New Smyrna Beach in Volusia County, Florida — The American South (South Atlantic)

Coronado Beach House

Photographed by Tim Fillmon, May 21, 2014

1. Coronado Beach House Marker

Inscription. Coronado Beach was settled by Foster G. Austin in 1885. Austin built a series of beachside cottages approximately one mile south of Flagler Avenue. In its early days, Coronado Beach, named after Austin’s native community in California, served primarily as a retreat for hunting and fishing during the winter. The community center shifted north to the Flagler Avenue area after the construction of a bridge that connected the mainland and the beachfront. Not many of the original houses withstood the ensuing decades of beachfront development. This house is one of the original houses built in Coronado Beach by Austin and is an excellent example of the type of housing built in this area in the late 19th century. Its original location was one half block south, at the northeast corner of Hill Street and 8th Avenue. Notable architectural features of this frame Vernacular house include the cross gable roof, veranda with cut-out stars in the brackets, chamfered posts, alternate shingle siding and ornate attic light in the east gable end. Coronado Beach was incorporated into the City of New Smyrna Beach in 1946.
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Erected 2007 by the Malibu Condominiums, LLC and the Florida Department of State. (Marker Number F-613.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Notable Buildings.

Location. 29° 1.544′ N, 80° 53.342′ W. Marker is in New Smyrna Beach, Florida, in Volusia County. It is on Hill Street south of 7th Avenue, on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1705 Hill Street, New Smyrna Beach FL 32169, United States of America. Touch for directions.

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

It is also in the American South

and on the Eastern Seaboard. 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 South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Vietnam Memorial

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Photographed by Tim Fillmon, May 21, 2014

2. Coronado Beach House

Marker is just to the left

(approx. 1.8 miles away); Site of Old Stone Wharf (approx. 1.8 miles away); The New Smyrna Odyssey (approx. 1.8 miles away); PFC Emory L. Bennett (approx. 1.9 miles away); Supreme Sacrifice (approx. 1.9 miles away); Turnbull Canal (approx. 1.9 miles away); The Gabordy Canal (approx. 2 miles away); 1768 British Colony of New Smyrna (approx. 2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in New Smyrna Beach.

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on March 26, 2016, by Tim Fillmon of Webster, Florida. This page has been viewed 2,280 times since then and 177 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on March 26, 2016, by Tim Fillmon of Webster, Florida. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.