Tag: Wellborn C. Phillips

The Azalea Park neighborhood in Orlando 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 researched and collected histo ... Read more

The  Azalea Park Swimming Pool was built and originally operated by the developer of the Azalea Park subdivision, Phillips Properties.  Officially managed by Marguerite "Peggy" Phillips with the help of Dixie O'Brian and Betty Hurd, the pool was sold to ... Read more

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 pr ... Read more