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Lake Placid A. C. L. Railroad Depot, Old

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993. 6 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1952.

From the record

“The Old Lake Placid Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Depot, now the Historical Society Depot Museum of the Lake Placid Historical Society, is a historic Atlantic Coast Line Railroad depot in Lake Placid, Florida.”
Wikipedia article Lake Placid station (Florida), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 17 National Register listings published here for Highlands County · listed in 1993 · category: Building.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
Address. 19 Park Ave. W., Lake Placid, 33852
When was it listed? January 1993
Category. building
Census division. Lake Placid
Architectural style. vernacular architecture
National Register reference number. 92001733 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Then and now

1952 to 1988

The ground this property stands on, surveyed 36 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet covering Lake Placid A. C. L. Railroad Depot, Old, surveyed 1988

Topographic sheet covering Lake Placid A. C. L. Railroad Depot, Old, surveyed 1952

Fires near this property

511 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 511 fires within 5 miles of Lake Placid A. C. L. Railroad Depot, Old between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,673 acres in total. 53 started naturally. 92 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause	Fires
Railroad operations and maintenance	124
Arson/incendiarism	92
Debris and open burning	65
Equipment and vehicle use	54
Natural	53
Misuse of fire by a minor	35
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	28
Recreation and ceremony	22
Power generation/transmission/distribution	18
Smoking	17
Fireworks	3

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
7 September 1996	Misuse of fire by a minor	under an acre	Florida Forest Service	not named
21 September 2011	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Florida Forest Service	DASHER (28)
21 September 2010	Arson/incendiarism	4.0 acres	Florida Forest Service	(HI) HARVEY (499)
20 September 2006	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Florida Forest Service	956
20 September 1996	Railroad operations and maintenance	1.0 acres	Florida Forest Service	not named
18 September 2009	Railroad operations and maintenance	under an acre	Florida Forest Service	(HI) ANTHROP (0701)
17 September 2005	Debris and open burning	3.5 acres	Florida Forest Service	HI-HUMMER FIRE-1193
15 September 2007	Natural	2.0 acres	Florida Forest Service	(HI) DRUMMOND (1182)

Every fire recorded in Highlands County

Storms near this property

32 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lake Placid, the town this property stands in, in 32 storm reports between 1993 and 2024: 14 thunderstorm wind, 13 hail, 3 tornado, 1 wildfire. The reports record 1 injury. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

When	Event	Place named	Harm	What the report says
October 2024	Tornado (EF2)	Lake Placid	1 hurt, $500,000	Tornado estimated to have begun near the southeastern shore of\|Lake Clay before moving north-northwest across the lake and\|entering the Tropical Harbor Mobile Home community situated along\|the northern shore of the lake. Approximately 20 to 30 units\|suffered damage, primarily consisting of carports being peeled\|off or removed, along with various degrees of roof, carport and\|patio damage. A few units suffered partial wall collapses as a\|result of the roof being compromised, with 1 injury as a result\|when a woman sheltering inside her bedroom was injured by a\|collapsing exterior wall. One unit was found to have been\|displaced approximately one foot off its supports, along with its\|roof mostly removed and a few walls collapsed. A number of large\|limbs were felled in the community as well. The tornado continued\|to track north-northwest across unpopulated areas beyond the\|mobile home park, then across a solar farm, before likely\|dissipating near the southern shore of Lake Apthorpe. Maximum estimated winds were 130 mph.
May 2009	Lightning	Lake Placid	$187,000	A restaurant was completely destroyed by a lightning induced fire. The market value of the building was $132,000 while the contents were estimated at $65,000.
July 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Lake Placid	$100,000	Thunderstorm winds ripped off large segments of a dairy farm roof and damaged several smaller out buildings on Southwest Ruck's Dairy Road near State Road 70, six miles southeast of Lake Placid.
June 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Lake Placid	$50,000	The Highlands County Sheriffs Department reported that thunderstorm winds downed several large trees in and around Lake Placid.
September 2000	Tornado (F0)	Lake Placid	$25,000	A fast moving tornado, associated with an outer rainband of Hurricane Gordon, was observed to sporadically touch down by a Skywarn Spotter in Lake Placid. The tornado downed a few trees, toppled power lines and snapped several branches in Lake Placid before it continued to move north northwest over rural semi-wooded western Highlands county. The tornado was last observed at Highlands Hammock State Park where it touched down and destroyed a ranger outhouse before it receded and dissipated.
January 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Lake Placid	$20,000	A local newspaper reported damage to a few homes near H.L Bishop Park. One home had their lanai ripped off the home. Another resident had a few magnolia trees down in the yard while another had a tree fall through her bedroom window.
June 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Lake Placid	$10,000	The Highlands County Emergency Management reported that thunderstorm winds downed several large trees and damaged a fence near the intersection of Lake June Road and Grace Avenue near the south shore of Lake June.
April 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Lake Placid	$5,000	A large tree was uprooted in the Leisure Lake subdivision of Placid Lakes.
April 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Lake Placid	$5,000	The Highlands County Sheriffs office reported numerous downed power lines in Lake Placid.
April 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Lake Placid	$5,000	Thunderstorm winds downed several large trees and toppled a few sheds one quarter mile west of U.S. Highway 27 near the north shore of Lake June.
August 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Lake Placid	$5,000	Thunderstorm winds downed several large trees and branches in Sebring.
April 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Lake Placid	$2,000	A few trees and street signs were blown down along Lake June Road in Lake Placid.
June 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Lake Placid	$2,000	The Highlands County Emergency Management reported that thunderstorm winds uprooted a large tree onto a house which damaged a corner of its roof in Lake Placid.
July 1995	Tornado (F0)	Lake Placid	$2,000	A short-lived tornado caused minor damage to two homes in the Placid Lakes subdivision. Also, fences were blown down, shingles and screens were blown away, a storage shed was destroyed, and a mailbox was blown over by the tornadic winds.
May 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Lake Placid	$2,000	Thunderstorm winds damaged several pool and porch screen enclosures, at the Placid Lakes subdivision five miles southwest of Lake Placid. Also, solar panels were blown off a roof in the subdivision. In Lake Placid, two large trees at least two-feet in diameter were downed by thunderstorm winds.
September 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Lake Placid	$1,000	Highlands County 911 Call Center reported railroad crossing gates knocked down onto a road due to strong thunderstorm wind gusts.
April 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Lake Placid	$1,000	A large tree branch broke off and fell onto a mobile home near the intersection of Lagrow Road and Lake Clay Drive.
April 2015	Hail	Lake Placid	-	Pictures and video were received via social media of quarter to golf ball size hail falling in Lake Placid.
April 2015	Hail	Lake Placid	-	The Highlands County Emergency Manager relayed numerous reports of quarter size hail in downtown Lake Placid.
May 2009	Hail	Lake Placid	-	Penny size hail was reported in Lake Placid.
June 2008	Hail	Lake Placid	-	Penny to nickel size hail was reported near US Highway 27 in Placid Lakes.
June 2001	Hail	Lake Placid	-	Dime sized hail was reported by a Skywarn Spotter in the Leisure Lakes subdivision five miles northwest of Lake Placid.
April 2000	Wildfire	Lake Placid	-	Wildfires burned nearly 160 acres of brush and scrub trees in Lake Placid.
May 1999	Hail	Lake Placid	-	Dime sized hail was reported by the Florida highway patrol between U.S. Highway 27 and Lake June.
May 1999	Hail	Lake Placid	-	Nickel sized hail was reported by the Fire Department in Leisure Lakes along County Road 621.
August 1999	Hail	Lake Placid	-	Quarter to dime sized hail was reported near Lake Placid by the Highlands County Emergency Management and at the Archbald Biological Station along U.S. Highway 27 south of State Road 70.
April 1999	Hail	Lake Placid	-	Quarter sized hail fell in the Lake Blue Estates along U.S. Highway 27 in Lake Placid.
August 1998	Hail	Lake Placid	-	Golfball sized hail was reported in Lake Placid by the Highlands County Sheriffs Department.
February 1993	Thunderstorm Wind	Lake Placid	-	Dime-size hail fell. Thunderstorm winds gusted to 70 mph.
February 1993	Hail	Lake Placid	-	Dime-size hail fell. Thunderstorm winds gusted to 70 mph.
May 2005	Hail	Lake Placid	-	no account filed
May 1998	Hail	Lake Placid	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Highlands County

Maps showing this location

6 surveys

United States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the coordinate the National Park Service records for this property, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.

1952 USGS Lake Placid quadrangle1:24000 - 4 printings
1956 USGS Fort Pierce quadrangle1:250000 - 4 printings
1958 USGS Fort Pierce quadrangle1:250000
1959 USGS Fort Pierce quadrangle1:250000 - 3 printings
1978 USGS Arcadia quadrangle1:100000
1988 USGS Fort Pierce quadrangle1:250000

Listed places nearby

1 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Photograph	Property	Distance	Listed
	Highway Park Cemetery	2.1 miles	2020

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 92001733 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Highlands County	All 17 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.