It is a historical neighborhood for Orlando residents of African descent, and suffered greatly during the Jim Crow era.
[2] It was built in the 1880s by Orlando's fourteenth mayor, and Confederate soldier, James B. Parramore, as a development "to house the blacks employed in the households of white Orlandoans.
Parramore's "official" boundaries (according to the city of Orlando) extend to Interstate 4, but the regions in between Division and the interstate are generally not residential, hosting such facilities as the Kia Center and the Bob Carr Performing Arts Centre.
Smaller businesses are located on the west side of Division Avenue and include grocery stores, barber shops, and soul food restaurants.
The western border of Parramore is Orange Blossom Trail, a thoroughfare where violence and other crimes are common.