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Scott Commercial Building

Scott Commercial Building
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Scott Commercial Building is located in Florida
Scott Commercial Building
Location 261 South Orange Avenue
Sarasota, Florida
Coordinates 27°20′02″N 82°32′18″W / 27.3340°N 82.5383°W / 27.3340; -82.5383Coordinates: 27°20′02″N 82°32′18″W / 27.3340°N 82.5383°W / 27.3340; -82.5383
Area Less than one-acre
Built 1960 (1960)
Built by W. Ray Mathis
Architect William Rupp
Architectural style Sarasota School of Architecture
MPS Sarasota School of Architecture
NRHP reference # 14001116
Added to NRHP June 7, 2016

The Scott Commercial Building is a historic building located in Sarasota, Florida at 261 South Orange Avenue.

In 1959, Clarence Scott commissioned William Rupp and Joseph Farrell to design a commercial building that would serve as a showroom for the Barkus Furniture Company. Rupp and Farrell designed the building the following year. The building displays the characteristics of the Sarasota School of Architecture in planning and design, which was a prominent design in Central Florida. The building features a stucco exterior, large picture windows, and large extending concrete rafter beams.


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