Masonic Temple - Bartow, Florida

320 South Florida Avenue

Alley Murals - Bartow, Florida

A sampling of some mural art in some alleys in Bartow seen during a recent bike trip.  There were others but these are all that I photographed.

Record Building - Bartow, Florida

245 Central Avenue

Old Polk County Courthouse - Bartow, Florida

100 East Main Street - Built in 1909 and designed by EC Hosford.  Some new pictures of courthouse.  Polk County is celebrating its 150th birthday so during a visit to the museum last weekend I snapped a couple of pictures inside the building.

Imperial Polk County emblem.

Courtroom

Courtroom ceiling

Rotunda ceiling

Rotunda wall and ceiling

Second floor rotunda

Rotunda, second floor looking down to first

Beautiful mosaic tile rotunda floor.

Railing

Mosaic tile floor outside the front entrance.

Old Polk County Courthouse - Bartow, Florida

100 East Main Street - Home of the Polk County Historical Museum.

Doctor's Office - Bartow, Florida

795 Broadway - Great block wall.

Wilson Drug - Bartow, Florida

905 East Main Street - Great mortar & pestle sign.

Commercial - Bartow, Florida

1135 Spessard Holland Parkway (US17) - A nice little streamline building.  I especially love the little tower like thing that I assume is a chimney or vent of some kind.

Thompson & Company Cigar Factory - Bartow, Florida

255 North Third Street - This factory from 1925 was designed by William H. Odell and William L. Seward.

In need of a facelift, everything seems to be sagging.