Orlando Landmarks Guide

Orlando's local landmark list holds 51 entries, from buildings and signs to Tinker Field and the Mizell Cemetery, and 12 of those 51 also carry National Register of Historic Places listing.

The Orlando list runs from the Old Orlando Railroad Depot and the Atlantic Coastline Station to the Beacham Theatre, the Kress Building, the Jack Kerouac House, Tinker Field, the Wells' Built Hotel, the Dr. William Monroe Wells House and the Marsh House inside Lake Eola Park (City of Orlando landmark list). For questions about any Orlando landmark, the city lists 407.246.3350.

The Historic Preservation Board reviews nominations for new Orlando landmarks and judges significance in history, architecture, archaeology, engineering or culture. For major or minor changes to a historic property, the board offers guidance on getting a Certificate of Appropriateness and the necessary permits, to protect the city's six historic preservation overlay districts and its landmarks (City of Orlando Historic Preservation). The Orlando history guide in the history section lists the six districts and the years they were added.

Lake Eola Park, at 512 East Washington Street downtown, is open 6 a.m. to 11:59 p.m. daily and offers swan boats, a 0.9-mile path, a center fountain and the Walt Disney Amphitheater.

Swan boat rentals at Lake Eola run Tuesday to Sunday, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., and are closed on Mondays; the park line is 407.246.4484 (City of Orlando, Lake Eola Park). The amphitheater hosts concerts, movies and plays, and the Orlando Farmers Market sets up in the park on Sundays.

Swans first came to Lake Eola in 1922, moved from Lake Lucerne, and the lake had been official Orlando parkland since 1888 (Lake Eola history). Mayor E. Frank Sperry gave the park the octagonal Sperry Fountain and its land in 1914. The tiered fountain in the middle of the lake was built in 1957, renamed the Linton E. Allen Memorial Fountain in 1966 and refurbished in 2011.

The Lake Eola Master Plan page on the Orlando city site shows a last update of March 31, 2021 (City of Orlando master plan page). The park page calls the center fountain the Linton E. Allen Centennial Fountain, while the history page says it was first named the Centennial Fountain and renamed the Linton E. Allen Memorial Fountain in 1966. The Lake Eola Park guide in this section covers the park in more detail.

Loch Haven Cultural Park, 45 acres at 777 E Princeton Street in Orlando, holds the Orlando Science Center, Orlando Museum of Art, Mennello Museum of American Art, Orlando Fire Museum, Orlando Shakespeare Theater and Orlando Family Stage.

The Orlando park sits between Lake Estelle, Lake Rowena and Lake Formosa at North Mills Avenue and Princeton Street, is open 6 a.m. to 11 p.m., and is also home to Orlando Ballet and the Orlando International Fringe Theatre Festival (City of Orlando, Loch Haven Park).

Orlando Science Center is open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and closed on Wednesdays except during OCPS breaks (Orlando Science Center). General admission for adults is $29 online or $32 at the door, and youth ages 2 to 12 pay $22 online or $25 onsite. The Orlando Science Center garage at 782 Princeton Street charges $4 an hour, and guests enter by the Love Bridge on level 2.

The Loch Haven Park guide and the Orlando Science Center guide in this section cover each museum's hours, prices and parking in Loch Haven.

Leu Gardens in Orlando charges $15 for adults and $10 for children 4 to 17 and is open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily through November 18, 2026, then 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. until January 3, 2027.

Members, children under 4 and active-duty military enter Leu Gardens free, last entry is one hour before closing, and the posted free days are November 2 and December 7, 2026 and January 4, 2027 (Leu Gardens admission and hours). As of October 15, 2026, the Historic Leu House Museum is temporarily closed, and the gardens close early at 4 p.m. on Saturday, October 17, 2026, with last admission at 3 p.m.

The Harry P. Leu House and Mizell Cemetery are on the City of Orlando landmark list (City of Orlando landmarks). The Harry P. Leu Gardens guide in this section covers directions, parking and the garden collections.

Downtown Orlando's historic landmarks include the 1889 Church Street Station depot, listed by the city as the Old Orlando Railroad Depot, and the 1927 Orange County courthouse, now the site of the Orange County Regional History Center.

Church Street Station began as the Old Orlando Railroad Depot, a brick building put up in 1889 for the South Florida Railroad at 4 Depot Place and West Church Street (UCF RICHES). After passenger trains moved in 1926 to a new station one mile south, the old Orlando depot found a second life in 1974 as Rosie O'Grady's, an entertainment hall that faded in the 1990s until it closed in 2001 (Orange County timeline).

The fourth Orange County courthouse, built in 1892 of red brick in the Gothic Revival style with a bell tower, stood on East Central Boulevard at the current site of Heritage Park, in front of the Orange County Regional History Center, and was demolished in 1957; a new courthouse built in 1927 is the current site of the History Center (Orange County). The Church Street Station Historic District guide and the Orange County Regional History Center guide cover both, and the Dr. Phillips Center guide in this section covers that performing arts center.

Outside downtown Orlando, ICON Park on International Drive and the museums of the City of Winter Park each have their own guide in this section.

ICON Park is a 20-acre complex at 8375 International Drive with no gated entrance, free admission and free parking on floors 4 through 7 of its garage; rides on The Orlando Eye there last 20 minutes (ICON Park). The City of Winter Park lists the Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art at 445 North Park Avenue (407-645-5311) and the Rollins Museum of Art at 1000 Holt Avenue (407-646-2526) (City of Winter Park).