Atlantic Beach

Trendy Atlantic Beach was a small seaside community around 1900 when Henry Flagler, the builder of the Florida East Coast Railway, constructed the Mayport branch of the railway and erected a station just north of the former Atlantic Beach City Hall -- where the Adele Grage Cultural Center is located today.

The Continental Hotel, which with 300 rooms was large by the standards of the day, was built soon afterward on a tract of land between the depot and the beach. Around the hotel, the land was subdivided and sold for summer homes. Auto races on the beach, along with aerial shows, attracted tourists and the area experienced considerable growth.

In 1913, the railroad sold most of the land to the privately-held Atlantic Beach Corporation, which began paving streets, installing lights and water and sewer lines. But during World War I people were afraid to come to the coast and the corporation went into bankruptcy. After the war, land began to sell again and the settlement began to grow. By 1926, the Town of Atlantic Beach was officially incorporated, and chartered as a city in 1957.

With the opening of the Mayport Naval Station in the 1940's and the construction of the Matthews Bridge in the mid 1950's, the area became ready for development.

The city boundaries were extended in 1987 by annexation of the Seminole Beach area to the north and again in 1996 by extending the westerly boundary to the Intracoastal Waterway.

Recent city commissions recognized the need to acquire land for recreational purposes. In 1994, the city acquired approximately eight acres on the Intracoastal Waterway and with the use of grant funds, developed Tideviews Preserve as a passive park with trails, a boardwalk for viewing wildlife, canoe launch and picnic areas.

In 1998, the City of Atlantic Beach along with the City of Jacksonville acquired a 27-acre island now known as Dutton Island Preserve. The island is experiencing on-going development as a nature park to include trails, a floating dock for launching kayaks and canoes, a fishing pier, camping sites and pavilions. Residents may now enjoy more than sixty-five acres of parkland.

Atlantic Beach Real Estate

Today, the City of Atlantic Beach is about three square miles in area and has almost two miles of ocean beach. While much of the development in the city has been residential, with single-family homes accounting for most of the developed land areas, the city is nearing build-out with less than 10 percent of the incorporated land area being undeveloped.

While primarily featuring single-family homes in Atlantic Beach, there are condo opportunities in the area - with prices ranging from $250,000 up to $500,000.

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