714 S Ingraham Avenue - Built 1916

The George & Hattie Cox House

The self-named subdivision plat that his home is located on was surveyed October 1923 by the Lakeland civil engineering firm of GD & HD Mendenhall and filed with the county on Oct 12, 1923. Although the College Park subdivision had been filed first (Jan 9, 1922), George & Hattie's home was existing over six years earlier, with citrus groves to their south and east. They were truly on the edge of the city and surely appreciated their quiet, isolated neighborhood. George had a 300' x 135' lot with his home in the center that he subdivided into five lots for his subdivision. With some dimensional erosion over time with widening streets, the current subdivision extends from the SE corner of Palmetto & Ingram, south to 728 Ingram, which begins the Avalon Place subdivision. George worked for the Post Office as a postal carrier and his home is the only original home of the five lots of his subdivision and tied for earliest remaining structures in our Historic District - 1916! I present 714 S Ingraham Avenue as a founding, beautiful home, crowning our current Historical District.