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History · Daytona Beach

A history of Daytona Beach,
since 1870

Postcards, papers and photographs of Daytona Beach from public archives, woven together by decade. Neighbors fill in the gaps.

1870established
12old images & papers
27historic places
0recent photos
From Daytona Beach’s archive · credits on each photo

The story

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At the time of European contact, the area where Daytona Beach is located was inhabited by the Freshwater people, a branch of the Timucua. The town of Nocoroco in what is now Tomoka State Park was the most important in the region. The villages of Caçaroy and Cicale were a short distance south of there. The southernmost Timucua town was Caparaca, in present-day New Smyrna Beach. There were only small hamlets between Cicale and Caparaca. Turtle Mound, 14 miles (23 km) south of New Smyrna Beach, was the site of the town of Surruque, belonging to the Surruque people, whose territory extended south to Cape Canaveral. Like other Indigenous peoples in Florida, the Freshwater Timucua and Surruque were nearly exterminated by contact with Europeans through war, enslavement (the Spanish enslaved some Surruque war captives in 1598), and disease and became extinct as racial entities through assimilat…

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Timeline

built from the dates on the items below
1870Established
1870s2 items · The silvery draperies of Daytona, Flo…Commons
1880Bicycle race, Keating's pierLOC
1890s9 items · Detroit Photographic Company (0305)Commons
1900–1999Nothing yet. Family albums go here.
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Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.

0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewAlong the Halifax River, Daytona,…, 1898: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10

Famous people from Daytona Beach

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Bob RossBob RossWriting & ArtsVince CarterVince CarterSportsKenneth C. GriffinKenneth C. GriffinBusinessLee H. HamiltonLee H. HamiltonPolitics & LawMarshall TeagueMarshall TeagueNotableCWCorey WaldenSports
By decade

Daytona Beach, decade by decade

1870s2 items
The silvery draperies of Daytona, FloridaCommonsThe silvery draperies of Daytona, Floridac. 1875The silvery draperies of Daytona, FloridaCommonsThe silvery draperies of Daytona, Floridac. 1875
1880s1 item
Bicycle race, Keating's pierLOCBicycle race, Keating's pier1880
1890s9 items
Detroit Photographic Company (0305)CommonsDetroit Photographic Company (0305)1897–1924Along the Halifax River, Daytona, FlaCommonsAlong the Halifax River, Daytona, Fla1898 · postcardAlong the Shore of the Halifax, Daytona, FlaCommonsAlong the Shore of the Halifax, Daytona, Fla1898 · postcardAtlantic Ocean and Beach, Ormond-Seabreeze-Daytona, FlaCommonsAtlantic Ocean and Beach, Ormond-Seabreeze-Daytona, Fla1898 · postcardBig Tree near Daytona, largest in Florida, FloridaCommonsBig Tree near Daytona, largest in Florida, Florida1898 · postcardBoating at Daytona, Daytona, FlaCommonsBoating at Daytona, Daytona, Fla1898 · postcardBungalows on South Street, Daytona, FlaCommonsBungalows on South Street, Daytona, Fla1898 · postcardMagnolia Avenue and Hotel Des Plano, Daytona, FlaCommonsMagnolia Avenue and Hotel Des Plano, Daytona, Fla1898 · postcardMoonlight on the Halifax River, Daytona, FlaCommonsMoonlight on the Halifax River, Daytona, Fla1898 · postcard
1900s–
1990s
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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National Register of Historic Places

27 historic places in Daytona Beach

Daytona Beach has 27 listings on the National Register, and they protect 1,664 historic buildings, because South Peninsula Historic District alone counts 811. One is a National Historic Landmark, the highest tier, which fewer than 3% of listings reach.

#11
In Floridaby listings · most towns there have none
27places listed17 buildings · 8 districts · 2 other
1National Historic LandmarkMary McLeod Bethune Home
1,664historic buildings protectedcounting each building in a district
1974first listedMary McLeod Bethune Home · newest: South Ridgewood Elementary School, 2011

Where they are

Tap a dot for a photo and link. Districts show at their center.
Mary McLeod Bethune HomeKress, S.H., and Co. BuildingMerchants Bank BuildingRogers HouseAbbey, TheUS Post OfficeSouth Beach Street Historic DistrictHoward Thurman HouseYoung, S. Cornelia, Memorial LibraryWhite HallEl Pino Parque Historic DistrictBartholomew J. Donnelly HouseDelos A. Blodgett HouseOlds HallAmos Kling HouseTourist ChurchCypress Street Elementary SchoolSeybold Baking Company FactoryCity Island Ball ParkDaytona Beach Bandshell and Oceanfront Park ComplexTarragona TowerSouth Ridgewood Elementary SchoolBethune-Cookman College Historic DistrictDaytona Beach Surfside Historic DistrictSouthwest Daytona Beach Black Heritage DistrictSouth Peninsula Historic DistrictCity Island
BuildingsDistrictsSitesStructuresBigger dot = landmark

Architectural styles

From each listing’s National Archives record · 20 of 27 name a style
Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals7
Mediterranean Revival5
Colonial Revival3
Mission/Spanish Colonial Revival3
Art Deco2
Spanish Colonial Revival2

When they were listed

The Register began in 1966. Daytona Beach’s busiest decade was the 1990s.
Mary McLeod Bethune Home LandmarkListed 1974Mary McLeod Bethune HomeBuildingEthnic Heritage-BlackEducationKress, S.H., and Co. BuildingListed 1983Kress, S.H., and Co. BuildingArt DecoArchitectureMerchants Bank BuildingListed 1986Merchants Bank BuildingGreek Revival · Built 1984CommerceArchitectureRogers HouseListed 1986Rogers HouseCommunity PlanningEngineeringMedicinePoliticsAbbey, TheListed 1987Abbey, TheWood Frame VernacularLiteratureEducationExploration/SettlementUS Post OfficeListed 1988US Post OfficeSpanish Colonial RevivalArchitectureSouth Beach Street Historic DistrictListed 1988South Beach Street Historic DistrictFrame VernacularCommerceExploration/SettlementArchitectureHoward Thurman HouseListed 1990Howard Thurman HouseFrame VernacularBlack historyEducationYoung, S. Cornelia, Memorial LibraryListed 1992Young, S. Cornelia, Memorial LibraryLate 19th and 20th Century RevivalsEducationArchitectureWhite HallListed 1992White HallLate 19th and 20th Century RevivalsBlack historyEducationArchitectureEl Pino Parque Historic DistrictListed 1993El Pino Parque Historic DistrictLate 19th and 20th Century RevivalsArchitectureBartholomew J. Donnelly HouseListed 1993Bartholomew J. Donnelly HouseLate 19th and 20th Century RevivalsArchitectureDelos A. Blodgett HouseListed 1993Delos A. Blodgett HouseLate VictorianArchitectureOlds HallListed 1993Olds HallLate 19th and 20th Century Revivals · Built 1923CommerceArchitectureAmos Kling HouseListed 1993Amos Kling HouseVernacular · Built 1907Town planningRecreationTourist ChurchListed 1995Tourist ChurchLate 19th and 20th Century RevivalsArchitectureSocial historyCypress Street Elementary SchoolListed 1996Cypress Street Elementary SchoolSpanish Colonial RevivalArchitectureEducationBlack historySeybold Baking Company FactoryListed 1997Seybold Baking Company FactoryMediterranean RevivalIndustryArchitectureCity Island Ball ParkListed 1998City Island Ball ParkBuilt 1914Black historyRecreationDaytona Beach Bandshell and Oceanfront Park ComplexListed 1999Daytona Beach Bandshell and Oceanfront Park ComplexLate Gothic RevivalRecreationTown planningArchitectureTarragona TowerListed 2005Tarragona TowerLate 19th and 20th Century RevivalsArchitectureTown planningSouth Ridgewood Elementary SchoolListed 2011South Ridgewood Elementary SchoolMasonry Vernacular · Built 1916ArchitectureEducationListed 1996Bethune-Cookman College Historic DistrictDistrictBlack historyEducationArchitectureListed 1996Daytona Beach Surfside Historic DistrictDistrictArchitectureTown planningCommerceListed 1997Southwest Daytona Beach Black Heritage DistrictDistrictBlack historyTown planningArchitectureListed 1998South Peninsula Historic DistrictDistrictTown planningArchitectureListed 2000City IslandDistrictArchitectureTown planningRecreation
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places (05/22/2026) · styles from the National Archives catalog · photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place

Then & now

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as The silvery draperies of Daytona, Florida (c. 1875) and it appears here side by side.

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Stories next door

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📜 Holly Hill📜 South Daytona📜 Daytona Beach Shores📜 Port Orange

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