A history of Atlantic Beach,
since 1926
Postcards, papers and photographs of Atlantic Beach from public archives, woven together by decade. Neighbors fill in the gaps.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗In 1900 Henry Flagler built the Mayport branch of the railroad and erected a station north of where the Adele Grage Cultural Center is currently located. Soon afterward Henry Flagler along with Isaac George built a large hotel called the Continental Hotel on the railroad line between Pablo Beach (Jacksonville Beach) and Mayport. The hotel was a summer resort with 250 guest rooms. There was also a dance pavilion, tennis courts, and a fishing pier. In 1913 the railroad sold most of the land to the Atlantic Beach Corporation which then began paving streets, installing lights, and water and sewer lines. In that same year the Continental Hotel changed its name to the Atlantic Beach Hotel. However, during World War I people were afraid to come to the coast and the Atlantic Beach Corporation went bankrupt. To make matters worse the Atlantic Beach Hotel burned down on September 20, 1919. After …
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowFinish Atlantic Beach’s story
Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.
2 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewHotel Continental, 1902: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Atlantic Beach
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Atlantic Beach, decade by decade
1930s
1990s
CommonsAtlantic 0302010
CommonsUS Navy 060519-N-6645H-086 Chief Religious Program Speciali…2006
CommonsUS Navy 060519-N-6645H-073 Airman Daniel Akinduro helps con…2006
CommonsUS Navy 060519-N-6645H-060 Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Jona…2006
CommonsUS Navy 060519-N-6645H-053 Gunner's Mate 2nd Class Amy Hami…2006
CommonsUS Navy 060519-N-6645H-044 Intelligence Specialist 3rd Clas…2006Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Hotel Continental (1902) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (10) and the Library of Congress (2). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.