Lake Davis is a fully developed, Traditional City neighborhood generally located south of the East
West Expressway (SR 408), east of Summerlin, west of South Hampton Avenue and north of
Briercliff. The neighborhood falls within City Commission District 1, but also includes the
Greenwood Cemetery represented by City Commission District 4.
Located in a predominately residential area, the Lake Davis neighborhood covers approximately
247 acres. Lake Davis Park, 16 acre Greenwood Urban Wetlands and the 70 acre Greenwood
Cemetery are located within the neighborhood.
The Lake Davis neighborhood is named after James J. Davis, a teacher and trustee of Lake Conway
School and one of the first surveyors to come to Orlando. Arriving in 1870, Mr. Davis settled on the
land between Greenwood Cemetery and Lake Davis. The original plats of the neighborhood date
back to 1912.
Nearly 40 % of the existing development occurred during the 1920’s land boom. Another 40% of
the existing development occurred between the 1940’s and the 1960’s with the remaining 20%
representing more recent development.
“High Style” architectural design is evident throughout the Lake Davis neighborhood. The “High
Style” architectural design theme includes Colonial Revival, Bungalow Style, Mediterranean Revival
and Neo Classical.
Greenwood Cemetery was originally established in 1880 by some of Orlando’s earliest residents
(James Delaney, Sam Robinson, J.H. Livingston and C.A. Boone) as a 26 acre community cemetery
known as the Orlando Cemetery. The original acreage was purchased in 1892 by the City of
Orlando, who then added an additional 40 acres. As a cemetery, Greenwood is 98 acres; with
additional land, including Orlando Wetlands, it is 116 acres.