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Amelia Island is a part of the Sea Islands chain that stretches along the East Coast of the United States from South Carolina to Florida; it is the southernmost of the Sea Islands, and the northernmost of the barrier islands on Florida's Atlantic coast. [1]
The Fernandina Beach Historic District is a U.S. historic district located in Fernandina Beach, Florida on Amelia Island.The Fernandina Beach Historic District was included on the National Register of Historic Places on July 20, 1973 and encompasses approximately 1,500 acres (610 ha), bounded by North 9th Street, Broome, Ash, South 5th Street, Date, and South 8th Street.
Original site looking toward the Amelia River. The Original Town of Fernandina Historic Site, also known as "Old Town", is a historic site in Fernandina Beach, Florida, located on Amelia Island. It is roughly bounded by Towngate Street, Bosque Bello Cemetery, Nassau, Marine, and Ladies Streets.
Fernandina Beach is a city in northeastern Florida and the county seat of Nassau County, Florida, United States.It is the northernmost city on Florida's Atlantic coast, situated on Amelia Island, and is one of the municipalities comprising Greater Jacksonville (formally the Jacksonville, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area).
American Beach was co-founded in 1935 by Florida's first black millionaire, Abraham Lincoln Lewis, and his Afro-American Life Insurance Company. [5] A. L. Lewis was one of the original founders of the Afro-American Life Insurance Company in 1901; with little education he became a world traveler, investor, philanthropist, and the first African-American millionaire in the state of Florida.
In 1935, the State of Florida bought 256 acres (1.0 km 2) that included the then-abandoned fort and the surrounding area. Fort Clinch State Park including the fort, opened to the public in 1938. The fort was closed to the public during World War II and used as a communications and security post. It was re-opened to public visits after the war ...
The Fort Clinch State Park is a Florida State Park, located on a peninsula near the northernmost point of Amelia Island, along the Amelia River.Its 1,100 acres (4 km 2) include the 19th-century Fort Clinch, sand dunes, plains, maritime hammock and estuarine tidal marsh.
The Amelia Island Light is the oldest existing lighthouse in the state of Florida in the United States. It is located near the northern end of Amelia Island in the northeastern part of the state. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] [ 7 ] Its light marks St. Marys Entrance, the inlet leading to St. Marys River , the Cumberland Sound and the harbor of Fernandina Beach ...