Arcade Building, building in Florida, United States
The Arcade Building is a commercial structure in Spanish Colonial Revival style constructed in 1926 in downtown Fort Pierce. The facade features characteristic arches, stucco walls, and decorative clay roof tiles, while its interior houses shops on the ground floor and office spaces on upper levels.
Built in 1926, the Arcade Building was the largest commercial building in Fort Pierce at the time. It served as retail and office space until the 1980s, when a fire damaged a third of the structure. On October 12, 2001, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The name Arcade refers to the building's covered passage of shops, a retail form that occupied the structure from its 1926 opening until the 1980s. Retail and office space shared the building, and after the 1980s fire left a third of it damaged, the building stood underused until its facade and interior were restored in 2002, a project tied to the wider redevelopment of downtown Fort Pierce.
The building is located in downtown Fort Pierce along U.S. Route 1 and is easily accessible on foot. Visitors should expect the site to be most active during daytime hours when shops and offices are open, and nearby parking may be limited.
The 1980s fire damaged about a third of the Arcade Building, leaving it underused for years. Its facade and interior were restored in 2002, a project treated as a priority in the redevelopment of downtown Fort Pierce. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 12, 2001.
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