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. 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. It 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.

Regionally, this marker is in Florida’s First 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,

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one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: The History of the Warren Harding Building (within shouting distance of this marker); 224 South Beach Street (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); 128 Orange Avenue (about 300 feet away); Jackie Robinson Ballpark & Museum (about 400 feet away); A Gifted Athlete (about 400 feet away); Willie O’Ree (about 400 feet away); Roberto Clemente (about 400 feet away); Althea Gibson (about 400 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Daytona Beach.

More about 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

Merchants Bank Building and Halifax Historical Museum image. Click for full size.

Photographed by AGS Media, August 14, 2010

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.

Merchants Bank Building image. Click for full size.

Photographed by AGS Media, August 14, 2010

3. Merchants Bank Building

Looking down the storefronts of South Beach Street

Halifax Historical Museum Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by AGS Media, August 14, 2010

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

Photographed by AGS Media, August 15, 2010

5. Merchants Bank Building and Halifax Historical Museum

Great Floridians 2000 marker for Charles Grover Burgoyne image. Click for full size.

Photographed by AGS Media, August 14, 2010

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.

Charles Grover Burgoyne Bust image. Click for full size.

Photographed by AGS Media, August 14, 2010

7. Charles Grover Burgoyne Bust

At Riverfront Park, directly across Beach Street from the Merchants Bank Building/Halifax Historical Museum

Burgoyne Bust Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by AGS Media, August 14, 2010

8. Burgoyne Bust Marker

Donor of the casino
and the esplanade
Burgoyne
to the city of
Daytona
1916

Burgoyne Bust - reverse side image. Click for full size.

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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).

Riverfront Park - The "Esplanade Burgoyne" image. Click for full size.

Photographed by AGS Media, August 14, 2010

10. Riverfront Park - The "Esplanade Burgoyne"

Credits. This page was last revised on October 28, 2020. It was originally submitted on August 26, 2010, by Glenn Sheffield of Tampa, Florida. This page has been viewed 1,154 times since then and 32 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10. submitted on August 26, 2010, by Glenn Sheffield of Tampa, Florida. • Syd Whittle was the editor who published this page.