TBT: Downtown Winter Garden c. 1912

Have you ever wondered what the first buildings in downtown Winter Garden looked like?

By Amy Quesinberry Price
| 9:30 a.m. May 12, 2016

Some of the first buildings in downtown Winter Garden were occupied by Mr. A.B. Newton.

West Orange Times & Observer
Neighborhood

Hundreds of thousands of folks shop, eat and gather in downtown Winter Garden every year — but the Plant Street corridor wasn't always as crowded as it it nowadays.

A.B. Newton is the man who first brought life to the city at the turn of the 20th century. Newton Park, on Lake Apopka, is named for this early Winter Garden resident, who is affectionately known as "Mr. First" because he served as the city's first merchant, newspaper editor and mayor, among other things.

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