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Added to NRHP. August 13, 1979. The Overseas Railroad (also known as Florida Overseas Railroad, the Overseas Extension, and Flagler's Folly) was an extension of the Florida East Coast Railway to Key West, a city located 128 miles (206 km) beyond the end of the Florida peninsula.
April 20, 2005. ( #05000311) Roughly Espanola in Flagler County to County Route 204 in St. Johns County. 29°34′49″N 81°20′35″W. / 29.580278°N 81.343056°W / 29.580278; -81.343056 ( Dixie Highway-Hastings, Espanola and Bunnell Road) Espanola. Extends into St. Johns County. 6. Espanola Schoolhouse.
The Florida East Coast Railway depot in Sebastian.The structure was built in 1893. Beginning in 1892, when landowners south of Daytona petitioned him to extend the railroad 80 miles (130 km) south, Flagler began laying new railroad tracks; no longer did he follow his traditional practice of purchasing existing railroads and merging them into his growing rail system.
Coordinates: 29.4798°N 81.1276°W. Flagler Beach Historical Museum is a local history and natural history museum located at 207 South Central Avenue in the heart of the historic seaside community of Flagler Beach, Florida, one block west of the fishing pier. The museum's permanent collection is dedicated to Florida history featuring Flagler ...
The Biscayne House of Refuge was typical of the houses of refuge in Florida. The Houses of Refuge in Florida were a series of stations operated by the United States Life Saving Service along the coast of Florida to rescue and shelter ship-wrecked sailors. Five houses were constructed on the east coast in 1876, with five more added in 1885 and 1886.
The station officially opened to passengers in January 1925 as a Seaboard Air Line Railway depot. The building was designed by the Palm Beach architectural firm of Harvey & Clarke. [ 4 ] Among other Seaboard trains, the station was served by the Orange Blossom Special until 1953, and the Silver Meteor beginning in 1939.
Henry Flagler. Henry Morrison Flagler (January 2, 1830 – May 20, 1913) was an American industrialist and a founder of Standard Oil, which was first based in Ohio. He was also a key figure in the development of the Atlantic coast of Florida and founder of the Florida East Coast Railway. He is also known as a co-founder and major investor of ...
Whitehall (Henry M. Flagler House) Whitehall is a 75-room, 100,000 square foot (9700 square meter) Gilded Age palace type mansion open to the public in Palm Beach, Florida in the United States. Completed in 1902, it is a major example of neoclassical Beaux Arts architecture designed by Carrère and Hastings for Henry Flagler, a leading captain ...