Daytona Beach in Volusia County, Florida — The American South (South Atlantic)
Merchants Bank Building
Halifax Historical Museum
Photographed By AGS Media, August 14, 2010
1. Merchants Bank Building NRHP Marker
Inscription.
Merchants Bank Building. Halifax Historical Museum.
This Property Has Been Placed On The National Register Of Historic Places By The United States Department of the Interior.
This Property Has Been Placed On The
National Register Of Historic Places By The United States Department of the Interior
(Marker Number 86000025.)
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Notable Buildings.
Location. 29° 12.523′ N, 81° 1.065′ W. Marker is in Daytona Beach, Florida, in Volusia County. Marker is on South Beach Street north of Orange Avenue, on the right when traveling south. The Merchants Bank building currently houses the Halifax Historical Museum, and is located within the South Beach Street Historic District (a National Historic District). Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 252 South Beach Street, Daytona Beach FL 32114, United States of America. Touch for directions.
this marker. The NRHP marker is mounted on the front of the building, below the columns to the left when facing the main entrance.
Regarding Merchants Bank Building. The two-story former bank building includes Beaux Arts and Greek Revival elements, including Ionic columns, large arched windows, and a triangular pediment. It was listed with the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.
Additional keywords. South Beach Street Historic District
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2. Merchants Bank Building and Halifax Historical Museum
The NRHP marker is seen to the left below the columns. On the opposite side is a marker from the Volusia County Council and Halifax Historical Society.
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3. Merchants Bank Building
Looking down the storefronts of South Beach Street
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4. Halifax Historical Museum Marker
This museum and archives is a joint project of the Volusia County Council and the Halifax Historical Society 1987 - 1988
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5. Merchants Bank Building and Halifax Historical Museum
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6. Great Floridians 2000 marker for Charles Grover Burgoyne
The marker, mounted on the front of the Merchants Bank Building by the Florida Department of State and Florida League of Cities, honors Charles Grover Burgoyne, who came to Daytona from New York in 1894. He and his wife Mary were arts patrons, paid for area school children to have milk at lunch, and built a large seawall promenade and casino along the Halifax River across Beach Street, which they donated to the city.
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7. Charles Grover Burgoyne Bust
At Riverfront Park, directly across Beach Street from the Merchants Bank Building/Halifax Historical Museum
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8. Burgoyne Bust Marker
Donor of the casino and the esplanade Burgoyne to the city of Daytona 1916
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9. Burgoyne Bust - reverse side
"Come on inside Weve saved a place for you"
This may refer to the casino or other facilities along the esplanade which Burgoyne built (only the esplanade remains today, as Riverfront Park).
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10. Riverfront Park - The "Esplanade Burgoyne"
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