In the Orlando region, you’ll find the community of Doctor Phillips and Doctor Phillips Center. Though they share the same name origin, Doctor Phillips Center is located in downtown Orlando not in the city of Doctor Phillips. The name, Doctor Phillips, is recurring and reused in the Orlando area. Chiefly, Phillip Phillips gives these places in Orlando their namesake. He was a prominent business man and medical school graduate who helped build up the Orlando area. At once, he was the area’s most famous citrus magnate and later a thorough real estate owner.
The Doctor Phillips Center, a performing arts theatre and Orlando’s main art and cultural facility, is named in his honour. Additionally, there is an annual program of events, concerts, performance and plays on rotation here. The city of Orlando delights in black-tie evenings at this prestigious theatre. Everyone from comedians to famous personalities, to ballets and theatre troupes tour through the Doctor Phillips Center.