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“Before the Big Freeze"
22"X 28" original acrylic Painting Framed
Price $450 (Sold)
Signed Matted Prints available in 11x14 and 8x10
22"X 28" original acrylic Painting Framed
Price $450 (Sold)
Signed Matted Prints available in 11x14 and 8x10
“Before the Big Freeze” is the second painting in the “Vintage Florida” series. The original painting is a 22X28 acrylic on canvas. The citrus industry deserves much attention and the Christmas Freeze of 1983 changed the Florida landscape forever.
The painting depicts a thriving and famous citrus packing plant in the 1920’s. Bob White Historic Citrus Packing House District located at 5707 Lake Winona Road in DeLeon Springs, Florida in Volusia County. It contains 12 historic buildings and 3 structures. The packing house is in a state of abandoned decay and has not been operation since 1983. Theodore Strawn, a native of Illinois, settled in West Volusia County and started an orange packing operation in 1882. The packing house was closed down after a destructive freeze on Christmas 1983. That year, the orange trees were killed down to the stump, according to John Strawn, the grandson of Theodore Strawn, the site's founder.
The site was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993. The site, even in its dilapidated condition, is of significant historical importance, as it depicts the early development of the citrus industry in Florida. It has been on The Florida Trust for Historic Preservation's list of Florida's Eleven Most Endangered Historic Sites since 2007. It is listed as endangered by the Volusia County Historic Preservation Board.
The painting depicts a thriving and famous citrus packing plant in the 1920’s. Bob White Historic Citrus Packing House District located at 5707 Lake Winona Road in DeLeon Springs, Florida in Volusia County. It contains 12 historic buildings and 3 structures. The packing house is in a state of abandoned decay and has not been operation since 1983. Theodore Strawn, a native of Illinois, settled in West Volusia County and started an orange packing operation in 1882. The packing house was closed down after a destructive freeze on Christmas 1983. That year, the orange trees were killed down to the stump, according to John Strawn, the grandson of Theodore Strawn, the site's founder.
The site was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993. The site, even in its dilapidated condition, is of significant historical importance, as it depicts the early development of the citrus industry in Florida. It has been on The Florida Trust for Historic Preservation's list of Florida's Eleven Most Endangered Historic Sites since 2007. It is listed as endangered by the Volusia County Historic Preservation Board.
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Image credits and excerpts: AbandonedFl.com and Wikipedia.org
Image credits and excerpts: AbandonedFl.com and Wikipedia.org