10 Story Broadstone Lake House Mixed-Use Building to Replace Fairchild Chapel in Ivanhoe Village if Land Sale Goes Through
According to Growthspotter, the 10-story 288-unit mixed-use Broadstone Lake House is coming to 301 NE Ivanhoe Blvd (MAP) facing Lake Ivanhoe with a possible 2018 construction start timeframe if the sale of the land goes through.
The 2.11 acre property currently houses the Fairchild Funeral Home and Crematory (Website), built in 1940.
The furneral home is topped with a neon sign which Orlando Weekly named of the top 27 historic landmarks that haven't been destroyed yet. It was named a landmark sign in 1996 by the City. Many of Orlando's old neon signs get saved and stored in the Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art's private neon collection started in the 1970s by Hugh McKean, the museum's original director.
The 2.11 acre property currently houses the Fairchild Funeral Home and Crematory (Website), built in 1940.
The furneral home is topped with a neon sign which Orlando Weekly named of the top 27 historic landmarks that haven't been destroyed yet. It was named a landmark sign in 1996 by the City. Many of Orlando's old neon signs get saved and stored in the Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art's private neon collection started in the 1970s by Hugh McKean, the museum's original director.
"Constructed in 1940, the Art Deco building was a modern and up-to-date funeral home offering ambulance service, a crematorium, and an on-site chapel. Fairchild Funeral Home, one of the oldest continually operating funeral businesses in Orlando, faced tough competition from Carey Hand Funeral Home, established in 1907. Fairchild capitalized on their modern facilities with heavy advertising and erecting a large roof top sign in the 1950s. Though slightly changed from the original design and orientation, the sign consists of a large metal frame and five-foot tall channel letters with plastic faces and neon tubing inside." -City of Orlando
