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city funds and a State of Florida grant. The downstairs rooms is available for rental and is suitable for smaller gatherings or to support an outside event. A modern catering kitchen is available. The upstairs rooms serve as a museum depicting early 1900s life in Ocoee. Current information regarding the City of Ocoee can be found
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and his family, whose house had recently burned. Like Withers, Maguire was very involved in citrus growing, and the family became prominent citizens in Ocoee. Maguire's son, Fred, was Ocoee's first mayor, and another son, Raymer, was the first city attorney. David Maguire died in 1913, but members of
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Made from pine cut and milled on this site, it is an example of Stick Victorian style architecture. One of the finest houses in west Orange County, it was one of the first to have concealed electrical wiring and closets. The city restored the house following its acquisition using a combination of
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his family continued to reside in the house until 1979. After a commercial venture to convert the home to offices was abandoned, the City of Ocoee acquired the house in 1984. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.
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The Town of Ocoee was created by an act of the State Legislature in 1923. The town was subsequently dissolved and the City of Ocoee was created by an act of the State legislature in 1925.
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U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Withers-Maguire House is located in Florida
Withers-Maguire House is located in the United States
Ocoee
Florida
28°34′15″N 81°32′38″W / 28.57083°N 81.54389°W / 28.57083; -81.54389
Stick/Eastlake
Frame Vernacular
87000579
historic house museum
Ocoee
Florida
U.S.
National Register of Historic Places
General William Temple Withers
David O. Maguire
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