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An Orlando Jewel: The Wells Built Museum of African American History and Culture

After I had received a general overview police protection, health care and other
of the history of the Orlando area in the services that were provided to white
Orange County Regional History Center, I citizens. This led him to build the South
wanted to delve a little deeper into the Street Casino and the hotel next door.Dr.
social history of the Orlando area, and Wells booked bands and other big name
the Wells Built Museum of African entertainers to perform at the South
American History and Culture was going to Street Casino. Many famous performers
give me a more in-depth look into that we know today played at South Street
Orlando's African American history.To Casino within the Chitlin Circuit. A few
this day this area west of I-4 is examples of these performers are:- Ray
primarily inhabited by African Americans Charles
and the difference in housing and - B.B. King
facilities between this area and the - Louis Armstrong
downtown area is quite notable. As a - Guitar Slim
matter of fact, the very name "Division - Bo DiddleyAfrican Americans came from
Street" points to a distinct historical all over the surrounding areas to Orlando
line of demarcation between black and to shop and take in performances of
white residential areas.The origins of popular musicians at the South Street
the Wells Built Museum date back to a Casino. After the performances at the
prominent local African physician by the casino, the artists checked in at the
name of Dr. William Monroe Wells who historic Wells' Built Hotel. In its
started building the Well's Built Hotel heyday, the Wells' Built provided lodging
in 1926 to provide lodging to African for clientele such as Pegleg Bates, Ella
Americans during an era of segregation Fitzgerald, Roy Campenella, Thurgood
when accommodations were not available to Marshall, and Jackie Robinson. The
them in other areas of Central entertainers and athletes who frequented
Florida.Next door to the Wells' Built was this establishment made it one of the
once the South Street Casino, a most popular venues for African Americans
performance hall, which featured in the South.Today the museum features
musicians that traveled the 'Chitlin over 6,000 square feet of display space.
Circuit' performing for audiences all It retains the original hotel facade, a
over the country. The hotel opened with guestroom featuring authentic furniture,
three storefronts on the first floor and beading and decorations of the 1930's,
hotel rooms on the second floor.Dr. and also bears an original interior wall
William Monroe Wells was one of Orlando's reflecting important architectural
first black physicians and came to the elements and designs unique to the
area in 1917. Born in Ft. Gaines, period. Exhibition material collected for
Georgia, in 1889, Dr. Wells completed his display include: official hotel
medical training at Meharry Medical documents, an original Negro League
College. During part of WWII, Dr. William baseball jersey, photographs, artifacts,
Monroe Wells was the only African books, multi-media exhibits, slave
American physician in Orlando.During records and other items of historic
segregation, white physicians did not significance.Dr. Well's home has been
treat African American patients. African moved to the site of the Casino and will
American doctors, therefore, earned their be restored and opened to the public. The
money from people of their own race. He Well's Built Museum of African American
worked very hard to serve the growing Culture and History is located just west
African American population in Orlando. of I-4 near Church Street at 511 West
With the help of his assistant, Mrs. South Street, Orlando 32801, tel. (407)
Josie Belle Jackson, Dr. Wells is known 245-7535.Susanne Pacher is the publisher
to have delivered over 5,000 babies in of a website called Travel and
Orlando.He treated patients who suffered Transitions ( Travel and Transitions
from pneumonia, influenza, scarlet fever deals with unconventional travel and is
and other serious illnesses before drugs chock full of advice, tips, real life
like penicillin were introduced. Many of travel experiences, interviews with
Dr. Wells' patients were extremely poor. travellers and travel experts, insights
He treated their illnesses though they and reflections, cross-cultural issues,
many times could not afford to pay his contests and many other features. You
fee. This allowed them to speak will also find stories about life and the
forcefully against poor conditions that transitions that we face as we go through
existed in the African American community our own personal life-long
without fear of losing their journeys.Submit your own travel stories
livelihood.Although African Americans in our first travel story contest ( and
were taxpayers like other residents of have a chance to win an amazing adventure
Orlando, they did not have access to cruise on the Amazon River."Life is a
recreational facilities, good schools, Journey Explore New Horizons".




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