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; Lakeland, Florida;

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;

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; Fort Myers;

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; as well as in North and South Carolina; Georgia; Alabama; Spokane, Washington; and Billings, Montana. The company also constructed the

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(now the Sarasota Opera House), the original

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building (now the

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), and the

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(demolished in 1982). The company constructed M. Leo Elliott's First Bank and Trust Building (Sarasota) (1924) as well as its annex (1945). The building included steam heat "for every office", drinking fountains on each floor, and "the first passenger electric

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in Sarasota." It would have been the first skyscraper in Sarasota, but the

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stole its crown. The building was later owned by Palmer Bank which merged with

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in 1976 and then First Union in 1991. It was demolished by RISCORP to make way for a new building of condominiums, offices, retail and restaurants called

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. In Orlando the company built the

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(1923). It was built for R.E. Grabel and J.N. Wigfall between Concord Avenue and Colonial Drive. The hotel features on historic postcards, and was pictured on a mural. the building was demolished in 1990.

Construction projects

Palmer First National Bank Building Palmer may refer to: People and fictional characters * Palmer (pilgrim), a medieval European pilgrim to the Holy Land * Palmer (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters * Palmer (surname), including a list of people and f ...

(1924) *

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(1927), designed by J.E. Casale. * S.H. Kress Building (Charleston) (1931) * S. H. Kress and Co. Building (Sarasota, Florida) (1932)

References

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