| 1951 | - Air Base reopened as Pine Castle Air Force Base as result of Korean War**/*** - Civil Service begins for city employees** - Sentinel moves to North Orange** - Citizens National Bank opens in new building** - Colonial State Bank opened** |
| 1952 | - Permanent city-county registration begun** - Tupperware Headquarters established** - St. James Catholic Cathedral dedicated** - College Park Bank and Edgewater High School opened** - Pine Hills developed** |
| 1953 | - Yowell-Drew-lvey becomes lvey's store** - Radiation, Inc. comes to Orlando** |
| 1954 | - Jefferson Court Hotel torn down** - Colonial Drive as Route 50 dedicated** - Pine Castle Air Force Base transferred under Strategic Air Command (SAC)*** |
| 1955 | - Azalea Park Shopping Center opened** - Orlando Federal Savings & Loan Association opened** - United Fund Drive begun** - Avalon Hotel burned** - Wyoming Hotel sold** - City charter changed: elections every two years; fiscal year to begin November 1** - Western Way Shopping Center opened** |
| 1956 | - Colonial Plaza Shopping Center opened** - Minute Maid building opened** - Martin Company plans announced** - Fluoridation of water begins** - Tremont Hotel razed** - Davis Causeway completed** |
| 1957 | - Orange State Bank chartered** - Eola Plaza sold to Cherry Associates** - Centennial Fountain dedicated** - Orange County Historical Commission formed** - The Martin Company opens on Sand Lake Road in December** - Colonel Michael McCoy dies in 1957 plane crash*** - 1892 red brick courthouse demolished*** |
| 1958 | - Dickson-lves sold** - Pine Castle Air Force Base name changed to McCoy Air Force Base*** |
| 1959 | - Wyoming Hotel razed** - Holiday Hospital dedicated** - Tornado at Azalea Park** - American Legion State Headquarters on Lee Road built** - Central Florida Museum and Planetarium built** - City adopts reorganization plan** - Lucerne Towers built** |
| 1960 | - Sunland Training Center established** - Orange Blossom Shopping Center opened** - Loch Haven Art Center constructed** - First National Bank opened in new building** - Blue courthouse annex completed next to 1927 courthouse** Torn down in 1998*** - Magnolia Avenue extended, replacing Main Street** - University Club built on East Central** - Penney store opened on Orange Avenue** - Bay Hills Club started** - Hurricane Donna** - Grandway Shopping Center opened** - Walt Disney makes first flight over Central Florida*** |
References:
* Bacon, Eve. Orlando a Centennial History: Vol I. Chuluota, FL: The Mickler House, Publishers. 1975
** Bacon, Eve. Orlando a Centennial History: Vol II. Chuluota, FL: The Mickler House, Publishers. 1977
*** Orange County Regional History Center – Informational Display