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.