Dade County FlArchives Biographies.....Davis, Frank S. 1870 - 
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Source: The Lewis Publishing Co., Vol. II   pg. 155 1923
Author: The History of Florida:  Past & Present

   DAVIS, FRANK S.  In the development of such a city as Miami, there is no 
more essential constructive service than that of building contractor.  That 
has been Mr. DAVIS' business since locating in Miami, but he has been more 
than a practical business man, and in fact has been a leader and worker in 
every civic enterprise, excepting the city in general, and particularly in his 
own section, known as Highland Park.
	Mr. DAVIS was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1870, and was 
reared and educated in that city.  After leaving the public schools he learned 
the carpenter's trade.  Then as a journeyman he traveled, working as a 
carpenter in various cities all the way from the Atlantic to the Pacific.  He 
was in business for several years in Philadelphia, and in 1909 he came to the 
then small town of Miami and located on what is now Northwest Seventh Avenue, 
in the present Highland Park District.  This was then considered far out of 
the city's main activities.  What is now Highland Park was laid out as the 
Golf Links Addition by the late A.J. BENDLE.  Mr. DAVIS purchased a 10 acre 
plot here, part of what is known as the Savage place.  In the community of 
Highland Park has been built one of the best public schools of the city, first-
class stores and other enterprises have been established, streets and 
sidewalks made and all modern improvements installed.  Mr. DAVIS' private home 
has been one of the substantial contributions to the growth of this section.  
It is a handsome two-story structure in the heart of Highland Park, at the 
corner of Northwest Eleventh Street and Northwest Seventh Avenue.  This home 
is constructed of Nassau stone.
	As a contractor and builder Mr. Davis has erected a large number of 
residences and business structures all over Miami.  He served as city building 
inspector under the administration of Mayor JOHN W.  WATSON, and was also 
contractor and building inspector for the Florida East Coast Railway in the 
building of the company’s passenger depot and the freight depot.  The freight 
depot was completed in 1921.
	His unselfish activities for the uplift and betterment of Highland 
Park have been repeatedly recognized by his neighbors and friends.  In March, 
1922, he was made president of the newly organized Highland Park Civic Club, 
and prior to that he had been made president of two community clubs launched 
for civic betterment.  Mr. DAVIS is an Odd Fellow and was prominent in the 
order in his native city of Philadelphia, serving as district deputy grand 
master and representative on the Board of the Orphanage Home in that city.
	Mr. Davis married Miss ANNA E. RHOADS, of Philadelphia.  Their six 
living children are, NEELY DAVIS; ORVILLE DAVIS, a student in the University 
of Florida; NORMA DAVIS, attending the Florida Woman's College at Tallahassee; 
MARIAN, who graduated in 1922 from the Miami High School; VERNICE; and OMAR.

     

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