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Hello From Orlando: a jewel of Orlando, Wells Built Museum of African American History and Culture
After I had received an overview of the history of the Orlando area in Orange County Regional History Center, I wanted to delve a little more about the social history of the Orlando area, and wells built Museum of African American History and Culture was going to give me a further insight into the history of Orlando African Americans.
To this day this area west of I-4, inhabited mainly by African-Americans and the difference in housing and facilities between this area and the central area is quite remarkable. As a matter in fact, the very name "Division Street" points to a distinct line of demarcation existed between black and white residential areas.
The origins of wells constructed Museum date back to a prominent local African physician by the name of Dr. William Monroe Wells who started the construction of the Hotel Built Well in 1926 to provide lodging to African Americans during a time of segregation when accommodations were not available to them in other areas of Central Florida.
Beside the Wells 'Built was the South Street Casino, a dance performance, which featured musicians who traveled the' Chitlin Circuit 'to hold hearings around the country. The hotel opened with three storefronts on the first floor of the hotel and the rooms on the second floor.
Dr. William Monroe Wells was Orlando one of the first black physicians and came to the region in 1917. Sunrise in Ft. Gaines, Georgia, 1889, Dr. Wells completed his medical training at Meharry Medical College. During part of World War II, Dr. William Monroe Wells was the only African American doctor in Orlando.
During segregation, physicians whites did not treat African American patients. African American doctors, therefore, earned his money from people of their own race. He worked very hard to meet the growing African American population in Orlando. With the help of his assistant, Mrs. Josie Belle Jackson, Dr. Wells is known to have delivered over 5,000 babies in Orlando.
He treated patients who suffered from pneumonia, influenza, scarlet fever and other serious illnesses before drugs like penicillin were introduced. Many of the patients of Dr. Wells were extremely poor. He treated their illnesses though often had no money to pay their fees. This allowed them to speak forcefully against poor conditions that existed in the African American community without fear of losing their livelihoods.
Although African Americans were taxpayers like other residents of Orlando, not have access to recreation, good schools, police protection, health and other services that were provided to white citizens. This led him to build the South Street Casino and the adjacent hotel.
Dr. Wells booked bands and other big name artists to perform at the South Street Casino. Many of the most famous names we know today, played at South Street Casino in Chitlin Circuit. Some examples of these artists are:
- Ray Charles
- BB King
- Louis Armstrong
- Guitar Slim
- Bo Diddley
African Americans came from all surrounding areas to Orlando to shop and take in performances of popular musicians in the South Street Casino. After shows in the casino, the artists checked in at the hotel, built in historic Wells. "In its heyday, the Wells' Built provided lodging for clientele such as Pegleg Bates, Ella Fitzgerald, Roy Campenella, Thurgood Marshall, and Jackie Robinson. The artists and athletes who frequented this establishment has become one of the most popular African Americans in the south.
Today, the museum has more than 6,000 square meters of exhibition space. It retains the original hotel facade, a quarter of guests authentic furniture, beading and decorations of the 1930s, and also has an original interior wall reflecting important architectural elements and unique designs for the period. Exhibition material collected for display include: official documents of the hotel, an original Negro League baseball jersey, photographs, objects, books, multi-media exhibits, slave records and other items of historical importance.
Well Dr. house was transferred to the site of the Casino and will be restored and open to the public. The museum's well built African American Culture and History is located west of I-4 near Church Street in the West 511 South Street, Orlando 32801, tel. (407) 245-7535.
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