History · Sewall's Point

Sewall's Point’s history is
mostly unwritten

The public archives hold just one old photo of Sewall's Point. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

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St. Lucie River Inlet, 1905 · Library of Congress

The story

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Both Sewall's Point and the peninsula are named for Captain Henry Edwin Sewall.

On September 26, 2004, Hurricane Jeanne made landfall on Hutchinson Island, just east of Sewall's Point, exactly three weeks after Hurricane Frances did so at the same location.

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Timeline

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1905St. Lucie River InletLOC

1910–1999Nothing yet. Family albums go here.

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1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewSt. Lucie River Inlet, 1905: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10

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By decade

Sewall's Point, decade by decade

1900s1 item

LOCSt. Lucie River Inlet1905

1910s–
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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Today1 photo

CommonsJacqui Thurlow-Lippisch2015

Then & now

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Sewall's Point’s history ismostly unwritten