PICO Building
PICO Building, 2010
PICO Building (Sanford, Florida) is located in Florida
PICO Building (Sanford, Florida)
PICO Building (Sanford, Florida) is located in the United States
PICO Building (Sanford, Florida)
Location209 North Oak Ave
Sanford, Florida, United States
Coordinates28°48′42″N 81°16′3″W / 28.81167°N 81.26750°W / 28.81167; -81.26750
Built1886
Built byH. M. Papworth Construction Co.
ArchitectWilliam T. Cotter
Architectural styleRomanesque Revival, Moorish Revival
Part ofSanford Commercial District (ID76000606)
General information
Construction started1886
Completed1887
ClientHenry B. Plant of Plant Investment Co. (PLICO)

The PICO Building, also known as the PICO Hotel, is an historic 2-story redbrick building located at 209 North Oak Avenue, corner of West Commercial Street, in Sanford, Florida. Built during 1886–1887 for Henry B. Plant of Plant Investment Co. (PICO) to serve travelers arriving in Sanford on his railroad and steamship lines, it was designed by local architect William T. Cotter in the Romanesque Revival and Moorish Revival styles of architecture and built by the H. M. Papworth Construction Company. In 1906, the building was remodeled and sold to the Takach family, who had operated the restaurant for Plant by Bertha E. Takach and family, Hungarian immigrants.

According to the Orlando Sentinel on April 22, 1973, "Mrs. Takch, the owner (of an adjacent restaurant), had such good food... she got all the customers. So, in 1889, Mr. Plant, whose dining room was losing out, made a deal with Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Takach to take over their Pico Hotel." In fact, "they DID, in 1891...from that time, many called the Pico Hotel the Takach Hotel. It had gas lights, white table cloths, and the people who ate there were well dressed, as train travelers always were in that era."

"Their restaurant continued in the building for about 50 years. The building's original onion dome was destroyed in a 1950s storm. The building then went on to become an office building used primarily for law offices.[1][2][3][4][5]

In 1989, it was listed in A Guide to Florida's Historic Architecture prepared by the Florida Association of the American Institute of Architects and published by the University of Florida Press.[6]

The building is a contributing property in the Sanford Commercial District, which was added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 15, 1976.

References

  1. ↑ Gary Roberts, Revisiting a Grande Dame, Sanford Herald, August 24 2011Archived 2013-06-29 at archive.today accessed May 4, 2013
  2. ↑ Central Florida Memory: Pico Hotel accessed May 4, 2013
  3. ↑ Jim Robison, Pico, Welaka Buildings, Orlando Sentinel, January 29, 2006 accessed May 4, 2013
  4. ↑ Visual Ephemera, Pico Hotel in Downtown Sanford accessed May 4, 2013
  5. ↑ Loopnet, The PICO Building (Henry Plant Investment Company) accessed May 4, 2013
  6. ↑ A Guide to Florida's Historic Architecture, 1989, Gainesville: University of Florida Press, p. 89, ISBN 0-8130-0941-3
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