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CONTINENTAL/ATLANTIC BEACH HOTEL
1902-1913
JOIN US IN UNVEILING AN HISTORICAL MARKER AT 10 10TH STREET, ATLANTIC
BEACH, THE CLOISTER CONDOMINIUMS , WHICH IS THE HISTORICAL SITE FOR
THE HOTEL; BUILT BY HENRY FLAGLER AS PART OF HIS RAILWAY SYSTEM
FROM NORTH USA TO KEY WEST, FLORIDA. Please park at the Grage Community
Center on 7th and Ocean or use on-street parking and walk to the Cloister on 10 10th St.
COME FOR AN HISTORICAL MOMENT. MUSIC, FUN!!
Where Atlantic Beach Began! •- v Q..-.
DONUTS AND COFFEE!
MUSIC BY SIDETRACK DUO and DIZZY with a DAME II
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THANK YOU CLOISTERS CONDOMINIUM, BEACHES MUSEUM AND HISTORY PARK, SOUTH BEACH TAX &
FINANCIAL SERVICES, GENEVIEVE DELOACH, CORNELIUS CONSTRUCTION, MRS. CLIFFORD HARVARD,
MRS. CLIFFORD DUNLOP AND ALL THE VOLUNTEERS AND DONATORS WHO HELPED WITH THIS
HISTORICAL COMMEMORATION. And thank you OC Gregg for colorizing the Hotel pic for event.
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THANK YOU CLOISTERS CONDOMINIUM, BEACHES MUSEUM AND HISTORY PARK, SOUTH BEACH TAX &
FINANCIAL SERVICES, GENEVIEVE DELOACH, CORNELIUS CONSTRUCTION, MRS. CLIFFORD HARVARD,
MRS. CLIFFORD DUNLOP, LORELLE WEIL, BRENDA GROSS, MARGIE STEVENS, ALISON BROWN, MEADE
COPLAN, AND ALL THE VOLUNTEERS AND DONATORS WHO HELPED WITH THIS HISTORICAL
COMMEMORATION. And thank you OC Gregg for colorizing the Hotel pic for event.
Program Overview
The Florida Historical Marker Program is one of the Division of Historical Resources' most
popular and visible public history programs. It is designed to raise public awareness of Florida's
rich cultural history and to enhance the enjoyment of our historic sites by citizens and tourists.
These markers allow us to tell the stories of the places and people who created the Florida that
we all enjoy today, by identifying the churches, schools, archaeological sites, battlefields and
homes that represent our past.
http://dos.myflorida.com/historical/preservation/historical-markers/
LANGUAGE ON HISTORICAL MARKER
THE CONTINENTAL HOTEL-ATLANTIC BEACH
UNVEILED JANUARY 20,2018
In the late 19th century, Henry Flagler created the Florida East Coast Railway
(FEC) and the Florida East Coast Hotel Compan, both of which significantly boosted
development and tourism for Florida. By 1900,Flagler had purchased the local
Jacksonville and Atlantic Railway. The line was expanded to create the Mayport Branch of
the FEC. It was along this branch that Flagler opened up a luxury oceanfront hotel in 1901,
the Continental Hotel of Atlantic Beach. Though it was considered one of the smaller and
less ornate of Flagler's line of winter resorts, the Continental Hotel boasted several
attractions, including two of the area's first golf courses, and "automobiling" on the
oceanfront. Previously, Atlantic Beach was one of the most remote areas of the Jacksonville
Beaches. The arrival of the FEC and the Continental sparked development of the
community of Atlantic Beach while creating a new tourism destination for Florida. The
hotel was sold in 1913 to the Atlantic Beach Corporation,and was renamed the Atlantic
Beach Hotel. The original hotel burned down in 1919 and a second one built on this site in
the 1920s. Both hotels were a vital part of the community of Atlantic Beach for several
decades.