Photographs © Copyright 1997, The Landes Image. Photograph of Homeland School interior courtesy of Steve Webber, The Ledger. Text, © Copyright 1997, Downtown Bartow, Inc.

In keeping with the historical theme of this map, the names shown are those of the original owners (where known) or users; most of the structures have changed ownership several times since they were built.

21 ... Benjamin Holland Residence 485 East Stanford Street One historic preservationist has called this the most architecturally significant house in Bartow. Built in 1895, it was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. Benjamin Holland's son, Spessard L. Holland, became Governor of Florida and a United States Senator. 22 ... Thomas Lee Wilson Residence 555 East Stanford Street This 2 1/2-story wood frame residence was built in 1908. The original owner's name is embossed in the carriage step in front of the house. The house was converted into a funeral parlor for the filming of "My Girl," starring Jamie Lee Curtis, Dan Aykroyd and McCauley Culkin, and has been featured in several television commercials. In 1995 it was opened to guests as The Stanford Inn, a bed and breakfast. 23 ... Apartment Houses 630 and 640 East Stanford Street These two apartment buildings were built around 1925. Both feature Mediterranean Revival styling, of which the picturesque roof tiles are typical. 24 ... First Christian Church 400 South Oak Avenue Built in 1925, this Mediterranean Revival style church replaced one which was built in 1896. 25 ... 540 South Jackson Avenue This two-story Frame Vernacular home, with its gable roof and clapboard exterior walls, was built around 1924. 26 ... 595 South Jackson Avenue This Frame Vernacular home was built around 1900, and is typical of turn-of-the-century construction. Such homes often were built by lay or self-taught builders. 27 ... 345 East Lemon Street Built around the turn of the century, this Frame Vernacular residence has a pressed metal shingle roof. 28 ... 665 South Wilson Avenue This two-story wood frame residence was built around 1910. Its Colonial Revival style was dominant in American architecture in the first half of the 20th Century. 29 ... 310 East Pearl Street This Mediterranean Revival style residence was built around 1925. The style is found most frequently in states which have a Spanish colonial heritage. 30 ... Conant Residence 1010 South Broadway Avenue This large two-story Colonial Revival style frame residence is across the street from a smaller residence which was the home of United States Sen. Spessard L. Holland. Senator Holland enjoyed telling friends that when people came to Bartow to visit him, they often went to this house by mistake, assuming it was one in which a Senator would live.

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