Editing Oviedo, Florida (section)

===Historic downtown===
Most of the buildings in the downtown historic area were constructed during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The [[Nelson and Company Historic District]], the [[R.W. Estes Celery Company Precooler Historic District]], the [[First Methodist Church of Oviedo]], and several houses in Oviedo are listed in the National Register of Historic Places.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nps.gov/nr/listings/20010928.htm |title=NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Listings September 28, 2001 |publisher=Department of Interior |date=2001-09-28 |access-date=2015-10-15}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nps.gov/nr/listings/20070727.HTM |title=NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Listings July 27, 2007 |publisher=Department of Interior |date=2007-07-27 |access-date=2015-10-15}}</ref> The nearby [[Oviedo Mall]] featured murals of historic areas along with pictures of early European and African-American settlers in the area until renovations in 2022.

[[Florida State Road 434|State Road 434]], which cuts through downtown Oviedo, is currently being widened and several buildings have been demolished. The Oviedo Preservation Project<ref>{{cite web|url=http://oviedotraditions.org|title=The Oviedo Preservation Project}}</ref> has been tasked with photographing and documenting the buildings for posterity.

An African-American Oviedo pioneer named Mathew Powell established the Antioch Missionary Baptist Church in April 1875.