Scott Commercial Building

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

Scott Commercial Building
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
McCulloch Pavilion - Center For Architecture Sarasota (Restoration by Guy Peterson, Architect, FAIA)
Location	261 South Orange Avenue Sarasota, Florida
Coordinates	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 Joseph Farrell
Architectural style	Sarasota School of Architecture
MPS	Sarasota School of Architecture
NRHP reference No.	14001116[1]
Added to NRHP	June 7, 2016

History

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.^[2] 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.^[3] The building features a stucco exterior, large picture windows, and large extending concrete rafter beams.^[4]

In 2016, the building was restored by architect Guy Peterson and builder Michael Walker. It was rededicated as McCulloch Pavilion and now serves as the Center for Architecture Sarasota, a community-based architecture/cultural organization. On June 7, 2016, the building was added to the National Register of Historic Places.^[1][5]