Near North Bay Street (Florida Route 19) at West Clifford Avenue, on the right when traveling south.
The Alice B. McClelland Memorial Band Shell in Ferran Park was built in 1926 by William S. McClelland in memory of his wife. One of two historic Florida band shells still standing, it was restored in 1992 and named to the National Register of . . . — — Map (db m166235) HM
Near Ferran Park Drive at East McDonald Avenue, on the right when traveling south.
Originally built in 1926 facing Magnolia Avenue, relocated to present site and enlarged in 1936, refurbished in 1992, placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior, June 23, 1994. — — Map (db m166230) HM
Near North Bay Street (Florida Route 19) at West Clifford Avenue, on the right when traveling south.
Ferran Park was formed in 1921 from sand pumped from the bottom of Lake Eustis and retained by a bulkhead constructed at the waters’ edge. It was named for E.L. Ferran, a pioneer businessman and civic leader. In 1994 the park was placed on the . . . — — Map (db m166236) HM
Near North Bay Street (Florida Route 19) at Gottsche Avenue, on the right when traveling south.
Custom boat building was one of the early businesses in Eustis. Bassett Boats Works, founded in 1926, constructed some of the first outboard powered cabin cruisers and the first powered glass-bottom boats famous at Silver Springs. Pilings from this . . . — — Map (db m166237) HM
Near North Bay Street (Florida Route 19) at Gottsche Avenue, on the right when traveling south.
Lake Eustis was named for Colonel Abraham Eustis, First Commander of U.S. Army forces in Florida. The city of Eustis was briefly named Lake Eustis, but the word “Lake” was dropped in 1883 when the town was incorporated. The lake is about 12 square . . . — — Map (db m166238) HM
Near North Bay Street (Florida Route 19) at Hazzard Avenue, on the right when traveling south.
The four streets leading to the entrance ramps of the Lake Walk are named Bates, Hazzard, Gottsche, and Clifford. Charles H. Bates, Joseph De V. Hazzard, Augustus Gottsche, and Guilford D. Clifford were elected to the first Town Council after the . . . — — Map (db m166239) HM
Near North Bay Street (Florida Route 19) at Hazzard Avenue, on the right when traveling south.
By 1912 a building called The Pavilion had been constructed on pilings in Lake Eustis. A pier 250 feet long connected it to shore where Clifford/MacDonald Street ended. The Pavilion served as a community center where parties, dances, and band . . . — — Map (db m166240) HM
Near Northshore Drive, 0.1 miles west of North Bay Street (Florida Route 19) when traveling west.
Completed in 1911, this large neo-classical house is constructed of Florida cypress. Originally home to Guilford D. Clifford, one of the town’s earliest settlers and businessmen, this is now headquarters of the Eustis Historical Museum and . . . — — Map (db m166241) HM
Near Northshore Drive, 0.1 miles west of North Bay Street (Florida Route 19) when traveling west.
The lakefront was the hub of early Eustis. Businesses, Eustis Park, the railroad station, bathing beaches, marinas and public docks brought people to the waterfront. Boating activities of every sort from pleasure cruises to regattas were popular. . . . — — Map (db m166242) HM