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History · Celebration

Celebration’s history is
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The public archives hold no old photos of Celebration. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

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24recent photos

The story

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In the early 1990s, the Disney Development Company (DDC) established the Celebration Company to spearhead its development within about 4,900 acres (20 km2) of land in the southern portion of the Reedy Creek Improvement District. Total investment for the project is estimated at US$2.5 billion.

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Famous people close to Celebration

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Celebration, decade by decade

Before
2000
No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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Today24 photos
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National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Celebration is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Celebration has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Osceola County Courthouse in Kissimmee, 8.6 miles away.

Celebration and the nearest listed places

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Osceola County CourthouseKissimmee Historic DistrictOld Holy Redeemer Catholic ChurchFirst United Methodist ChurchMonument of StatesColonial Estate

Closest to Celebration

Osceola County CourthouseKissimmee · Built 18898.6miKissimmee Historic DistrictKissimmee · District8.6miOld Holy Redeemer Catholic ChurchKissimmee · Building8.8miFirst United Methodist ChurchKissimmee · Building8.9miMonument of StatesKissimmee · Object9mi

How a place gets listed

1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. Osceola County Courthouse’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Celebration?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Celebration’s story, or a memory of it.
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National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons

Then & now

When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.

Stories next door

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📜 Lake Buena Vista📜 Bay Lake📜 Kissimmee📜 Davenport

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