A student and I went to sketch the Dr. Phillips House (135 N Lucerne Cir E, Orlando, FL 32801).
I had an argument with my former wife at this venue. I decided to sketch the backyard social gathering and when we were to go inside my wife told me she didn’t want me there. She disposed when I sketched events she considered important to her. I left as everyone moved inside to eat dinner so I never looked around inside.
My student and I sketched the front facade. The home with it’s Queen Ann Style architecture, was built in 1893, by Colonel Peleg Peckham. He presented it as a wedding present for his daughter. This house was purchased by Dr. Philip Phillips in 1912, a prominent figure in the citrus agricultural industry in Central Florida, where he resided until his death in 1959. In 1979 the house was added to the U.S. Register of Historic Places.
As we sketched a truck pulled up and supplied for a wedding reception were being loaded in through the front door. In the past the house was painted a cheerful yellow color, but it has since been painted a militaristic looking light blue.