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Fernandina Beach, Florida
Pictures of the historical building and houses in Fernandina Beach, Florida and some information about them. Browse the images below.

US Post Office - Fernandina Beach
The US Post Office is located at 401 Centre Street in Fernandina Beach, Florida.Built in the style of the Medici Palace in Florence, it was completed in 1911 as a post office and customs house.Orifinally they had a courtroom in the 2nd floor to service the area and that has been restored.
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The Palace Saloon
The Palace Saloon on the cornerof Centre and 2nd Streets in Fernandina Beach, Florida is the oldest bar in the state. Built in 1878, the Prescott Building was originally a haberdashery. It was purchased in 1903 by Louis Hirth who asked his old friend Adolphus Busch (Anheiser Bush fame) to help with the design and construction of the bar.
Their design featured inlaid mosaic tile floors, embossed tin ceilings, hand carved mahogany undraped famale fixtures. a 40 foot bar lit with gas lamps and walls painted with six commissioned murals.
In it's heyday, Fernandina Beach was one of the busiest ports in the south. Of the 20 bars in the town at the time, The Palace Saloon was known as the "Shipcaptains Bar."
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David Levy Yulee
A statue of David Levy Yulee who was instrumental in building the Florida Railroad from Fernandina Beach on the Atlantic Ocean, to Cedar Key on the Gulf of Mexico. He also had a sugar plantion and mill in Homosassa, Florida where the remains of the mill can still be seen.
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