Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995. 6 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1953.
“The Cal Palmer Memorial Building is a historic site in Windermere, Florida. On November 29, 1995, it was added to the U.S.”
Wikipedia article Cal Palmer Memorial Building, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 56 National Register listings published here for Orange County · listed in 1995 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
The ground this property stands on, surveyed 26 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 47 fires within 5 miles of Cal Palmer Memorial Building between 1992 and 2017, burning about 592 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 8 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 | 18 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 September 1997 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 26 August 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | WENDY'S (O4) |
| 21 August 2000 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 8.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 6 July 1998 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 13 July 2004 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | SUMMERPORT KEY (4) |
| 12 July 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 6 June 2001 | Natural | 115 acres | Florida Forest Service | ROLF |
| 4 June 2000 | Natural | 125 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Windermere, the town this property stands in, in 15 storm reports between 1994 and 2022: 7 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning, 1 funnel cloud. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2010 | Lightning | Windermere | $400,000 | Lightning from a strong storm over Windermere struck a home and caused a fire which destroyed the home. Two firemen were treated for smoke inhalation while fighting the fire. |
| June 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Windermere | $10,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew trees down damaging cars in the Windermere area. Winds were reported near 60 mph in downtown Orlando. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Windermere | $3,000 | A trained spotter reported a tree was knocked down onto nearby fences in Windermere. |
| March 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Windermere | $1,000 | no account filed |
| September 2020 | Funnel Cloud | Windermere | - | Local broadcast media relayed a report and photograph of a well-defined funnel cloud over a lake in Windermere. The photograph hinted that the funnel cloud may have briefly formed into a waterspout on an inland lake, but this could not be confirmed. |
| March 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Windermere | - | WeatherBug mesonet site in Windermere recorded a peak gust of 67 mph as a severe thunderstorm passed by. |
| July 2012 | Hail | Windermere | - | Local media relayed a report of penny sized hail on Winding Lake Circle in Dr. Phillips. |
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Windermere | - | Many medium sized tree limbs downed as intense thunderstorm crossed the region. |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Windermere | - | Numerous trees were knocked down in southwest Orange County including one that fell on a garage. |
| March 2001 | Hail | Windermere | - | no account filed |
| September 2000 | Hail | Windermere | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Windermere | - | no account filed |
| April 1999 | Hail | Windermere | - | no account filed |
| February 1998 | Hail | Windermere | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Hail | Windermere | - | no account filed |
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Windermere Town Hall | under 500 feet | 1994 |
 | 1890 Windermere School | 0.1 miles | 2003 |
 | Palm Cottage Gardens | 2.8 miles | 2000 |
 | Ocoee Christian Church | 5.1 miles | 1997 |
 | Withers-Maguire House | 5.3 miles | 1987 |
 | Winter Garden Downtown Historic District | 5.8 miles | 1996 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 95001364 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Orange County | All 56 listed properties in this county. |
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