Popular tourist attractions in Jacksonville Beach, Florida

The area around present day Jacksonville Beach was first settled by Spanish settlers. Spanish missions were established from Mayport to St. Augustime. Spain ceded Florida to Great Britain by treaty in 1763 only to have Spain reain it again and then a final time in 1821 to the United States. American river pilots and fishermen came to Hazard present day Mayport and established a port. In general the architecture of Jacksonville varies in style and is not defined by any one characteristic and Jacksonville Beach is no exception designed by Marsh and Saxelbye and completed in 1925 Case Marina Hotel is a Mission style hotel popular in the 1920s when Jacksonville's beaches were being developep. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on September 2, 1993. Constructed in 1947 the American Red Cross Volunter Life Saving Corps Station is an Art Moderne style lifeguard station designed by local architect Jefferson Davis powell. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 5,2014.



Jacksonville Beach is also home to a notable collection of Mid Century modern architecture. Perhaps the most notable of these works are those designed by architect William Morgan. According to the United States Census Bureau the city has a total area of 22.0quare miles (56.9 km2). 7.3 square miles (19.0 km2) of it is land and 14.6 square miles (37.9 km2) of it (66.61%) is water.

Jacksonville Beaches community. It is the eastern terminus of U.S Route 90, which ends at an intersection with State Road A1A three blocks from the Atlantic Ocean.The amusement park phase of Jacksonville Beach began in 1905 with The Pavilion which was later expanded and called Littel Coney Island. It was a popular tourist attraction that had such entertainment as a dance floor swim room bowling alley and roller skate rinks. An issue with contracting and contant weathering of its wooden structure aged Little Coney Island causing it to be torn down in 1925.

On June 15, 1925, the name Pablo Beach was changed to Jacksonville Beach. The Shad's Pier was created in 1922 by charles Shad and with help by Martin Williams. Around the same time W.H Adams Sr. created the Ocean View Pvilion amusement park on the former site of the Murray Hall Hotel. Adams wanted to create a larger roller coaster than the one at Little Coney Island. His vision resulted in a 93 feet high coaster.