Withers Maguire House (restored)
16 East Oakland Avenue
Ocoee, FL 34761

The home was built in 1888 by General William T. Withers. His widow, Martha, sold the house to David Maguire in 1910. The House was purchased by the City of Ocoee Florida in 1983 and placed on the National Registry of Historic Buildings in America in 1987. It has been restored through grants from the State of Florida and is open to the public every Saturday and Sunday from 2:00pm to 4:00pm. Click on photo or here for a map to the museum on Oakland Avenue. Click here to see how the house appeared 100 years ago and for more historical information about this central Florida house from the City of Ocoee Florida web site.

Annual Ocoee Founders’ Day Festival

Step back in time. Return to the Age of Victoria. Visit downtown Ocoee during the Annual Ocoee Founders’ Day Festival in October. Stroll or drive through the area with its turn of the century homes bordering brick streets and relive those early days. This area stretches from State Road 50 on the South to Silver Star Road on the North, West to Bowness Road and East to Starke Lake.

Two unique buildings will be open during the festival: the Withers-Maguire House & Museum and the Ocoee Christian Church. They are both listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Just climbing the front steps of this lovely old Victorian structure onto its expansive veranda will take you back in time. Then upon entering its foyer you will take another step back into the leisurely pace of life in old Florida. The fireplace mantles and the woodwork throughout are of "burl" wood and "heart of pine."

The probable Etymology of the place name "Ocoee"

In Eastern Cherokee: The place name Uwaga’hi (commonly written Ocoee) means "Apricot place," from uwa’ga, the "apricot vines," or "maypop," (Passiflora incarnata), and hi, locative. When the first Europeans to arrive tried to pronounce the word it came out "ocoee". The Maypop or Passion Flower is a beautiful flowering vine, native to the south eastern United States, is also known as "wild apricot" and is the Tennessee State Wildflower. Passion Flower is the larval plant for Zebra longwing, Julia and Gulf fritillary butterflies.

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