Cocoa Beach in Brevard County, Florida — The American South (South Atlantic)

First Medical Practice Serving Cocoa Beach

Historical Site

First Medical Practice in Cocoa Beach Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, October 22, 2019

1. First Medical Practice in Cocoa Beach Marker

Inscription. Joseph C. Von Thron, M.D. opened the first medical practice on this site and building on October 15, 1955 serving Cocoa Beach.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Science & Medicine. A significant historical date for this entry is October 15, 1955.

Location. 28° 19.434′ N, 80° 36.607′ W. Marker is in Cocoa Beach, Florida, in Brevard County. It can be reached from North Orlando Avenue (State Highway A1A) just north of North 3rd Street, on the right when traveling south. Marker is mounted directly on the subject building, beside the main front entrance. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 306 North Orlando Avenue, Cocoa Beach FL 32931, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Florida’s Space Coast.

It is also in the American South.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum

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South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: I Dream of Jeannie (approx. 0.8 miles away); The Thousand Islands (approx. one mile away); Bicentennial Memorial (approx. 1½ miles away); 18th Century Whaling Ship Anchor (approx. 3.1 miles away); Cocoa Beach Pier 1984 Anchor (approx. 3.1 miles away); Carter-Fuller Mound Complex (approx. 4 miles away); Georgianna United Methodist Church (approx. 4.7 miles away); Georgiana Railway: 1892-1894 (approx. 4.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Cocoa Beach.

First Medical Practice in Cocoa Beach Marker<br>(<i>wide view • marker just right of entrance</i>) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, October 22, 2019

2. First Medical Practice in Cocoa Beach Marker
(wide view • marker just right of entrance)

First Medical Practice in Cocoa Beach Marker<br>(<i>wide view • from Florida Highway A1A</i>) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, October 22, 2019

3. First Medical Practice in Cocoa Beach Marker
(wide view • from Florida Highway A1A)

Credits. This page was last revised on December 9, 2019. It was originally submitted on December 8, 2019, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. This page has been viewed 607 times since then and 24 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on December 8, 2019, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. 2, 3. submitted on December 9, 2019, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.