Street scene - Wildwood, Florida

Title

• Street scene - Wildwood, Florida

Image Number

• N046212

Year

• 1879

Series Title

• General: General collection

General Note

• North side of Oxford Street, west of US 301 (Main Street which runs between 4th and 5th buildings)



General Note

• First building : Freight depot and livery stable. On porch are Colonel Isaac Ebernezer Barwick, city founder. Barwick owned livery store, hotel, and mercantile store. Also on porch is George A. Curry, owner of cotton gin, sawmill, and mercantile store.



General Note

• Second building : Dr. Edward B. Fleece's office (he's standing in doorway)



General Note

• Third building : Colonel Barwick's sister, Miss Julia E. operated a millinery shop in the front. Warehouse in back, owned by Colonel Barwick and sister. Captain Wiley A. Barwick their father in doorway. Julia E. next.



General Note

• Fourth building : The Wildwood Inn, built by Colonel Barwick and owned by him until 1909.



General Note

• Entire block destroyed by 1889 fire except The Wildwood Inn.

Physical Description

• 1 photonegative - b&w - 4 x 5 in.

Subject Term

• Medical offices--Florida--Wildwood
• Commercial buildings--Florida--Wildwood
• Streets--Florida--Wildwood
• Millinery
• Stables--Florida--Wildwood
• Hotels--Florida--Wildwood
• Warehouses--Florida--Wildwood

Geographic Term

• Wildwood (Fla.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
• Oxford Street (Wildwood, Fla.)--Buildings, structures, etc.

Personal Subject

• Curry, George A.
• Barwick, Wiley A.
• Fleece, Edward B.
• Barwick, Isaac Ebenezer, 1848-1924.
• Barwick, Julia E.

Subject Corporate

• Dr. Edward B. Fleece (Physcians)
• Wildwood Inn (Wildwood, Fla.)

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