station, at 127 South Boyd Street. The
firehouse was built during the Great
Depression with funds secured by
Mayor George Walker from the Works
Progress Administration (WPA)
initiated under President Franklin
D. Roosevelt. In order to apply to the
WPA for funding, the mayor and fire
chief Hoyle Pounds needed to submit
plans and a rendering of the proposed
building. Franklin Cappleman, a
young college student at the time,
had just completed an architectural
drafting class at Georgia Tech and
was recruited to draw up the plans.
The building was constructed in
1938 according to his very amateur
drawings.
The Old Fire Station in Winter
Garden is a historic structure that
was previously used by the city’s
Recreation Department, later housed
various businesses (including Cindy
King’s Dance Studio), and now
preserves our heritage by living on
with new purpose as 127 SoBo Art
Gallery, home of the WGAA.
- 8 pm. The Gallery is open Tuesdays
through Saturdays from 10 am - 6 pm.
The Fifth Annual Fundraising Gala,
themed Splash of Masquerade, will
be held on Friday, Feburary 15 from
6:30 - 10 pm, with cocktails, auctions,
dinner, and music provided by Nova
Era. The event will once again be held
at the Winter Garden Pavilion and
It is the vision of the WGAA to be tickets, tables , and sponsorships are
an integral part of the community’s now available. Get yours today by
cultural and educational framework dropping a line to [email protected].
and to have a positive impact on the
City of Winter Garden. Monthly The Winter Garden Art Association
Exhibitions are free and open to the is located at 127 S. Boyd Street in
public, and Opening Receptions are Historic Downtown Winter Garden.
on the first Thursday of the month of They can be reached online at www.
an opening exhibition, from 5:30 pm wgart.org or by calling 407.347.7996.
Artists are invited to participate in
monthly exhibits which feature
a variety of subjects, media, and
styles. Themes are announced several
months prior to the exhibit deadlines.
To learn more about our past and
upcoming shows please visit www.
wgart.org/artists/call-to-artists/.
All of us here at Winter Garden
Magazine would like to congratulate
WGAA on an amazing five years of
promoting art and culture within our
community and for their continued
partnership to bring their artists to
our readers. Here’s to your first 5 and
to many, many more!
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