Frederick H. Trimble

Buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places include: Frederick Homer Trimble was born on June 2, 1878, and died August 13, 1934.

[2][3] Frederick Homer Trimble graduated from Morningside College in Sioux City, Iowa, and was appointed by the Methodist Church to serve as the first industrial missionary to Fuzhou, China in 1905, putting to use his schooling in architecture and civil engineering.

[9] Trimble's was one of only ten architectural firms listed in the Orlando phone directory in 1926, the others being: Frank L. Bodine, Fred E. Field, David Hyer, Murry S. King, George E. Krug, Howard M. Reynolds, Ryan and Roberts (Ida Annah Ryan and Isabel Roberts) and Percy P. Turner.

This group of architects was quite intentional about creating a style of architecture in Central Florida suited to the region.

Here is how they described it in an article from The Florida Circle of May 1924: "Just as architects of old created styles to harmonize with their environment, so have the architects of Florida been creating, from native motifs, a style that is carefully adapted to the climatic conditions and surroundings of the state.