Florida East Coast Railway - General Office Buildings

Florida East Coast Railway - General Office Buildings (HM1GQ2)

Location: St. Augustine, FL 32084 St. Johns County
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N 29° 53.528', W 81° 19.257'

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Henry M. Flagler built the Florida East Coast Railway (FEC) to link his resort empire and establish the east coast of Florida as "The American Riviera." Flagler, partner with John D. Rockefeller in Standard Oil, developed the Atlantic shoreline with a chain of luxury hotels from Jacksonville to Key West. Perhaps Flagler's greatest achievement was the construction of the Key West Extension finished shortly before his death in 1913. By 1916, the FEC Railway included 23 railroads, terminals, and bridge companies along 739 miles of track. Steamships linked the railroad at Miami to Nassau, Bahamas, and at Key West to Havana, Cuba. The Florida East Coast Hotel Company owned 14 resorts joined by the rail lines. In St. Augustine, Flagler's 1888 railway station west of downtown was replaced by three office towers built starting from south to north in 1922, 1923 and 1926. They served as the Railway's headquarters until 2006, when the FEC provided a $7.2 million gift-in-equity, making possible the transfer of the property to Flagler College. The College is committed to preservation of the buildings and adapting them for College uses.
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HM NumberHM1GQ2
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Marker NumberF-636
Year Placed2008
Placed ByFlagler College and Florida Department of State.
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Date Added Thursday, October 9th, 2014 at 3:05am PDT -07:00
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Locationbig map
UTM (WGS84 Datum)17R E 469011 N 3306876
Decimal Degrees29.89213333, -81.32095000
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 29° 53.528', W 81° 19.257'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds29° 53' 31.68" N, 81° 19' 15.42" W
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Area Code(s)904
Which side of the road?Marker is on the right when traveling South
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 1 Malaga St, St. Augustine FL 32084, US
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