Historical Markers and War Memorials in Jensen Beach, Florida
Stuart is the county seat for Martin County
Jensen Beach is in Martin County
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On Northeast Dixie Highway, 0.2 miles south of Northeast Indian River Drive (County Road 707), on the left when traveling north.
In 1893, a community of Episcopal worshippers began to emerge in this area. With the property donated by Charles H. and Mary Racey, the congregation established the All Saints' Episcopal Church and All Saints' Cemetery in 1898.
The All Saints' . . . — — Map (db m112175) HM
Dedicated To The Recipients Of The Nation's Oldest Military Decoration "The Purple Heart" Combat Wounded Veterans Military Order of the Purple Heart 1782 - 1932 My stone is red for the blood they shed. The . . . — — Map (db m213496) HM WM
Near Northeast Indian River Drive (County Route 707) at Northeast Elaine Street, on the left when traveling south.
A Marker for Millennia
A recognizable landmark on the west bank of the Indian River, the prominent rise we know today as Mount Elizabeth, is actually a collection of debris from a Late Archaic village over 4,200 years old. The Archaic . . . — — Map (db m150970) HM
Near North East Indian River Drive, 0.3 miles NE Palmer Street, on the right when traveling north.
Mount Elizabeth Mound was constructed approximately 4,000 years ago during the Late Archaic Period by Florida bands who selected this site for a ceremonial shell midden-mound. It was occupied 4,000-800 years ago by ancient peoples who first . . . — — Map (db m106567) HM
On Northeast Dixie Highway (State Road 707) at Northeast Arch Street, on the left when traveling south on Northeast Dixie Highway.
This Mediterranean Revival style monument typical of the pre-Depression Florida Boom was designed by Nat C. Hodgdon of Pfeiffer and O'Reilly Architects, constructed by A. L. Doenges and completed on February 20, 1926. The arch was built to celebrate . . . — — Map (db m83286) HM
Near Northeast Indian River Drive (County Route 707) 0.3 miles north of Northeast Palmer Street, on the right when traveling north.
Mt. Elizabeth and the surrounding property were purchased by explorer William Henry Racey in the late 1850's. In 1891, his son, Charles Racey, built a three-story wood-frame house on the mound for his family and started a pineapple and citrus . . . — — Map (db m117570) HM
Near Northeast Indian River Drive, 0.3 miles north of Northeast Palmer Street, on the right when traveling north.
The mansion at
Tuckahoe
1938
Restored 2009
Listed on the National Register
of Historic Places by the United States
Department of the Interior — — Map (db m112168) HM
