The 150 Year Celebration of Orlando: 1875 - 2025

City of Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer, center, and from left to right, City of Orlando Commissioners Bakari Burns, District 6, Shan Rose, District 5, Patty Sheehan, District 4, and Jim Gray, District 1, at the 150th Anniversary kickoff event at Orlando City Hall, Tuesday, February 4, 2025.

On June 23, 1875 the residents of the Village of Orlando held a public meeting at which twenty-nine qualified electors were present. It was decided to take the necessary steps to incorporate the village under the laws of the State. Accordingly an election was called for Saturday, July 31, at which twenty-two qualified electors were present and voted. It was decided at this election that the village should be incorporated by the name of “Orlando,” and that the boundaries should be “one mile due east, one mile due west, one mile due north (from the courthouse) forming a square.”

A full description of the initial meeting was filed with J.P. Hughey, Clerk of the Circuit Court of Orange County, on August 5, 1875… Excerpt from Orlando A Centennial History by Eve Bacon, Volume 1 Pioneer Era and the First Fifty Years of Incorporation: 1821 to 1925, page 59.

**City of Orlando Historic Preservation Officer Jennifer Fritz-Hunter at the 150th Anniversary of Orlando Kickoff Celebration in the City Commons Plaza of Orlando City Hall on Tuesday, February 4, 2025.** **City Commons Plaza is located at 400 South Orange Avenue at the corner of South Street and Orange Avenue. The Dr. Phillips Performing Arts Center across the street can be seen in the background.**

Bill Jennings, President of the College Park Historical Society, center, and Doug Richards, Director of Community Engagement and Outreach for the City of Orlando Office of the Mayor, to his right, await with photographers for the unveiling of the 150th Anniversary banner on Orlando City Hall at 400 South Orange Avenue. The February 4, 2025 event is the beginning of a yearlong celebration. The historic community of College Park is commemorating 100 years this March 2025 with a neighborhood 1920s themed birthday party at Dartmouth Park.

City of Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer, center at the podium, and from left to right, City of Orlando Commissioners Bakari Burns, District 6, Shan Rose, District 5, Patty Sheehan, District 4, and Jim Gray, District 1, prepare for the unveiling of the 150^th anniversary banner on City Hall to kickoff the citywide birthday celebration of our 150 year history of Orlando!

City of Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer, center, and from left to right, City of Orlando Commissioners Bakari Burns, District 6, Shan Rose, District 5, Patty Sheehan, District 4, and Jim Gray, District 1, applaud the unveiling of the banner on Orlando City Hall on Tuesday, February 4, 2025 at City Hall Plaza, 400 South Orange Avenue Orlando, FL 32801 at the corner of Orange Avenue and South Street. The unveiling of the banner begins the celebration of the 150th anniversary of the City of Orlando. There will be festivities throughout the year with historic educational presentations and opportunities for businesses and community organizations to participate and welcome all to the city birthday events.

City of Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer, third from left, with City of Orlando Commissioners Bakari Burns, District 6, pictured from left to right, Shan Rose, District 5, Patty Sheehan, District 4, and Jim Gray, District 1, **celebrate the 150th Anniversary of Orlando event kickoff with City of Orlando employees on the footsteps of Orlando City Hall, Tuesday, February 4, 2025.** (Photos by JTracy)

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