Lakeland, Florida

==Culture==
The Lakeland History Room is a special collections archive established in 1987 housed within the [[Lakeland Public Library]]'s main branch. The Lakeland History Room maintains the City's collection of historical materials as well as other locally relevant collections composed of documents, photographs, maps, building plans, audio/visual media, scrapbooks, specialty items like citrus crate labels, artwork, yearbooks, posters, and postcards.<ref name="City of Lakeland">{{Cite web|title=Lakeland History Room|url=https://www.lakelandgov.net/departments/library/lakeland-history-room/|access-date=2021-11-29|website=City of Lakeland|language=en}}</ref> The LHR maintains a large digital collection with over 7,000 images of the city of Lakeland, its landmarks, significant historical moments, cultural institutions, and prominent citizens.<ref name="City of Lakeland" /> The LHR provides one-on-one assistance with historic research, a history lecture series with prominent local historians, a DIY Digitizing Lab for personal material preservation, and genealogical programs and resources.<ref name="City of Lakeland" />

In 2019, an initiative led by Lakeland City Commissioner Phillip Walker, was first presented to the City Commission to create the City's first History and Culture Center. The project was unanimously approved by the Commission and funds were allocated for the project's construction; although, the exhibit's content design would be funded by local donations and grant funding.<ref name="City of Lakeland-2">{{Cite web|title=Lakeland History & Culture Center|url=https://www.lakelandgov.net/departments/library/lakeland-history-culture-center/|access-date=2021-11-29|website=City of Lakeland|language=en}}</ref> An advisory committee made up of educators, city officials, local business owners, and civic and community leaders, led by former Mayor [[Gow Fields]], was established to organize and advise the City in the design, content, and construction of the exhibit.<ref name="City of Lakeland-2" /> The [[Lakeland Public Library]] was eventually chosen as the location of the future exhibit space due to its central location within the city, its status as a community hub, and because it was the current home of the city's local archive, the Lakeland History Room, which would be expanded into the Lakeland History and Culture Center. Construction on the project is currently underway and it is unknown when the project will be completed.{{citation needed|date=November 2021}}

===Historic districts===
[[File:Lakeland Munn Park Hist Dist01.jpg|thumb|right|Munn Park]]
* [[Beacon Hill-Alta Vista Residential District]]
* [[Biltmore-Cumberland Historic District]]
* [[Dixieland Historic District]]
* [[East Lake Morton Residential District]]
* [[Lake Hunter Terrace Historic District]]
* [[Munn Park Historic District]]
* [[South Lake Morton Historic District]]

===Buildings and locations===
[[File:CenterState Bank Building Century Plaza.JPG|thumb|right|[[Century Plaza, Lakeland, FL|Century Plaza]] in downtown Lakeland.]]
[[File:Lakeland Lake Mirror Promenade05.jpg|thumb|right|Frances Langford Promenade]]

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* [[Central Avenue School (Lakeland, Florida)|Central Avenue School]]
* [[Cleveland Court School]]
* [[Florida Southern College]]
* [[John F. Cox Grammar School]]
* [[Lakeland Center]]
* [[Lakeland Square Mall]]
* [[Lakeside Village (Lakeland)|Lakeside Village]]
* [[Old Lakeland High School]]
* [[State Road 570 (Florida)|James Henry Mills Medal of Honor Parkway]]
* [[Oates Building]]
* [[Polk State College]]
* [[Polk Museum of Art]]
* [[Polk Theatre and Office Building|Polk Theatre]]
* [[Southeastern University (Florida)]]
* [[USA International Speedway]]
* [[Florida Polytechnic University]]
* [[Winston School (Lakeland, Florida)|Winston School]]
* [[Without Walls Central Church]] – a local/regional [[megachurch]]
* [[Silvermoon Drive-in]]
* Bonnet Springs
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===Libraries===
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*[[Lakeland Public Library]]
*Larry R. Jackson Branch Library
*eLibrary South Lakeland
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