The Sanford Herald Building
Erected - 1910
This two story building was built in 1910. It served the Sanford Herald, a newspaper that began publication in 1908, as offices and printing room. The architect and builder was W.G. Hammond.
The Sanford Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows (IOOF) was chartered on March 7, 1889. The lodge moved from Cypress Avenue to this building in 1933.
Construction is of rusticated concrete block and had the appearance of a small sixteenth century Florentine palazzo. The windows are plain with a cornice. A stringcourse separates the two floors. A flat roof with parapet covers the building. No significant changes have been made to the exterior.
Listed in the National Register of Historic Places - 1976
Marker is on South Magnolia Avenue north of East Second Street, on the right when traveling north.
Courtesy hmdb.org
