Orlando City, Orange County, Florida (FL) 32801

Orlando City

Orange County, Florida

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Orlando City Hall is located at 400 South Orange Avenue, Orlando, FL 32801.
Phone: 407‑246‑2121.


Huttig Estate

Orlando as Described in 1939 [1]

Orlando, in east central Florida, is the seat of Orange County and the State's largest inland city. It is in the ridge section on a watershed from which the St. Johns River flows north and the Kissimmee flows south. Orange County's thousand lakes, many of them spring fed, temper the climate throughout the year. Lake shores in the city are extensively developed to the water's edge. Along their encircling boulevards, landscaped parkways are shaded by live oaks, camphor trees, and a profusion of native and imported palms. Gardens are gay with subtropical shrubs, citrus trees, and winter-blooming flowers. In contrast are the dull red of brick-paved streets and the sparkling blue of lakes against this background of evergreen foliage. In less than half a century Orlando has grown from a trading post on a cow range to a city resembling a great cultivated park.

Neighborhoods

  • Lake Adair-Lake Concord Historic District
  • Acorn Village
  • Acorn Village Estates
  • Acropolis Condo
  • Adair
  • Adair Park
  • Adirondack Heights
  • Agnes Heights
  • Alafaya Woods
  • Alandale
  • Albert Lee Ridge
  • Albert Shores
  • Alhambra Club
  • Alhambra Courts
  • Alhambra Village
  • Alliance Condo
  • Almond Tree Estates
  • Alpine Heights
  • Altaloma
  • Altaloma Heights
  • Altamura
  • Ambassador House
  • Amelia Grove
  • Amelia Place Condos
  • American Heritage Estates
  • Anderson Heights
  • Anderson Park
  • Anderson Place
  • Anderson Terrace
  • Anderson Village
  • Andover Cay
  • Andover Lakes
  • Andover Point
  • Andrew Place
  • Annandale Park
  • Arbor Club
  • Arbor Pointe
  • Arbor Ridge North
  • Arbor Ridge West
  • Arbor Woods
  • Arcadia Acres
  • Arcadia Terrace
  • Arden Vista
  • Ardmore Homes
  • Ardmore Manor
  • Ardmore Park
  • Ardmore Terrace
  • Ardsley Manor
  • Arlington Bay
  • Arlington Heights
  • Arlington Terrace
  • Armstrong Acres
  • Asbury Park
  • Ashley Court
  • Atherton Park
  • Atkins Place Condos
  • Atriums at Silver Pines
  • Audubon Park
  • Audubon Place
  • Audubon Villas at Hunters Creek
  • Autry Depot
  • Autumn Green Village
  • Autumn Pines
  • Autumn Run
  • Autumnwood at Cypress Springs
  • Avalon at Turtle Creek
  • Avalon Lakes
  • Avalon Park
  • Avalon Park Northwest Village
  • Avalon Park South
  • Aventura Estates
  • Avon Heights
  • Avondale
  • Avondale Park
  • Avonwood
  • Azalea Cove
  • Azalea Homes
  • Azalea Park
  • Azalea Woods
  • Azur at Metrowest
  • Bacchus Gardens
  • Bailey Heights
  • Baldwin Park
  • Barbara Terrace
  • Barclay Place
  • Barnes
  • Bass Lake Manor
  • Bay Club
  • Bay Cove Estates
  • Bay Hill
  • Bay Hill Cove
  • Bay Hill Village North
  • Bay Hill Village West
  • Bay Lake Estates
  • Bay Park
  • Bay Point
  • Bay Run
  • Bay Run Gardens
  • Bay View Reserve
  • Bay Vista Estates
  • Bayberry Village
  • Beacon Hill
  • Beacon Park
  • Bel Air
  • Bel Air Hills
  • Bel Air Manor
  • Bel Air Shores
  • Bel Aire Woods
  • Bella Terra Condo
  • Bella Vista at Tivoli Woods
  • Bellanona
  • Bellanona Grande Estates
  • Belle Isle
  • Belle Isle West
  • Belle Vista On Lake Conway
  • Bellevue Addition
  • Belmont at Park Central
  • Belmont Estates
  • Belton Logs Sub
  • Benedicts
  • Bentley Park
  • Bentwood
  • Bermuda Dunes
  • Bethaway
  • Bethea Ebsen Condo
  • Betty Jo
  • Beuchler
  • Beverly Shores
  • Big Sand Lake
  • Biltmore Shores
  • Bithlo
  • Bithlo Ranches
  • Bladwin Park
  • Blissfield Homes
  • Blossom Park Condo
  • Blue Heron Beach
  • Blue Ridge Acres
  • Boggy Creek
  • Bonaventure
  • Boneville Pines
  • Bonita Park
  • Bonneville
  • Bonneville Pines
  • Bonnie Brae
  • Bourne Hills
  • Bowser
  • Bradford Cove
  • Brandy Harbor
  • Breckenridge
  • Breckenridge Estates
  • Breezewood
  • Brentwood
  • Brewer Court
  • Briar Bay
  • Briarcliff
  • Briarwood
  • Bridge Creek
  • Bridge Water
  • Brighton Woods
  • Bristol Estates at Timber Springs
  • Bristol Park
  • Broadway Marquee Condo
  • Brookhaven
  • Brookshire
  • Brosche
  • Brosser
  • Browns Addition
  • Bryans Crossing
  • Bryn Mawr
  • Bryn Mawr
  • Bryn Mawr South
  • Buck Crossing
  • Buckeye Court
  • Buckhead
  • Buckingham at Lakeville Oaks
  • Buckwood
  • Buena Vista
  • Bumby Heights
  • Bungalow Park
  • Bunker Hill
  • Callahan
  • Cambridge Circle
  • Camellia Gardens
  • Camelot By The Lake
  • Camelot Mariners Village
  • Campus View
  • Canal Addition
  • Candlewyck East
  • Candlewyck Village
  • Canyon Ridge
  • Cape Orlando Estates
  • Capri at Hunters Creek Condos
  • Cardinal Park
  • Carmel Oaks
  • Carmel Park
  • Caroline Estates
  • Carriage Homes at Southampton Condo
  • Carriage Homes at Stonebridge Commons
  • Carter Glen
  • Casa Eola Condo
  • Cascade Oaks
  • Castle Place
  • Catalina Isle Condo
  • Catalina Isles Condo
  • Catalina Park
  • Cedar Bend at Meadow Woods
  • Cedar Village
  • Central Park Condo
  • Central Park On Lee Vista Condo
  • Central Place Condo
  • Centre Court Condo
  • Chancellors Row
  • Charles Towne at Park Central Condo
  • Charlin Park
  • Chartres Gardens
  • Chateau De Ville Condo
  • Chatham Place at Arbor Meadows
  • Chelsea Parc
  • Cheltenham
  • Cheney Heights
  • Cheney Highlands
  • Cherokee Place
  • Chickasaw
  • Chickasaw Forest
  • Chickasaw Oaks
  • Chickasaw Pines
  • Chickasaw Place
  • Chickasaw Ranch Estates
  • Chickasaw Ridge
  • Chickasaw Trails
  • Chickasaw Woods
  • China Glass Warehouse Lofts
  • Cinnamon Bay Club
  • Citrus Chase
  • Citrus Cove
  • Citrus Heights
  • Citrus Square
  • Clarcona
  • Clarcona Estates
  • Clarcona Heights
  • Clarcona Ridge
  • Clarion Oaks
  • Clarion Village
  • Clear Lake Cove
  • Clear Lake Gardens
  • Clear Lake Homes
  • Clear Lake Shores
  • Clear Lake Views
  • Clearview Heights
  • Clemwood Estates
  • Clover Heights
  • Clovercrest Village
  • Cloverdale
  • Cloverlawn
  • Club at Orlando Condo
  • Club Courts at Meadow Woods
  • Club Villas at Wimbledon Park
  • Clubhouse Estates
  • Clubside Pointe
  • Coach Homes at Dover Village
  • Coach Homes at Mariners Village
  • Coach Homes at Mariners Vlg Condo
  • Coco Plum Villas Condo
  • Coconut Grove
  • College Court
  • College Heights
  • College Park
  • College Park Arms
  • College Park Country Club
  • College Park Pointe
  • Colonial Acres
  • Colonial Gardens
  • Colonial Grove Estates
  • Colonial Hills
  • Colonial Hills
  • Colonial Lakes
  • Colonial Landings Condo
  • Colonial Manor
  • Colonial Park
  • Colonial South Historic District
  • Colonial Town
  • Colonial Town
  • Colonial Town North
  • Colonial Town South
  • Colonial Woods
  • Colony Cove
  • Columbia Terrace
  • Commerce Heights
  • Commodore Place
  • Como Manor
  • Concord Park
  • Concord Park Add
  • Condel Gardens
  • Conrad Lorna
  • Conrad Place
  • Conroy Club
  • Conway
  • Conway Acres
  • Conway East
  • Conway Estates
  • Conway Forest Condo
  • Conway Groves
  • Conway Hills
  • Conway Homesites
  • Conway Isles
  • Conway Lakes
  • Conway Landings
  • Conway Manor
  • Conway Oaks
  • Conway Park
  • Conway Place
  • Conway Point
  • Conway Shores
  • Conway Terrace
  • Conway Village
  • Copeland
  • Copeland Oaks
  • Copeland Park
  • Copley Square
  • Coquine Court
  • Corner Lake
  • Corrine Terrace
  • Cottage Hill
  • Country Chase
  • Country Club Estates
  • Country Club Heights
  • Country Club Townhouse Estates
  • Country Club Villas
  • Country Estates
  • Country Grove
  • Country Run
  • Countryplace
  • Countryside
  • Countrywalk
  • Courtleigh Park
  • Courtney Landing Condo
  • Courtyards of College Park Condos
  • Cove at Lake Mira
  • Cranes Point
  • Creek Water
  • Creekside Villas at Meadow Woods
  • Crescent Heights
  • Crescent Hill
  • Crescent Park
  • Crescent Pines
  • Crest at Waterford Lakes Condo
  • Crestview Condo
  • Crestwood Estates
  • Crocker Heights
  • Crossings at Conway Condo
  • Crossings at Conway Condo
  • Crowntree Lakes
  • Crystal Cove
  • Crystal Creek
  • Crystal Glen
  • Crystal Lake Park
  • Crystal Lake Terrace
  • Culver Woods
  • Curry Ford Road East
  • Curry Ford Woods
  • Cypress Bend
  • Cypress Chase
  • Cypress Creek Golf Townhomes
  • Cypress Creek Village
  • Cypress Fairway Condo
  • Cypress Isle
  • Cypress Lakes
  • Cypress Landing
  • Cypress Meadows
  • Cypress Park
  • Cypress Point
  • Cypress Shores
  • Cypress Springs
  • Cypress Street Townhomes
  • Cypress Woods
  • Daetwyler Shores
  • Dahlia Village
  • Dahlia Vlg Condo
  • Darrells
  • Davets
  • Davis Jj Add
  • Day Point
  • Deaco
  • Dean Acres
  • Dean Chase
  • Dean Cove
  • Dean Oaks
  • Dean Point
  • Dean Woods Reserve
  • Deans Landing at Sheffield Forest
  • Deans Reserve
  • Deer Creek Village
  • Deer Run South
  • Deerfield
  • Deerwood
  • Delamere Park
  • Delaney Addition
  • Delaney Highlands
  • Delaney Park
  • Delaney Place Condo
  • Delaney Terrace
  • Demetree Park
  • Denault Estates
  • Devonwood
  • Diamond Cove
  • Discovery Palms
  • Dixie Highlands
  • Dockside Condo
  • Dormont
  • Dover Circle
  • Dover Cove
  • Dover Estates
  • Dover Green Condo
  • Dover Heights
  • Dover Manor
  • Dover Mnr
  • Dover Shores
  • Dover Shores East
  • Dover Terrace
  • Dover Village Condo
  • Dowd Park
  • Downtown Historic District
  • Dubsdread
  • Dubsdread Estates
  • Dubsdread Heights
  • Dunwoody Place Condo
  • Eagle Creek
  • East Colonial Heights Villas
  • East Dale Acres
  • East Orange Park
  • East Orlando
  • East Orlando Estates
  • East Park
  • East Pine Acres
  • East View Park
  • Eastgrove
  • Eastin
  • Eastland Heights
  • Easton
  • Eastwood
  • Eaton Park
  • Ebans Preserve
  • Econ Oaks
  • Econ River Estates
  • Econ Woods
  • Eden Park
  • Eden Park Estates
  • Eden Woods
  • Edgewater
  • Edgewater Estates
  • Edgewater Heights
  • Edgewater Manor
  • Edgewater Park
  • Edgewater Shores
  • Edgewater Terrace
  • Edgewood Village On Lake Conway
  • Edgwater Heights
  • Edmunds Shire
  • Eldorado Hills
  • Element at Metrowest
  • Elmers Add
  • Elmers Addition
  • Emerald Court Condo
  • Emerald Forest
  • Emerson Pointe
  • Enclave at Hiawassee
  • Enclave at Lake Jean
  • Enclave at Lake Price
  • Enclave at Moss Park
  • Enclave at Orlando Condo
  • Enclave at Oxford Place Condo
  • Enders Place at Baldwin Park Condo
  • Engelwood Park
  • Englewood Park
  • Eola Heights
  • Eola Park Heights
  • Eola South Condo
  • Essex Point South
  • Essex Pointe
  • Estate Homes at Bradford Cove
  • Estates at Park Central Condo
  • Estates at Phillips Landing
  • Estates at Rivers Edge
  • Ethans Glenn
  • Evans Village
  • Evergreen Park
  • Evergreen Terrace
  • Fairview Court
  • Fairview Gardens
  • Fairview Grande
  • Fairview Shores
  • Fairview Springs Park
  • Fairview Vista
  • Fairvilla Park
  • Fairvilla Park Replat
  • Fairway Cove
  • Fairway Glen at Meadow Woods
  • Falcon Trace
  • Farradale
  • Fern Court
  • Fernway
  • Fieldstone Estates at Meadow Woods
  • Fieldstream
  • Fieldstream North
  • Fieldstream West
  • Fishback Add
  • Flamingo
  • Fleming Heights
  • Flora Estates
  • Florida Villas
  • Florida Villas
  • Flowers Manor
  • Flowers Pointe
  • Forest Lakes
  • Forest Manor
  • Forest Pines
  • Forest Ridge
  • Forestwood
  • Forestwood Place
  • Forrest Park
  • Forsyth Cove
  • Forsyth Oaks
  • Fountainbrook
  • Fountains at Crystal Creek Cond
  • Fountains at Metro West Condo
  • Fountains at Rio Pinar
  • Fox Briar
  • Fox Hunt Lanes
  • Foxbower
  • Foxbower Manor
  • Frisco Bay
  • Gardenia
  • Gary Park
  • Gatewood
  • Gatlin Estates
  • Gatlin Gardens
  • Gatlin Grove
  • Gatlin Heights
  • Gatlin Place
  • Ghio Terrace
  • Ginger Creek
  • Ginger Mill
  • Glass Gardens
  • Glenn Oaks
  • Glenwood Commons Condos
  • Glenwood Park
  • Golden Acres
  • Golden Glen Village
  • Golden Lake
  • Goldenrod Terrace
  • Goldenrod Village Condo
  • Golf Resort Villas
  • Golf Ridge Condo
  • Golfview at Hunters Creek Condo
  • Golfview Villas at Meadow Woods
  • Golfwood Heights
  • Gracewood
  • Graham Gardens
  • Granada Villas
  • Granada Woods
  • Grand Central Square Condo
  • Grand Reserve at Kirkman Parke
  • Grande Pines
  • Grandview Isles
  • Grant Station
  • Green Acres
  • Green Briar Village
  • Green Fields
  • Greenbriar
  • Greenleaf
  • Greenpointe
  • Greens Condo
  • Greenview at Dover Shores
  • Greenview at Silver Pines
  • Greenwood Village at Meadow Woods
  • Greywood Apartments
  • Griffin Park Historic District
  • Griffiths Add
  • Grove Hill
  • Grove Park Condo
  • Grove Villa
  • Groveland
  • Gulfstream Shores
  • Hacienda Del Sol
  • Hampshire at Lake Ivanhoe Condo
  • Hampshire House
  • Hampton at Metrowest
  • Hampton Manor
  • Hampton Park
  • Hamptons
  • Hamptons at Metrowest
  • Handsonhurst Park
  • Hanging Moss Estates
  • Hannah
  • Happy Acres
  • Haralson
  • Harbor Beach
  • Harbor Bend
  • Harbor East
  • Harbor Heights
  • Harbor Lakes
  • Harbor Point
  • Harbour Gardens
  • Harbour Island
  • Harbour Oaks Pointe
  • Harding Street Condo
  • Harney Homestead
  • Harrell Heights
  • Harriet Heights
  • Hawks Landing
  • Hawksnest
  • Hawthorne Suites
  • Hawthorne Village
  • Hayden Lane Condo
  • Heather Glen at Meadow Woods
  • Heather Hills
  • Heather Hills
  • Henderson Shores
  • Heritage Bay
  • Heritage Commons
  • Heritage Estates Condo
  • Heritage Place
  • Heritage Village
  • Heron Bay at Meadow Woods
  • Heron Cove
  • Hewett Heights
  • Hi-Pines
  • Hiawassa Highlands
  • Hiawassee Hills
  • Hiawassee Landings
  • Hiawassee Meadows
  • Hiawassee Oaks
  • Hiawassee Overlook
  • Hiawassee Place
  • Hiawassee Point
  • Hiawassee Villas
  • Hibiscus Bay
  • Hibiscus Court
  • Hibiscus Cove
  • Hibiscus Place
  • Hibiscus Point
  • Hibiscus Woods
  • Hickory Cove
  • Hickory Ridge
  • Hidden Beach
  • Hidden Cove
  • Hidden Cove Estates
  • Hidden Creek
  • Hidden Estates
  • Hidden Hollow
  • Hidden Lakes
  • Hidden Springs
  • Hidden Woods
  • Hideaway Cove
  • High Point
  • Highland
  • Highland Grove
  • Highland Park Addition
  • Highland Terrace
  • Highlands at Lake Conway
  • Highpoint
  • Hillcrest Heights
  • Hilltop Manor
  • Holden Court
  • Holden Cove
  • Holden Cove
  • Holden Estates
  • Holden Manor
  • Holden Park
  • Holden-Parramore Historic District
  • Holiday Heights
  • Hollytree Village
  • Hopkins
  • Horizons at Stonebridge Place
  • Horizons at Vista Lakes
  • Horseshoe Bend
  • Hour Glass Lake Park
  • Hourglass Homes
  • Huckleberry Fields
  • Hudson Isles
  • Hughey Heights
  • Huntcliff Park
  • Hunters Creek
  • Hunters Trace
  • Huntington on the Green
  • Huntley Park
  • Huntridge
  • Hyer House Condos
  • Idle Hour Estates
  • Idlewild Park
  • Ilexhurst
  • Imperial Estates
  • Innisbrook
  • Interlake Park
  • Interlaken
  • Interlaken Shores
  • Inwood Haven
  • Irma Lakes
  • Ironwedge
  • Isla Bella
  • Island Club at Rio Pinar Lakes
  • Island Club at Rosemont
  • Island Cove South
  • Island Cove Villas
  • Island Walk
  • Islands
  • Islands of Curry Ford
  • Isle at Cay Commons
  • Isle of Catalina
  • Isle of Pines
  • Islebrook
  • Isles at Cay Commons
  • Ivanhoe Estates
  • Ivanhoe Groves
  • Ivanhoe Park
  • Ivanhoe Shores
  • Ivanhoe Square
  • Ivanhoe Terrace
  • Ivey Lane Estates
  • Jacaranda
  • Jackson Condo
  • Jackson Park Condo
  • Jade Forest
  • Jamajo
  • Jasmund Estates
  • Jefferson Place Condo
  • Jessamine Beach
  • Jessamine Glen
  • Jessamine Point
  • Jessamine Terrace
  • Jewel Oaks
  • Jewel Shores
  • Johnson Manor
  • Johnsons Place
  • Jonan
  • Joslin Grove Park
  • Juniata Place
  • Kalurna Kottages
  • Keen Castle
  • Kempton Park
  • Kennison Court
  • Kensington
  • Kensington at Eastwood
  • Kensington Park
  • Keystone
  • Killearn Woods
  • King Grove
  • Kings Cove
  • Kings Pointe
  • Kingswood Manor
  • Klondike
  • Knollwood Park
  • La Cascada
  • La Costa Brava
  • La Costa Villas
  • La Joya Cove
  • La Vina
  • Lace Fern Village
  • Lafayette Club
  • Lago De Oro Condo
  • Lake Adair Grove
  • Lake Adair Place
  • Lake And Pines Estates
  • Lake Arnold Reserve
  • Lake Arnold Terrace
  • Lake Barton Park
  • Lake Barton Shores
  • Lake Barton Village
  • Lake Bosse Oaks
  • Lake Bosse Oaks
  • Lake Bryan Shores
  • Lake Buena Vista Resort Village
  • Lake Cane
  • Lake Cane Estates
  • Lake Cane Hills
  • Lake Cane Shores
  • Lake Cherokee Historic District
  • Lake Como
  • Lake Conway
  • Lake Conway Estates
  • Lake Conway Park
  • Lake Conway Shores
  • Lake Conway Woods
  • Lake Copeland Historic District
  • Lake Daniel
  • Lake Davis
  • Lake Davis Heights
  • Lake Drawdy Estates
  • Lake Drawdy Reserve
  • Lake Drawdy Terrace
  • Lake Eola
  • Lake Eola Heights
  • Lake Eola Heights Historic District
  • Lake Fairview
  • Lake Florence
  • Lake Florence Estates
  • Lake Florence Highlands
  • Lake Formosa
  • Lake Fredrica
  • Lake Gandy Cove
  • Lake Gandy Estates
  • Lake Gatlin Woods
  • Lake Georgia Shores
  • Lake Gloria Preserve
  • Lake Gloria Shores
  • Lake Hart
  • Lake Hiawassa Terrace
  • Lake Highland Park
  • Lake Highlands Heights
  • Lake Hill
  • Lake Hill Woods
  • Lake Holden Gardens
  • Lake Holden Gardens
  • Lake Holden Grove
  • Lake Hourglass
  • Lake Inwood Oaks
  • Lake Inwood Shores
  • Lake Irma Estates
  • Lake Irma Park
  • Lake Ivanhoe Heights
  • Lake Ivanhoe Residential Historic District
  • Lake Jennie Jewell Heights
  • Lake Jessamine Estates
  • Lake Jessamine Shores
  • Lake Kehoe Preserve
  • Lake Lancaster Place
  • Lake Lawne Shores
  • Lake Lawne Shores Annex
  • Lake Lawsona Historic District
  • Lake Lovely Estates
  • Lake Lucy Estates
  • Lake Mabel Shores
  • Lake Mann Estates
  • Lake Mann Point
  • Lake Mann Shores
  • Lake Margaret Court
  • Lake Margaret Estates
  • Lake Margaret Heights
  • Lake Margaret Terrace
  • Lake Marsha
  • Lake Marsha Highlands
  • Lake Mary Court
  • Lake Mary Heights
  • Lake Mary Jane Estates
  • Lake Mary Jane Shores
  • Lake Mary Manor
  • Lake Mary Shores
  • Lake Nona
  • Lake Nona Estates
  • Lake Nona Golf and Country Club
  • Lake Oaks
  • Lake Olive Heights
  • Lake Park Estates
  • Lake Park Highlands
  • Lake Pickett
  • Lake Pickett Manor
  • Lake Pineloch
  • Lake Pineloch Village
  • Lake Pointe Cove
  • Lake Porter Reserve
  • Lake Price
  • Lake Price Estates
  • Lake Ridge Village
  • Lake Rose Pointe
  • Lake Rowena Heights
  • Lake Sheen Estates
  • Lake Sheen Reserve
  • Lake Sherwood Condo
  • Lake Sherwood Hills
  • Lake Sherwood Hills West
  • Lake Shore Estates
  • Lake Silver Shores
  • Lake Sparling Heights
  • Lake Steer Pointe
  • Lake Sue Park
  • Lake Sunset Shores
  • Lake Tennessee Village
  • Lake Tyler Apartments
  • Lake Underhill Pines
  • Lake Venus Estates
  • Lake Whippoorwhil
  • Lake Whippoorwill Estates
  • Lake Willis Camps
  • Lakebreeze Park
  • Lakes at Eastpark
  • Lakeside at Delaney Park
  • Lakeside Estates
  • Lakeside Park
  • Lakeside Reserve
  • Lakeside Terrace
  • Lakeside Woods
  • Lakeview
  • Lakeview Farms
  • Lakeview Heights
  • Lakeview Park
  • Lakeview Village Condo
  • Lakewood at Meadow Woods
  • Lakewood Forest
  • Lakewood Gardens
  • Lakewood Park
  • Lancaster Heights
  • Lancaster Park
  • Lancaster Place
  • Lancaster Terrace
  • Landings at Lake Conway
  • Landings at Lake George
  • Landsbrook Terrace
  • Langdale Woods
  • Las Palmas at Sand Lake
  • Laurel Hills
  • Laurel Park
  • Lawsona Condo
  • Lawsona Park
  • Lazarus
  • Leawood
  • Ledford Place
  • Lee Vista Square
  • Legacy at Lake Jessamine
  • Lejeune Heights
  • Leland Heights
  • Lemon Tree
  • Leprechaun Park
  • Les Chateaux
  • Lewis Manor
  • Lexington Place
  • Liberty Square
  • Liberty Square Condo
  • Lilac Terrace
  • Lime Tree Village
  • Lincklaen Heights
  • Lind Park
  • Little Lake Park
  • Live Oak Estates
  • Live Oak Park
  • Live Oak Village
  • Live Oaks Estates
  • Livingston Manor Condo
  • Lockhart Manor
  • Londonderry Hills
  • Lonesome Pines
  • Long Lake
  • Long Lake Hills
  • Long Lake Park
  • Long Lake Shores
  • Long Lake Villas
  • Lorenzos West
  • Lorna Doone Park
  • Los Robles Condo
  • Los Terranos
  • Lost Lake Village
  • Lucerne Heights
  • Lucerne Park
  • Lukas Estates
  • Lyme Bay Colony
  • Lynnwood Estates
  • Lynnwood Shores
  • Lynwood at Southmeadow
  • Mabel Bridge
  • Madison at Metrowest
  • Magellan Cove
  • Magellan Crossing
  • Magnolia Bay at Maitland
  • Magnolia Court Condo
  • Magnolia Estates
  • Magnolia Lakes
  • Magnolia Manor
  • Magnolia Pointe
  • Magnolia Springs
  • Magnolia Village
  • Mai Kai Apts
  • Mai Tai Village
  • Malibu Groves
  • Manchester Club Condo
  • Mandalay Estates
  • Mandalay Shores
  • Manor Row at Park Central Condo
  • Manor Row at Park Central Condo
  • Manors of Bryn Mawr
  • Manors of Bryn Mawr Condo
  • Maplewood
  • Marbella Woods
  • Marble Head
  • Mariners Village Condo
  • Mariposa
  • Marks Street Estates Condo
  • Marwood
  • Masters Condo
  • Mattapan Square Condo
  • Mayfair
  • McBride
  • McEwan Place
  • McKinsey Place
  • McLean Apartments
  • McLeisch Terrace
  • Meadow Cove
  • Meadow Creek
  • Meadow Woods Village
  • Meadowbrook Acres
  • Meadowbrook Annex
  • Meadows at Boggy Creek
  • Meadows at Rio Pinar
  • Meadowwood
  • Medallion Estates
  • Menendez Court
  • Merion Pointe
  • Merritt Park
  • Merrymount
  • Metcalfs Addition
  • Metro at Michigan Park Condo
  • Metro Park Four Condo
  • Metro Park Three Condo
  • Metropolitan at Lake Eola
  • Metrowest
  • Michigan Ave Park
  • Michigan Avenue Heights
  • Michigan Heights
  • Michigan Oaks
  • Middlebrook Pines
  • Middlebrook Pines Condo
  • Midway Addition
  • Mier Manor
  • Millenium Parc
  • Millennium Cove Condo
  • Millennium Palms
  • Millers Addition
  • Millionaire's Row
  • Millionaires Row
  • Minnick And Crisman
  • Mirabella at Lavina
  • Mirabella at Vizcaya
  • Mirabella Condo
  • Miramar
  • Miranda Villas Condo
  • Miriada Condo
  • Mission Club Villa Residences Condo
  • Monaco
  • Monroe Manor
  • Montecarlo
  • Monterey
  • Montpelier Village
  • Moreland Hills
  • Morgans Addition
  • Morgans Mill
  • Morningside
  • Morningside Park
  • Mosaic at Millennia
  • Moss Park Commons
  • Moss Park Landings
  • Moss Park Reserve
  • Moss Park Ridge
  • Moss Pointe
  • Motley Place
  • Mount Vernon Heights
  • Muir Wood
  • Mulberry Hollow
  • Muriel Terraces
  • Musick Manor
  • Myrtle Heights
  • Mystic at Mariners Village
  • Nela Isle
  • Nelaview
  • Newbury Park
  • Newton Corner
  • Nolens Add
  • Nona Crest
  • Normandy Shores
  • North Bay
  • North Florida Shores
  • North Hampton Park
  • North Lane Park
  • North Lawne Villas
  • North Park
  • North Pine Hills
  • North Shore at Lake Hart
  • Northlake Park
  • Northwood
  • Northwood Terrace
  • Oak Cove
  • Oak Forest
  • Oak Garden
  • Oak Grove Circle
  • Oak Hill Manor
  • Oak Island
  • Oak Lakes
  • Oak Landing
  • Oak Lynn
  • Oak Lynn Estates
  • Oak Meadows
  • Oak Park
  • Oak Ridge Manor
  • Oak Ridge Terrace
  • Oak Shadows
  • Oak Terrace
  • Oakcrest at Southmeadow
  • Oakcrest at Tivoli Woods
  • Oakhill Village
  • Oaks at Power Oaks
  • Oakshire Estates
  • Oaktree Village
  • Oaktree Vlg
  • Oakwood Park
  • Oasis
  • Old Delaney Square Condo
  • Old Meldrum
  • Oleander
  • Olivias Place
  • Omara
  • One Thousand Oaks
  • Orange Bay
  • Orange Blossom Park
  • Orange Blossom Terrace
  • Orange Center
  • Orange County Acres
  • Orange Crest
  • Orange Grove Park
  • Orange Heights
  • Orange Hill Park
  • Orange Land Gardens
  • Orange Park
  • Orange Peel Twin Homes
  • Orange Ridge
  • Orange Tree
  • Orange Tree Country Club
  • Orange Tree Village Condo
  • Orangewood
  • Orangewood Estates
  • Orangewood Village
  • Orlando Academy Cay Club
  • Orlando Acres
  • Orlando Acres 2Nd Add
  • Orlando Cityplace Condo
  • Orlando Highlands
  • Orlando Terrace
  • Orlo Vista Heights
  • Orlo Vista Terrace
  • Orwin Manor
  • Overlake Terrace
  • Palisades
  • Palm Cove Estates
  • Palm Heights
  • Palm Lake
  • Palm Lake Estates
  • Palm Lake Manor
  • Palm Terrace
  • Palm Trailer Park
  • Palma Vista
  • Palmas Altas
  • Palms Club
  • Palms Villa Residences Condo
  • Palomar
  • Palomar Place
  • Paradise Green
  • Paradise Park
  • Paramount On Lake Eola Condo
  • Paramount On Lake Eola Condos
  • Parc Corniche
  • Park Center at Metrowest Condo
  • Park Lake
  • Park Lake Terrace
  • Park Lake Towers
  • Park Manor Estates
  • Park Manor Estates
  • Park Manor West
  • Park North at Cheney Place
  • Park Place at Meadow Woods
  • Park Springs
  • Parkside Place Condo
  • Parkside Villas at Meadow Woods
  • Parkview
  • Parkview North
  • Parkview Pointe
  • Parkview Terrace
  • Parkway Estates
  • Parkway Estates
  • Parramore Village
  • Partin Oaks
  • Paulana Park
  • Pebble Creek
  • Pecan Place
  • Pelham Park
  • Pembrooke
  • Pennsy Park
  • Pennsylvania Heights
  • Penny Lane Compound
  • Pepper Mill
  • Pepper Place
  • Pepper Plantation
  • Peppertree
  • Pershing Heights
  • Pershing Terrace
  • Pershing Villas
  • Persian Wood Estaes
  • Pheasant Run
  • Phillips Bay Condo
  • Phillips Cove
  • Phillips Cove
  • Phillips Landing
  • Phillips Oaks
  • Phillips Place
  • Picketts Cove
  • Pinar
  • Pinar Heights
  • Pine Acres
  • Pine Castle Pines
  • Pine Creek
  • Pine Grove Estates
  • Pine Hill Estates
  • Pine Hills
  • Pine Hills Manor
  • Pine Hills Terrace
  • Pine Meadows
  • Pine Ridge Estates
  • Pine Ridge Hollow
  • Pine Ridge South
  • Pine Shadows
  • Pinecrest Addition
  • Pinecrest Estates
  • Pinehurst Farms
  • Pineloch Lake Condo Apartments
  • Pineloch Shores
  • Pinewood Village
  • Piney Woods
  • Piney Woods Point
  • Pioneer Road
  • Pittsburgh Heights
  • Plantation Apartments
  • Plantation Cove
  • Plantation Oaks
  • Plantation Park
  • Plaza Place
  • Pleasant Oaks
  • Pleasure Island
  • Point Cypress
  • Point Orlando
  • Pointe Tibet
  • Ponce De Leon
  • Ponyland Estates
  • Porches of Atkins Place
  • Porter Place
  • Powers Park
  • Powers Place
  • Powers Ridge
  • Poynters
  • Primrose Park
  • Primrose Plaza
  • Primrose Terrace
  • Princeton Court
  • Princeton Court Condo
  • Princeton Villas
  • Promenade Condo
  • Prosper Colony
  • Provincial Square Condo
  • Quail Hollow at Rio Pinar
  • Quail Ridge
  • Quail Trail Estates
  • Queen Acres
  • Queenswood Manor
  • Rabbits Run
  • Raintree Place
  • Raintree Village
  • Raymar Manor
  • Reeves House
  • Regal Landing
  • Regal Park
  • Regency Gardens
  • Regency Park
  • Regent Park
  • Registry at Michigan Park Condo
  • Reids Addition
  • Renaissance at Lake Ivanhoe
  • Reserve at Cypress Point
  • Reserve at Cypress Springs
  • Reserve at Lake Butler Sound
  • Reserve at Lakeview Condo
  • Reserve at Pershing Oaks Condo
  • Reserve at Wedgefield
  • Reserves at Pershing Oaks
  • Residences at Millenia Condo
  • Residences at Villa Medici
  • Rest Haven
  • Rich Moor Villas at Goldenrod
  • Richmond Estates
  • Richmond Heights
  • Richmond Terrace
  • Richmond Village
  • Richwood Estates
  • Ridge Manor
  • Ridgemoore
  • Rimar Ridge
  • Rio Grande Corner
  • Rio Grande Homesites
  • Rio Grande Terrace
  • Rio Pinar
  • Rio Pinar East
  • Rio Pinar Estates
  • Rio Pinar Lakes
  • Rio Pinar South
  • Rio Pinar West
  • Rio Pinar Woods
  • Rio Vista
  • Riven Pines
  • River Chase
  • River Crest
  • River Oaks
  • River Oaks East
  • River Oaks Landing
  • River Park
  • River Pines
  • River Wood
  • Riverbend Estates
  • Riverchase at University Pines
  • Riverdale Farms
  • Rivers Edge
  • Rivers Pointe
  • Rivers Pointe
  • Riversbend
  • Riverside Acres
  • Riverside Estate
  • Riverside Park Estates
  • Riverwalk
  • Riverwood
  • Riverwood Village
  • Riviera Pointe
  • Riviera Shores
  • Roberta Place
  • Robinsdale
  • Robinson Hills
  • Robinsville
  • Robinswood
  • Robinswood Heights
  • Robinswood Hills
  • Rocket City
  • Rocking Horse Ranches
  • Rockledge
  • Rockwood Estates
  • Rolando Estates
  • Rolling Pines Manor
  • Rolling Woods
  • Roosevelt Park
  • Rose Cove
  • Rose Garden
  • Rose Hill
  • Rose Hill Groves
  • Rose Isle
  • Rose Manor
  • Rose of Sharon
  • Rose Pointe
  • Rose Ridge
  • Rose Terrace
  • Roseboro Forest
  • Rosedale Cove
  • Roselle Park
  • Rosemere
  • Rosemere Historic District
  • Rosemont
  • Rosemont Green
  • Rosemont Green
  • Rosetta Villas
  • Roseview
  • Rosewood
  • Rouse Run
  • Rowena Hills
  • Rowena Park
  • Royal Estates
  • Royal Manor Estates
  • Royal Manor Villas
  • Royal Ranch Estates
  • Royal Villa
  • Ruffs Park
  • Ruth Court Condo
  • Rybolt Reserve
  • Saddlebrook
  • Sage Creek
  • Saintt Andrews Estates
  • San Jose Shores
  • Sanctuary at Bay Hill
  • Sanctuary Condos
  • Sand Lake Cove
  • Sand Lake Hills
  • Sand Lake Point
  • Sand Lake Village
  • Sand Pines
  • Sandells
  • Sandhill Preserve
  • Sandlake Courtyards Condo
  • Sandpoint at Meadow Woods
  • Sandy Creek
  • Sandy Springs
  • Saracity Gardens
  • Savannah Landings
  • Savannah Pines
  • Sawgrass Plantation
  • Seaward Plantation
  • Seaward Plantation Estates
  • Secluded Oaks
  • Seminole Park
  • Seminole Woods
  • Semoran Club
  • Serena Park
  • Serenata
  • Shadow Bay Springs
  • Shadowridge
  • Shady Acres
  • Shady Grove
  • Shady Grove
  • Shadybranch Village
  • Shelton Terrace
  • Shenandoah Park
  • Shenna Hill
  • Sherman Farms
  • Sherwood Forest
  • Sherwood Park
  • Sherwood Ph 2
  • Shore Crest
  • Shuman Acres
  • Sienna Place Condo
  • Siesta Hills
  • Siesta Lago Condo
  • Signal Hill
  • Silver Beach
  • Silver Beach 3Rd Add
  • Silver Oaks
  • Silver Pines
  • Silver Pines Golf Village
  • Silver Pines Pointe
  • Silver Ridge
  • Silver Star Estates
  • Silver Star Manor
  • Silver Star Mnr
  • Silverdawn
  • Sinclair Park
  • Sky Acres
  • Sky Lake
  • Sky Lake South
  • Sky Oak Ridge
  • Skycrest
  • Sleepy Hollow
  • Sofia Villas Condo
  • Solaire at the Plaza
  • Somerset at Lakeville Oaks
  • Somerset Chase
  • Somerset Landing
  • Somerset Shores
  • Somerset Shores
  • Somerset Village
  • South Bay
  • South Florida Shore Annex
  • South Goldenrod Pines
  • South Pine Run
  • South Pointe
  • Southbrooke Condo
  • Southchase
  • Southern Belle
  • Southern Oaks
  • Southern Pines
  • Southern Villas
  • Southfork
  • Southpointe Condo
  • Southridge
  • Southwood
  • Sparling Hills
  • Sparrow Landing
  • Spring Bay Villas
  • Spring Isle
  • Spring Lake
  • Spring Lake Forest
  • Spring Lake Manor
  • Spring Lake Terrace
  • Spring Lake View Condo
  • Spring Lake Villas
  • Spring Pines
  • Springview Manor
  • Springwood Village
  • St Ives
  • Star Tower Condo
  • Stephanie Way
  • Sterling Shores
  • Stone Forest
  • Stone Hedge
  • Stonebriar
  • Stonebridge
  • Stonebridge
  • Stonebridge Lakes
  • Stonebridge Lakes
  • Stonebridge Lakes Metrowest
  • Stonebridge Landings
  • Stonebridge Place
  • Stonebridge Reserve
  • Stonegate
  • Stonemeade
  • Stonewood
  • Stonewood Estates at Cypress Springs
  • Stonewood Manor Homes
  • Stoneybrook
  • Stoneybrook East
  • Stratford Pointe
  • Stuart Homes
  • Stuart Manor
  • Sturbridge
  • Summer Lakes
  • Summer Winds
  • Summer Woods
  • Summerbrook
  • Summerfield
  • Summerfield Estates
  • Summergate Condo
  • Summerlin Hills
  • Summit at Mount Vernon
  • Sun Haven
  • Sun Ray Terrace
  • Sun Vista Woods
  • Sunbrook
  • Suncrest
  • Sunderson
  • Sunitton Ridge
  • Sunnybrook Acres
  • Sunnyside Addition
  • Sunnyside Court
  • Sunrise Addition
  • Sunset Lake Condo
  • Sunset Park
  • Sunset Terrace
  • Sunshine Gardens
  • Surrey Ridge
  • Sussex Place
  • Sutton Ridge
  • Swan Lake Manor
  • Sweetbriar
  • Sylvan Hylands
  • Sylvan Pond
  • Taft
  • Tamarind
  • Tampa Terrace
  • Tangelo Park
  • Tangerine Acres
  • Tarpon Key Condo
  • Tealwood Cove
  • Thatchers Landing
  • The Crest at Waterford Lakes
  • The Enclave at Moss Park
  • The Estates of Fieldstream
  • The Estates of Park Central
  • The Sanctuary
  • The Vue at Lake Eola
  • The Waverly
  • The Wellesley Condominium
  • The Woodlands of Windermere
  • Thornhill
  • Thornton Park
  • Thornton Park Studios
  • Thornton Place
  • Three Lakes Village Condo
  • Tiffany Terrace
  • Timber Isle
  • Timber Pointe
  • Timberchase Village
  • Tindaro Pine Estates
  • Tivoli Gardens
  • Tivoli Woods Village
  • Tolar Terrace
  • Torey Pines
  • Toscana
  • Townes of Southgate
  • Tradewinds Condo
  • Traylor Terr
  • Traylor Terrace
  • Traylor Terrace
  • Treasure Oaks
  • Tree Tops
  • Trentonian Court
  • Trocadero
  • Tropical Pines
  • Trotwood Park
  • Tuckaway Terrace
  • Tudor Grove at Timber Springs
  • Turnberry Pointe
  • Turnbury Woods
  • Turtle Creek
  • Tuscany Place
  • Twin Lake Estates
  • Twin Oaks
  • Twin Oaks Manor
  • Twin Pines
  • Union Park Estates
  • Universal Center
  • University Acres
  • University Estates
  • University Forests
  • University Heights
  • University Hills
  • University Hylands
  • University Oaks
  • University Pines
  • University Place
  • University Shores
  • University Woods
  • Uptown Place
  • Valencia Greens
  • Valencia Grove
  • Valencia Heights
  • Valencia Hills
  • Valencia Palms
  • Valencia Park
  • Valencia Place
  • Valencia Pointe
  • Valencia Woods
  • Venetian Gardens
  • Venetian Place Condo
  • Venetian Villas
  • Venezia
  • Ventura
  • Ventura Club
  • Ventura Country Club
  • Ventura Cove
  • Ventura Place
  • Ventura Reserve
  • Ventura Village
  • Veradale
  • Veranda at Lake Hart
  • Veranda Park
  • Verona Park
  • Veronica Heights
  • Victoria Chase
  • Victoria Landings
  • Victoria Pines
  • Victoria Place
  • Vieux Carre Condo
  • Villa Capri at Metrowest
  • Villa De Miramar Condo
  • Villa Del Sol at Meadow Woods
  • Villa Marquis Condo
  • Villa Medici
  • Villa Valencia Condo
  • Village at Curry Ford Woods
  • Village at Curry Ford Woods
  • Village at Hunters Creek
  • Village Green
  • Village Green
  • Village Square
  • Villages at Eastwood
  • Villages at Lake Pointe Condo
  • Villages of Rio Pinar
  • Villages of Southport
  • Villagewalk at Lake Nona
  • Villanova at Hunters Creek
  • Villas at Cypress Springs
  • Villas at East Park
  • Villas at Signal Hill
  • Villas De Lyon Condo
  • Villas of Costa Del Sol
  • Villas of Orlando
  • Villas of Park Lake Condo
  • Vineland Estates
  • Vineland Oaks
  • Vista Cay at Harbor Square
  • Vista Hills
  • Vista Lago
  • Vista Lakes
  • Vista Royale
  • Vistamere
  • Vistas at Phillips Commons
  • Vizcaya at Waterford
  • Vizcaya Heights
  • Vue at Lake Eola
  • Wadeview Park
  • Waikiki Beach
  • Walden Grove
  • Walden Palms Condo
  • Waldens Retreat
  • Wallington Heights
  • Walnut Creek
  • Washington Manor
  • Washington Park
  • Washington Place
  • Washington Shores
  • Washington Shores Sub
  • Waterfall Cove
  • Waterford Chase
  • Waterford Chase East
  • Waterford Chase Village
  • Waterford Lakes
  • Waterford Landing Condos
  • Waterford Trails
  • Waterford Villas
  • Waterfront Estates
  • Watermill
  • Waters Edge at Lake Nona
  • Waterside Estates
  • Waterview Townhomes
  • Waterwitch Club
  • Waterwitch Cove
  • Watson Ranch Estates
  • Waunatta Shores
  • Waverly
  • Ways Addition
  • Wedgefield
  • Wedgewood Groves
  • Weidows
  • Wellesley Condos
  • Wellington Forest
  • Wenthrop Shores
  • Werber Heights
  • West Colonial Heights
  • West Riverside Acres
  • West Side Manor
  • Western Terrace
  • Westfield
  • Westlake
  • Westminster Landing
  • Westmont
  • Westmoor
  • Weston Lane Condo
  • Weston Woods
  • Westover Hills
  • Westridge Condo
  • Westside Manor
  • Westwind
  • Westwood Gardens
  • Westwood Heights
  • Westwood Park
  • Wetherbee Lakes
  • Wetherbee Lakes
  • Whippoorwill Acres
  • Whisper Lakes
  • Whisper Ridge
  • Whispering Hills
  • Whispering Pines Estates
  • Williamsburg
  • Willow Creek
  • Willow Pointe Condo
  • Willow Pond
  • Willowbrook
  • Willowbrook Cove
  • Willows
  • Willowwood
  • Wilmott Pines
  • Wimbledon Park Condo
  • Wind Harbor
  • Windcrest at Meadow Woods
  • Winder Oaks
  • Winderlakes
  • Windermere Heights
  • Windermere Ridge
  • Windermere Ridge
  • Winderwood
  • Windhover
  • Windhover Condo
  • Windmill Pointe
  • Windover Park
  • Windridge
  • Windrose at Southmeadow
  • Windsong Estates
  • Windsor Landing
  • Windsor Walk
  • Windward Place
  • Winegard
  • Winewood
  • Wingrove Estates
  • Winter Hill
  • Winter Park
  • Winter Ridge
  • Winter Run
  • Winwood
  • Wissahickon
  • Wofford Property
  • Wood Glen
  • Woodbery
  • Woodbridge at Meadow Woods
  • Woodbury Cove
  • Woodbury Park
  • Woodbury Pines
  • Woodbury Road Patio Homes
  • Woodland Lakes
  • Woodland Lakes Preserve
  • Woodland Terrace at Timber Springs
  • Woodlands at Waterford Lakes
  • Woodlawn Addition
  • Woodruff Add
  • Woodside Village
  • Woodsmere Manor
  • Woodsong
  • Woodstock
  • Woodstone
  • Wyndham Lakes
  • Wyndham Lakes Estates
  • Yates

The business and shopping districts converge on Orange Avenue, the principal north and south thoroughfare. It resembles that of a substantial northern city in its architecture and its atmosphere of enterprise and activity. Sidewalks are narrow; traffic signal lights bear the admonition "Quiet." Fruit-juice stands and used-car lots, some in landscaped settings, appear between tall, year-round hotels, theaters, and department stores.

Architecturally, the city varies from well-preserved two- and three-story brick business buildings and residences of the late 19th century with dormers, cupolas and stamped metal cornices, to ornate structures of glazed tile embellishment with chromium bands.

Frequently dwellings reflect that part of the country from which the owners came. Side by side are the plantation house with wide verandas and roof-high columns, the red brick English manor, the chaste New England cottage, and the flat-roof, gay-colored tropical house. Their variety of style is unified by landscaping. Coral and golden flame vines and exotic flowering shrubs grow in nearly every yard.

The settling of Orlando, like that of other towns in central Florida, was an aftermath of the Seminole Wars. Many volunteers follow the withdrawal of the regular army, remained to form a community. The site was selected for its proximity to Fort Gatlin, established about 1837 because of the excellence of the water and the habitable highlands of the area. Under protection of the garrison, settlers drifted into the Orlando area, unnamed until 1850. Among the first was Aaron Jernigan, of Georgia, who reached here with his family, slaves, and herds in 1842. Jernigan and most of the other pioneers that followed him were cattlemen.

In 1846 and once again in 1849, this territory was menaced by Indian cattle rustlers. On both occasions Jernigan, then serving as Orange County's first representative in the State Legislature, was called from Tallahassee to protect his herds. Cessation of the hostilities by the Seminole led the army to abandon Fort Gatlin in 1848, but the settlers continued to carry arms, and Jernigan built a stockade on the west shore of Lake Holden. The stockade and the small settlement that grew around it was a convenient stopping place for travelers.

During the War between the States, when a Federal blockade stopped all shipments of cattle from Florida to Cuba, Orlando stockmen sold their beef to the Confederates, delivering it on the hoof to Charleston, South Carolina.

Francis Eppes, grandson of Thomas Jefferson, and mayor of Tallahassee at the time the Army of Occupation took control, moved his impoverished family to Orlando in 1867. As lay reader he held the first Episcopal services in the district at his log cabin. For 14 years, until his death, Eppes was an intellectual and spiritual force in the community. In 1869, Will Wallace Harney, poet and journalist, editor of the Louisville Kentucky Democrat, and a member of the National Academy of Science, described in magazine articles the fertile farming land and ideal climate of Orlando, and the city had its first boom.

The first commercial citrus grove near Orlando was 100 acres planted during 1865-1866 by W. H. Holden, from seeds of fruit trees found growing on his property. His crop was hauled to Mellonville, now Sanford, on the St. Johns River and carried by boat to Charleston. The long overland route brought a demand for better transportation facilities, and the South Florida Railroad was extended from Mellonville to Orlando in 1880. General U. S. Grant turned the first spadeful of earth.

During the early 1890s the State and railroad interests sold land in and about Orlando at approximately $1 an acre to English buyers, and large numbers migrated to the Lake Conway district and set out citrus groves. Nearly every home had its tennis court; a yacht club held periodic regattas; a polo team was organized in 1884, and the English Club was formed two years later. The widespread planting of citrus gave agriculture in central Florida an importance that drove the cattle to ranges farther south, and marked the passing of frontier life in the community. However, stockmen and cowhands from Kissimmee Valley ranches are still seen at local sports events, and in the bars and mercantile establishments along West Church Street on Saturdays.

The freeze of 1895 ruined the citrus trees, but true to their traditions, the Englishmen played cricket during those harrowing hours. Later faced with disaster, more than half the growers abandoned their groves. Those who remained have been influential in the business and cultural life of the city.

In April 1929, grapefruit on a tree in the Orlando grounds of the Bureau of Entomology, U.S. Department of Agriculture, was found infested with a destructive insect pest. Specimens sent to Washington were identified as the Mediterranean fruit-fly by J.M. Aldrich, Associate Curator of the National Museum; G.B. Merrill of the Florida State plant board made the same discovery a few days later. Plant board inspectors, after a quick survey, found 264 infested properties in the Orlando area. Federal emergency funds of $500,000 were provided and this sum was later increased by a Congressional appropriation of $4,250,000. The National Guard, employed in spraying and road patrol, remained on duty until July, 1930, but the quarantine was not officially lifted until November.

During the past 30 years Orlando has been a favorite resort for a type of visitor, usually middle-aged and retired, appropriately called a perennial tourist. This man swears by Florida literature and believes his health and longevity depend upon orange juice and the local brand of sunshine. Although returning North or West from time to time he claims the city as his permanent residence and is usually an enthusiastic member of the Chamber of Commerce, his native State society, and the country club.

  1. Federal Works Agency, Works Progress Administration, Federal Writers' Program, Florida: A Guide to the Southernmost State, American Guide Series, Florida Department of Public Instruction, 1939.

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