or regulation any actions whiclY may otherwise be taken by the' property owner with respect to the property... owners of private property ruminated to the NR may concur K Of object to, the nomination in eocard with 38 CFR Part 60. Any owner or partial owner who objects to listing should sirirMit a -notarized statement cert] O9 awnershlp and 'objection to Ailsa Lotarie, Deputy State Histodc Preservation officer, , Divison of Nsiodcal Resources, Department of State. at the above address, received before May 28, 2020. Each owner or pants] owner may regiVIdt one objection, regardless of haw many whole of partial properties In the d—let are owned by that party. objections ratnahr an 81e unto the property owner submits a notarized statament cenifyiing ownership and restdnduig the origins! objection. if a rnalottly of private property owners object to the.nominatlon, It wfU not be listed; however, the State Historic Preservation officer shall submit the nomination to the Keeper of tjm MR fora determination of eligibility for.Incliislon In the NR If.the property is determined *%Me but rat formally Usted..the Advisory Council crust still be given an opportunity to comment on . federal projects which may affect the district Publish: April 19, 26, 2= Sanford Herald LLC P 0 Box 166 4 Sanford, Fl. 32772-1664 Ph: 407-322-2611 Fax: 407-323-9408 ATTN: Scott Gabbey IegaIs@mysanfbrdhemId.corh BIL. TO 13UREAU OF HISTORIC -PRESERVATION RA GRAY BUILDING, ROOM 415 500 SOUTH BRON . O,1UGH STREET TALLAHASSEE, FL, 32399-0250 LEGAL INVOICE NlOT1GE TYPE INVOICE/AD# 7j24o 008320'* I NlOT1GE TYPE INCHES REP' ''.1- TERMS MEETING 30 315, Due ori receipt .1 PUBLISH, I TOTAL DUE ITEM DESCRIPTION T INCHES ''RATE PC] 04/19/20LEGAL MEETING 15 7:00 105.00 04/28/20 LEGAL NATIONAL REGISTER REVIEW BOARD 15 7.00 imbo Total $21.0.00 Acosta, Ruben A. From: Parsons, Timothy A. Sent: Friday, March 27, 2020 8:32 AM To: Lotane, Alissa Slade Cc: Acosta, Ruben A.; Tomlinson, Angela E.; Rathel, April L. Subject: RE: quote for legal notice Approved. From: Lotane, Alissa Slade <Alissa.Lotane@dos.myflorida.com> Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2020 5:44 PM To: Parsons, Timothy A. <Timothy.Parsons@dos.myflorida.com> Cc: Acosta, Ruben A. <Ruben.Acosta@dos.myflorida.com>; Tomlinson, Angela E. <Angela.Tomlinson@DOS. MyFlorida.com>; Rathel, April L.<April.Rathel@dos.myflorida.com> Subject: FW: quote for legal notice Tim, We need to do the legal notice in advance of the. May 28 National Register meeting for the Georgetown Historic District in Sanford. Ruben already did the public meeting a while back, but this is needed to satisfy our public notice requirements. Cost is $105 per day to run. I support Ruben in running the notice on two consecutive Sundays, April 19 and April 26. This is a cost of $210. We are requesting that Ruben be able to put it on his P card. We have not traditionally sent these through Communications review, as they are boilerplate and legal descriptions only, as required by NPS to meet guidelines. The webinar information is in the notice since it will likely only be webinar this time. Ruben, 1 did notice one correction needed in paragraph 3 which refers to the address above. You could actually just use the NR website, and you can use the new NR generic email if that helps. Please let us know if Ruben can charge this to his card. Alissa From: Acosta, Ruben A.<Ruben.Acosta@dos.myflorida.com> Sent: Thursday, March 26, 20201:39 PM To: Lotane, Alissa Slade <Alissa.Lotane@dos.myflorida.com> Subject: FW: quote for Iegal notice Alissa, We went ahead and got a quote for a legal notice for the Georgetown Historic District in Sanford. Should I put it on my PCard when the time comes, or should we place it on someone else's card? The cost is only $105! Ruben From: McDonald, Megan W. <Megan.McDonald@dos.mvforida.com> Sent: Thursday, March 26, 20201:35 PM 1 To: Acosta, .Ruben A. <Ruben.Acosta@dos.myflorida.com> Subject:.FW: quote for legal notice From: legal mailbox[mailto:legals@mysanfordhera ld.cornl Sent: Thursday, March 26, 20201:33 PM To: McDonald, Megan W. <Megan.McDonald @dos.myflorida.com> Subject: Re: quote for legal notice - EMAIL RECEIVED FROM EXTERNAL SOURCE Proof attached. It will cost $105 to run the notice one time. Please let me know if you would like to proceed. Feel -free to contact me if you have any questions or concerns. Thank you, Scott Gabbey Legal Department The Sanford Herald Office: (407) 322-2611 Fax: (407) 323-9408 Click here to subscribe to The Sanford Herald today! On Thu, Mar 26, 2020 at 1:28 PM McDonald, Megan W.<Megan.McDonaldlados.myflorida.com> wrote: Hi Scott, Could you please provide me with a quote for publishing the attached legal notice in the Sanford Herald? Thank you! Megan McDonald — — - -- Certified Local Government Coordinator ( Bureau of Historic Preservation ( Division of Historical Resources Florida Department of State 1 500 South Bronough Street ITallahassee, FL 32399 850.245.6365 Megan.McDonald(�ia,dos.myflorida.com www.flheritag_e.c_om 2 Sanford Herald LLC P O Box 1664 Sanford, FL 32772-1664 Ph: 407-322-2611 Fax: 407-323-9408 ATTN: Scott Gabbey Iegals@ mysanfordherald.com PUBLISH 04/19/20 04/26/20 BILL TO BUREAU OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION RA GRAY BUILDING, ROOM 415 500 SOUTH BRONOUGH STREET TALLAHASSEE, FL 32399-0250 SIO-.RUBEN ACOSTA LEGAL INVOICE DATE INVOICE/AD# 04/27/20 D08320 NOTICE TYPE INCHES REP TERMS MEETING 30 35 Due on mcelpt ITEM I DESCRIPTION LEGAL MEETING LEGAL j NATIONAL REGISTER REVIEW BOARD 5/'4 124ZD ?o..,& to� '�)- C" -CL RATE PCI 7.00 7.00, TOTAL DUE 105.001 105.00 Total $210.00 Page 1 RESOURCE GROUP FORM Site #8 SE 0 2 9 2 0 Field Date 3-1-2020 90riginal FLORIDA MASTER SITE FILE Form Date 3-26-2020 ❑Update Version 5.0 3119 Recorder# Consult the Guide to the Resource Group Form for additional instructions NOTE: Use this form to document districts, landscapes, building complexes and linear resources as described in the box below. Cultural resources contributing to the Resource Group should also be documented individually at the Site File. Do not use this form for National Register multiple property submissions (MPSs). National Register MPSs are treated as Site File manuscripts and are associated with the individual resources included under the MPS cover using the Site File manuscript number. Check ONE box that best describes the Resource Group: Z Historic district (NR category "district"): buildings and NR structures only: NO archaeological sites ❑ Archaeological district (NR category 'district"): archaeological sites only: NO buildings or NR structures ❑ Mixed district (NR category "district"): includes more than one type of cultural resource (example: archaeological sites and buildings) ❑ Building complex (NR category usually "building(s)"): multiple buildings in close spatial and functional association ❑ Designed historic landscape (NR category usually "district" or "site"): can include multiple resources (see National Register Bulletin #18, page 2 for more detailed definition and examples: e.g. parks, golf courses, campuses, resorts, etc.) ❑ Rural historic landscape (NR category usually "district° or "site'): can include multiple resources and resources not formally designed (see National Register Bulletin 930, Guidelines for Evaluating and Documenting Rural Historic Landscapes for more detailed definition and examples: e.g. farmsteads, fish camps, lumber camps, traditional ceremonial sites, etc.) ❑ Linear resource (NR category usually 'structure"): Linear resources are a special type of structure or historic landscape and can include canals, railways, roads, etc. Resource Group Name Georgetown Historic District Multiple Listing (DNR only] Project Name Georgetown Historic District National Register FMSF Survey # National Register Category (Oease check one): ❑building(s) ❑structure (Edistrict ❑site ❑object Linear Resource Type (f applicable): ❑canal ❑railway ❑road ❑other (describe): Ownership:❑private-profit ❑private -nonprofit Oprivate4ndividual ❑private -nonspecific Doily ❑county ❑state ❑federal ❑NativeAmedcen ❑foreign ❑unknown Verbal Description of Boundaries (description does not replace required ma DHR USE ONLY OFFICIAL EVALUATIONDHR USE ONLY LOCA i Street Number Direction Street Name Street Type Suffix Direction Address: CitylTown (within 3 miles) Sanford In Current City Limits? Dyes Ono ❑unknown County or Counties (do not abbreviate) Seminole Name of Public Tract (e.g., park) 1) Township Range Section %section: ❑NW ❑SW ❑SE EINE Irregular -name: 2) Township Range Section % section: ❑NW ❑SW ❑SE EINE 3) Township Range Section 'A section: ❑NW ❑SW ❑SE EINE a) Township Range Section '/. section: ❑MN ❑SW ❑SE EINE USGS 7.5' Maps) 1) Name USGS Date 2) Name USGS Date Plat, Aerial, or Other Map (map's name, originating office with location) Traffords Map of Sanford, Chapman&Tuckers Addition Landgrant portion of Levy Grant --commonly referred to as Sanford Grant Verbal Description of Boundaries (description does not replace required ma DHR USE ONLY OFFICIAL EVALUATIONDHR USE ONLY NR List Date SHPO --Appears to meet criteria for NR listing: Dyes ❑no Dinsufffcient info Date Init KEEPER - Determined eligible: Oyes ❑no Date NR Criteria for Evaluation: ❑a ❑b ❑c ❑d (see National Register Bulletin 15, p. 2) E3 Owner Objection HR6EWR0319, effective GSZ16 Florida Master Site File /Div. of Historlcaf Resources /R A. Gray Bldg 1500S Bronough St, Tallahassee, FL 32399.0250 Rule to46.001, F.A.C. Phone 850.245.64401 Fax 850.245,64391 E-mail SkeFile@dos.myfioridacom Page 2 RESOURCE GROUP FORM Site #8 SE 0 2 9 2 0 HISTORY & DES CRTPT,ION Construction Year: 190o ❑approximately ❑year listed or earlier E year listed or later Architect/Designer. Builder: Total number of individual resources included in this Resource Group: # of contributing 296 # of non-contributing 110 Time period(s) of significance (choose a period from the list or type in date range(s), e.g. 1895-192 1• 3. 2• 4. Narrative Description (National Register Bullogn 16A pp. 33-34; attach supplementary sheets it needed) _ RESEARtIA]VIET� ODS {clveek,aa that -apply} EIFMSF record search (sites/surveys) ZFL State Archives/photo collection (7property appraiser I tax records Ocultural resource survey pother methods (specify) Cllibrary research RIcity directory Clnewspaper files C)historic photos Bibliographic References (give FMSF Manuscript #if relevant) ❑building permits 0occupantlowner interview ❑neighbor interview ©interior Inspection �OPI<NION OF RESOURCE, SIGNIFICANCE. 9ISanbom maps Elplat maps I]Public Lands Survey (DEP) OHABSIHAER record search Potentially eligible individually for National Register of Historic Places? ©yes Ono []insufficient information Potentially eligible as contributor to a National Register district? Oyes ' Clno []insufficient information Explanation of Evaluation (required, see National Register Bulletin 16A p. 48.49. Attach longer statement, if needed, on separate sheet) Area(s) of Historical Significance (see National Register Bulletin 15, p. 8 for categories: e.g. 'architecture','ethnic heritage, 'community planning & development', etc.) J, African American 3. 5. 2• Ethnic heritage 4. 6. ' DOCUM ENTAT.LQN Accessible Documentafion Not Filed with the Site File - including field notes, analysis nates, photos, plans and other important documents 9 Documenttype Maintaining organization Document description File or accession #'s 2)Document type - - •--..-^-.-._. -- ---- Maintaining organization `�..-'•-"_.`-'----__.._._._. Document description File or accession #'s RECQkDZ--R.1 ! Recorder Name Megan McDonald Affiliation Florida Division of Historical Resources Recorder Contact Information 850-245-6365, megan.mcdonald@dos.myflorida.com (address 1 phone 1 fax 1 e-mail) Required Attachments a PHOTOCOPY OF USGS 7.5' MAP WITH DISTRICT BOUNDARY CLEARLY MARKED 0 LARGE SCALE STREET, PLAT OR PARCEL MAP WITH RESOURCES MAPPED & LABELED 0 TABULATION OF ALL INCLUDED RESOURCES • Include name, FMSF #, contributing? YiN, resource category, street address or other location information if no address. Q PHOTOS OF GENERAL STREETSCAPE OR VIEWS (optional: aerial photos, views of typical resources) When submitting images, they, must be.inciuded.in,digital,AND.hard copy format (plain paper grayscaleacceptable)- - Digital -images must be at least 1600 x 1200 pixels, 24 -bit color, jpeg or tiff. I ro in i 00 ii j_ - "'� �e 1SCAVVA. U IIIIII NMI' 7-- J,ISBR43 m R�, ZT. m op- r"IIIN Light i 40 14 illf r fill gnaw MOW M Navfd Ac* ny jj JIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII illf r fill gnaw MOW M Navfd Ac* ny jj JIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII SE WOW*% • 49 • o it *I • CITY OF SkNFORD WS _ RM X FLORIDA Item No. CITY COMMISSION MEMORANDUM 23-069 APRIL 10, 2023 AGENDA To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Commission PREPARED BY: Julie Adams Scofield, AICP, Historic Prese 1 SUBMITTED BY: Norton N. Bonaparte, Jr., ICMA-CM, Cif Manage SUBJECT: Sanford Avenue and Georgetown Residential •storic Districts STRATEGIC PRIORITIES: ❑ Unify Downtown & the Waterfront ® Promote the City's Distinct Culture ® Update Regulatory Framework ® Redevelop and Revitalize Disadvantaged Communities SYNOPSIS: Adoption of Ordinance No. 4729 and Ordinance No. 4730, with Ordinance No. 4729 amending Schedule S to designate the Sanford Avenue Historic District and 4730 amending Schedule S to designate the Georgetown Residential Historic District, is requested. FISCAL/STAFFING STATEMENT: No additional staffing anticipated. BACKGROUND: Sanford Avenue Historic District On March 10, 2008, the City Commission adopted the Georgetown Neighborhood Plan, which was focused on improving the current and future quality of life for residents in and around the Georgetown Neighborhood. The plan included these first five goals: 1. Comprehensive Rezoning (accomplished 2009) 2. National Register Nomination (accomplished 2020) 3. Local Conservation District Designation 4. Design Guidelines for New Construction 5. Development Incentives (cottage lots—accomplished 2022) In 2009, the neighborhood was re -zoned SR -1 Single Family, and the General Commercial zoning for Sanford Avenue was changed to SC -3 Special Commercial and RC -1 Restricted Commercial (Ordinance 4182.) This has protected the character of the community and provided means for the redevelopment and revitalization of Sanford Avenue. The Georgetown National Register Historic District listed in 2020. This status confirms the significance and integrity of the historic resources on Sanford Avenue, and their importance to the City of Sanford. It has equal status to the Downtown Historic Commercial District. A local historic district designation and recommendation to apply Schedule S guidelines are for review. Schedule S, Historic Preservation, City of Sanford Land Development Regulations re: Criteria and Procedures for Establishing and Expanding Historic Districts: (S-15-16) A. Criteria for Creating Historic Districts. Historic Districts hall be consistent with following criteria for designation: 1. The properties within the area, are associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad pattern of the history of the City, State or Nation; or are associated with the lives of persons significant to the city, State or Nation's past; or 2. The properties embody the distinctive characteristics of a type, period or method of construction or represent the work of a master, or that possess high artistic values, or that represent a significant and distinguishable entity whose components may lack individual distinction; or 3. The area has yielded, or may be likely to yield, information important in prehistory or history (e.g. burial mound); or 4. If based on architecture, there is a concentration of contributing buildings (see definition.) The number of contributing buildings shall be no less than fifty (50) percent of the total number of buildings. The proposed district is consistent with Criteria 1, 2, and 4 based on the following application: (a) A physical description of the proposed historic district accompanied by photographs of buildings, structures, objects, or sites showing examples of contributing and non-contributing properties within the proposed historic district. The proposed district boundaries are generally described as both sides of Sanford Avenue from 2nd Street to Celery Avenue including all properties facing Sanford Avenue and extending to the alleys, corresponding with the Georgetown National Register Historic District except for vacant parcels between Yd and 4"' Streets on the west side. These parcels have been included because they are adjacent to contributing properties in the Downtown Commercial Historic District, the Sanford Residential Historic District, and the proposed Sanford Avenue Historic District, and it's reasonable to include and review new construction for compatibility to insure the integrity of the surrounding districts. The majority of historic resources are masonry vernacular commercial buildings, and there are several frame vernacular, bungalow or minimal traditional residential structures. Exhibit 1 (attached) shows photographic examples of contributing and non-contributing properties, and Exhibit 2 (attached) lists contributing and non-contributing properties by address. (b) A statement of the historical, cultural, architectural, archaeological or other significance of the proposed historic district. The proposed Sanford Avenue Historic District is included within the Georgetown National Register District boundaries. The areas of significance are Ethnic Heritage/Black and Architecture, and the period of significance is 1900-1970. The built environment in the proposed district, comprised of commercial buildings and residences, is an intact representation of an African American "main street" founded during the Jim Crow era. Though a number of individual historic resources have been lost over time and new infill development is present, the extant resources convey the historic identity and continued development over the course of the 20th century. The area distinctly retains its historic function as a commercial and upper middle class residential district and the remaining structures, mostly from the 1910s and 1920s retain overall architectural integrity. By the early 20th century, Georgetown was home to a thriving middle class largely comprised of doctors, teachers, professionals and business owners. Several prominent residents of Georgetown resided on Sanford Avenue. An excerpt from the WPA American Guide series of the 1930s describes the middle class homes of Sanford Avenue: By far the best shops and residences are on Sanford Avenue. Their homes and gardens do them credit, the homes are attractive, and their lawns and gardens are good to look upon. Several houses along Sanford Avenue were designed by, Architect Prince W. Spears. An African American Architect, builder, and mason who designed and built more than a dozen homes and churches in Sanford. Though there are no known records of formal architectural training or education, his designs reflect true craftsmanship and attention to detail. He designed large, architecturally significant homes which conveyed their owner's affluent status in the community. David and Viola Brock owned a house designed by Spears at 612. David owned a tailor shop and Viola was a teacher. Dr. George Brewer operated his medical practice out of his home for at least 20 years, initially at 611, later moving to 620. Brewer's wife, Elizabeth, worked as a music teacher. Prominent educators Joseph and Wealthy Crooms owned a distinctive home at 812. Joseph becarne principal of Hopper Academy in 1906, and oversaw the construction of the school building that still stands in Georgetown. Wealthy Crooms began teaching in Sanford in 1908 and worked alongside her husband at Hopper Academy and Crooms Academy until she retired in 1954. Spears is also credited with businessman Italy Littles house at 614 and E.D. Strickland's home and dental practice at 511. As was the case in many southern cities during the Jim Crow era, a thriving commercial district developed to meet the needs of Sanford's African American community. Georgetown's commercial district was concentrated along the northern end of Sanford Avenue, beginning in what was formerly been known as Tuckertown. During the 1900s and 1920s the commercial district was concentrated in the 200 and 300 blocks of Sanford Avenue. The majority of businesses in this area were operated by African Americans, who lived in the community, of a number of white -owned businesses operated there as well. The 1909 City Directory listed number of African American owned businesses on Sanford Avenue: • Livery stable operated by Alexander Long (308 Sanford Ave) • Watch repair operated by Rev. E.D. Wood (310 Sanford Ave.) • Lewis McFarland's barbershop (320 Sanford Ave.) • King S. Johnson's Fancy Grocers: Hay, Grain & Country Produce (323 Sanford Ave.) During the 1920s the commercial district expanded southward to include the 400 and 500 blocks of Sanford Avenue. The relative prosperity of the times, along with Sanford's population growth led to greater business opportunities in the African American community. In 1926, the 300 block or Sanford Avenue included E.D. Strickland's dental practice at 300 %2 Sanford Ave., Albert Gramling's billiards at 302, W.O. Green's blacksmith shop at the rear of 304, and Z.J. Jerry's People's Drug Store at 315. Black owned restaurants, barber shops, grocery stores, and repair shops were located up and down Sanford Avenue. Development continued to expand southward until the late 1960s. As was the case with many downtown commercial districts in the 1970s, Sanford Avenue entered a period of decline. The popularity of suburban malls and desegregation impacted black and white owned businesses. While the vast majority of Sanford's historically white commercial district has been preserved due to early revitalization efforts, Georgetown's Sanford Avenue unfortunately did not experience the same level of intervention. As a result, a number of structures along Sanford Avenue fell into disrepair and were condemned and demolished, or lost due to fire. Recent investment in streetscape and building rehabilitation and re -use has brought activity back to the district. In summary, the built environment of Sanford Avenue conveys the historical evolution of an African American business district and prominent residential street over the course of the 20th century and retains integrity of location, design, workmanship, feeling and association. The area is listed on the National Register for local significance, worthy of preseivation. (c) A report, prepared by a professional, acceptable to the City, including a description of the typical architectural styles, character defining features, and types of buildings, structures, objects or sites within the proposed district; which report shall identify which properties are contributing at the time. The National Register Registration Form prepared by Megan McDonald, Florida Division of Historical Resources, is the report for this designation. It was reviewed by the Florida National Register Review Board and accepted by the Florida State Historic Preservation Officer and the Keeper of the National Register. The Georgetown Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places by the National Park Service in October 2020. This report is included as Appendix A. (d) A map identifying all zoning and land use information, and the location of all buildings, structures, objects or sites within the proposed district, noting which are contributing. The proposed district zoning is SC -3 Special Commercial north of 6`" Street and RC -1 Restricted Commercial, south of 6"' Street. Future Land Use is Waterfront Downtown Business District and Neighborhood Commercial. A map showing location of buildings within the district and contributing/non- contributing status is attached. The district includes 54 buildings: 47 contributing and 7 non-contributing (87% contributing.) (e) Additional guidelines to be used when reviewing alterations, relocation, demolition, excavation or new construction within the proposed boundaries of the district. The district would be subject to City of Sanford's Land Development Regulations, Schedule S. as currently adopted. 69 Names and addresses of all property owners within the proposed district. Names and addresses of all property owners are on file in the City Planning Department. Property owners were given notice by mail of the Historic Preservation Board hearing. Georgetown Residential Historic District On March 10, 2008 the City Commission adopted the Georgetown Neighborhood Plan, which was focused on improving the current and future quality of life for residents in and around the Georgetown Neighborhood. The plan included these first five goals: 1. Comprehensive Rezoning (accomplished 2009) 2. National Register Nomination (accomplished 2020) 3. Local Conservation District Designation 4. Design Guidelines for New Construction 5. Development Incentives (cottage lots—accomplished 2022) In 2009, the neighborhood was re -zoned SR -1 Single Family, and the General Commercial zoning on Sanford Avenue was changed to SC -3 Special Commercial and RC -1 Restricted Commercial (Ordinance 4182.) This has somewhat protected the character of the neighborhood and provided means for the redevelopment and revitalization of Sanford Avenue. In part due to proximity to an energetic downtown environment and increased activity on Sanford Avenue, the neighborhood is now a prime area for infill development. New residential construction that didn't reflect the neighborhood character was a strong concern of residents fifteen years ago, and that concern has accelerated recently, especially due to the large number of vacant lots. The Georgetown National Register Historic District was listed in 2020. This status confirms the significance and integrity of the historic resources in the Georgetown neighborhood, and their importance to the City of Sanford. It has equal status to the Sanford Residential Historic District. At this time, the Georgetown Steering committee and residents are requesting local historic district designation with review for demolition of contributing buildings and new construction only. Since the National Register District was listed, 6 contributing buildings have been demolished; several that could have been rehabilitated and provide affordable housing. In the future, guidelines for rehabilitation may be appropriate, but application of all Schedule S Guidelines is not requested at this time. A local historic district designation and recommendation to apply Schedule S guidelines for demolition and new construction are presented for review. Schedule S, Historic Preservation, City of Sanford Land Development Regulations re: Criteria and Procedures for Establishing and Expanding Historic Districts: (S-15-16) A. Criteria for Creating Historic Districts. Historic Districts shall be consistent with following criteria for designation: 5. The properties within the area, are associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad pattern of the history of the City, State or Nation; or are associated with the lives of persons significant to the city, State or Nation's past; or 6. The properties embody the distinctive characteristics of a type, period or method of construction or represent the work of a master, or that possess high artistic values, or that represent a significant and distinguishable entity whose components may lack individual distinction; or 7. The area has yielded, or may be likely to yield, information important in prehistory or history (e.g. burial mound); or 8. If based on architecture, there is a concentration of contributing buildings (see definition) The number of contributing buildings shall be no less than fifty (50) percent of the total number of buildings. The proposed district is consistent with Criteria 1, 2, and 4 based on the following application: (g) A physical description of the proposed historic district accompanied by photographs of buildings, structures, objects, or sites showing examples of contributing and non-contributing properties within the proposed historic district. Georgetown is a historically African American residential neighborhood located immediately east of the historically white Sanford Residential Historic District, and just southeast of the Sanford Commercial District. The plan of Georgetown is generally a simple north/south-east/west grid with blocks usually divided into ten and twelve lots. Some blocks are divided north -south by an alley. The proposed district boundaries are generally bounded by East 2nd Street to the north, Bay Avenue and Mellonville Avenue to the east, Celery Avenue to the south, and the alley east of Sanford Avenue, on the west, corresponding with the Georgetown National Register Historic District boundaries excluding Sanford Avenue. The majority of buildings are residential, and are typically single story, wood frame construction. A number of community and religious buildings are located throughout the neighborhood, including churches, a school, and funeral homes. There are twelve churches listed as contributing bu ildings in the National Register District, and St. James AME Church is individually listed on the National Register. Hopper Academy, a large frame vernacular school was individually listed on the National Register in 2015, and is an important landmark in the neighborhood. Exhibit 3 (attached) shows photographic examples of contributing and non-contributing properties, and Exhibit 4 (attached) lists contributing and non-contributing properties by address. (a) A statement of the historical, cultural, architectural, archaeological or other significance of the proposed historic district. The proposed Sanford Avenue Historic District is included within the Georgetown National Register District boundaries. The areas of significance are Ethnic Heritage/Black and Architecture and the period of significance is 1900-1970. Comprised of residences, churches, funeral homes, and a school, Hopper Academy, the built environment in the proposed district is an intact representation of an African American neighborhood founded during the Jim Crow era. Though a number of individual historic resources have been lost over time and new infill development is present, the extant resources convey the historic identity and continued development over the course of the 201h century. The district boundaries include what were originally two distinct African American communities, Tuckertown and Georgetown. Located in the northern portion of present-day Georgetown, Tuckertown was settled by African Americans as early as the late 1860s. Settlement of Georgetown began directly south of Tuckertown in the early 1880s. Due to their close proximity, Tuckertown was gradually absorbed by Georgetown over time and eventually ceased to maintain a distinct identity. Extant buildings date from c. 1900 to 1970. Early residential growth gradually moved eastward from Sanford Avenue during the 20th century. While early growth was concentrated along Sanford, Cypress, and Pine Avenues (and the adjacent numbered cross streets), new houses appeared on lots along Hickory, Locust, Orange, and Willow Avenues during the 1910s and 1920s. The eastern and southernmost areas were the last to be settled with lots between 1 lth and Celery Avenue vacant until the mid -1920s, and most lots on Bay Avenue remained vacant until the 1940s. Primarily frame vernacular buildings, these residences were constructed by local builders in the community, many of whom were self-taught. The resulting frame buildings were a product of available materials and resources, and the builder's experience. The dwellings typically featured simple designs and could be built fairly quickly using readily available local materials. A number of common sub -types are represented, including the hall -parlor, Georgian Cottage, shotgun, and the four-square. Other architectural styles in the neighborhood include masonry vernacular, bungalow, minimal traditional, and ranch. There are twelve contributing churches in the Georgetown neighborhood. Though the oldest date back to the early 201h century, many of the neighborhood's congregations have been active since the early years of Sanford's founding. St. James African Methodist Episcopal Church was founded in 1867 and was the first known church founded by African Americans in Sanford. The present building is located at the corner of East 91h Street and Cypress Avenue. Designed by local architect Prince W. Spears, construction of the church began in 1913. The gothic revival church is a red brick building that features stained glass windows and a bell tower. St. John Missionary Baptist Church, c. 1910, is located at 920 Cypress Avenue, with an addition in 1941. Zion Hope Missionary Baptist, c. 1926, is located at 710 Orange Avenue. This is the third location of the church the congregation dates to its founding in 1888. Small stores and businesses were sprinkled throughout the neighborhood. Midwife Marie Francis operated the Frances Maternity Home out of her house at 621 Sixth Street. Many residents of Georgetown were born in this house, which is considered a local landmark. While some businesses operated out of homes, a few operated out of separate structures. Though many have not survived, a small general store dating to the 1930s still stands at 901 Locust Avenue. Two long-standing funeral homes operate in the neighborhood: Wilson-Eichelberger Mortuary at 1110 Pine Avenue and Sunrise Funeral Home at 900 Locust Avenue. When examined at the neighborhood level, the Georgetown Historic District provides a visual representation of an African American neighborhood that adapted to the confines of segregation and developed a thriving community. When considered in its greater context as the largest African American neighborhood in Sanford, the built environment and history of Georgetown provides an essential perspective in the history of Sanford's development over the course of the late 19t" and early 20th century. Once a transportation hub for steamboats and the railroad, and later an agricultural center for the production of citrus and winter vegetables, Sanford owed much of its economic success to the labor of African Americans, many of whom resided in Georgetown. Georgetown residents provided the labor that built the city of Sanford, and it was their labor that continued to fuel Sanford's economy over the course of its development. (a) A report, prepared by a professional, acceptable to the City, including a description of the typical architectural styles, character defining features, and types of buildings, structures, objects or sites within the proposed district; which report shall identify which properties are contributing at the time. The National Register Registration Form prepared by Megan McDonald, Florida Division of Historical Resources, is the report for this designation. It was reviewed by the Florida National Register Review Board and accepted by the Florida State Historic Preservation Officer and the Keeper of the National Register. The Georgetown Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places by the National Park Service in October 2020. This report is on file in the City of Sanford Planning Department and is included as Appendix A. (b) A map identifying all zoning and land use information, and the location of all buildings, structures, objects or sites within the proposed district, noting which are contributing. The proposed district is zoned SR -1 Single -Family Residential, with the exception of a few parcels, and the future land use is single family residential with the exception of the same parcels. A map showing location of buildings within the district and contributing/non- contributing status is attached. The district includes 369 buildings: 245 contributing and 124 non- contributing (66% contributing.) The majority of non-contributing buildings are new structures constructed after the period of significance. (a) Additional guidelines to be used when reviewing alterations, relocation, demolition, excavation or new construction within the proposed boundaries of the district. The Georgetown Steering Committee has requested that demolition of contributing structures, and new constriction be subject to City of Sanford's Land Development Regulations, Schedule S. as currently adopted, as a first step in retaining neighborhood character. The pertinent guidelines are provided as Exhibit 6. (b) Names and addresses of all property owners within the proposed district. Names and addresses of all property owners are on file in the City Planning Department. Property owners were given notice by mail of the Historic Preservation Board hearing. LEGAL REVIEW: This is a legislative matter and the Assistant City Attorney has assisted in the drafting of the proposed Ordinance. The City Commission approved the first reading of Ordinance No. 2023-4729 and Ordinance No. 2023-4730 on March 27, 2023. The City Clerk published notice of the 2nd Public Hearing in the Sanford Herald on April 2, 2023. RECOMMENDATION: The Historic Preservation Board, Planning and Zoning Commission, and staff recommends the City Commission adopt Ordinance No. 2023-4729, amending Schedule S to designate the Sanford Avenue Historic District, based on a finding that Sanford's historic commercial district and homes of prominent residents, qualified by listing on the National Register of Historic Places, is of exceptional local significance and meets all the criteria for designation per Schedule S; and adopt Ordinance No. 2023-4730, on the first reading, amending Schedule S to designate the Georgetown Residential Historic District, based on a finding that Sanford's historic Georgetown African American neighborhood of homes, churches and a school, qualified by listing on the National Register of Historic Places, is of exceptional local significance and meets all the criteria for designation per Schedule S. SUGGESTED MOTIONS: 1) "I move to adopt Ordinance No. 2023-4729." 2) "I move to adopt Ordinance No. 2023-4730." Attachments: Exhibit 1. Photographic Example Contributing and Non -Contributing Buildings -Sanford Ave. Exhibit 2. Contributing & Non -Contributing Buildings by Address -Sanford Ave. Exhibit 3. Photographic Example Contributing and Non -Contributing Buildings -Georgetown Residential. Exhibit 4. Contributing & Non -Contributing Buildings by Address -Georgetown Residential Exhibit 5. Schedule S Guidelines Applicable to Demolition of Contributing Buildings and New Construction Map 1. Zoning Map 2. Future Land Use Map 3. Contributing, Non -Contributing Buildings Appendix A: National Register Nomination Draft Ordinance No. 2023-4729 (Sanford Avenue Historic District) Draft Ordinance No. 2023-4730 (Georgetown Residential Historic District)