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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20KP_joseph-downing-price_Ormond-Beach-FL.html
Pioneer Settler & Entrepreneur
Co-Incorporator & Mayor Of Ormond Beach
Builder & Owner Of The Hotel Ormond
Organizer Of First Auto Races On Ormond Beach
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20KO_john-andrew-bostrom_Ormond-Beach-FL.html
Pioneer Settler
And
Founder Of Ormond Beach
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1X2H_ormond-tomb-historical_Ormond-Beach-FL.html
Near this site lies the tomb of James Ormond II. Ormond and his father, a Scot who immigrated to Florida via the Bahamas about 1804, made "Damietta," the family plantation, one of the most productive in the Halifax region. When Florida became a U.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1X2B_old-kings-road-historical_Ormond-Beach-FL.html
The Old Kings Road crossed north to south near this site. First originated as an Indian trail, later improved by the Spanish, and then constructed by the British as a road in 1763-1773 to connect St. Augustine and New Smyrna, Florida. Improved by …
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Built in 1913 by Reverend Dr. Harwood Huntington, The Casements is named for its casement-style windows. Retired Standard Oil tycoon John D. Rockefeller, Sr. purchased it in 1918 as a winter residence, in hopes that it would support his …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RAY_the-ormond-garage_Ormond-Beach-FL.html
Built by Flagler East Coast Hotel Company in 1904 for the 1905 races. This landmark in the history of the American automobile industry was the setting for the preparation, testing and servicing of some of the most famous racing cars of the world w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RA2_the-three-chimneys_Ormond-Beach-FL.html
The Three Chimneys, originally known as the Swamp Settlement, was a British period sugar plantation established c. 1768 on a portion of 20,000 acres granted by King George III in 1764 to Richard Oswald (1700-1784), a wealthy and influential Scotti…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RA1_the-three-chimneys_Ormond-Beach-FL.html
The Three Chimneys is the site of the oldest British sugar plantation, sugar mill and rum distillery in the United States. It was in operation from the late 1760's until the Revolutionary War.
The site was part of a 20,000-acre grant awarded to R…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1R9U_ormond-fire-house_Ormond-Beach-FL.html
The Ormond Fire House, the only Works Progress Administration (WPA) structure in Ormond Beach, was built in 1937. The eclectically-designed two-story building features elements of Mission and Spanish Colonial Revival style architecture and is cons…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMN3B_hotel-ormond_Ormond-Beach-FL.html
Hotel Ormond, named for Volusia County pioneer James Ormond, was built in 1887 by John Anderson and Joseph Price. The large frame building was bought and enlarged by Henry M. Flagler in the 1890's. Operated by Flagler's Florida East Coast Railway,…