Tag: 1950s orlando neighborhoods
Places
Azalea Park - An Illustrated History
This Orlando neighborhood was created from the remains of a private air field and was considered at the time to be the crowning achievement for developer Wellborn C. Phillips, Sr.Residents of the neighborhood have reserached and collected the ... Read
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Organizations
Good Shepherd Catholic Church
Good Shepherd Mission Church was established through the efforts of Monsignor John G. Bishop. Ground breaking took place in 1955 and the first Mass was celebrated on March 18, 1956 by Rev. Roman S. Gromala. Do you have a Good Shephe ... Read
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Events
Azalea Park Neighborhood Celebrates 60
Back in the late 1930s, J. W. Cannon operated a 400 acre private airport along Lake Barton Road (now Semoran Blvd.) It was a grass runway for small airplanes and it had its own flying school. The Florida Aeronautical and Supply Company bought the prop ... Read
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