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Page 1: History of Clearwater Beach - Tampa Bay Landmarks & Historic Districts

History of Clearwater Beach - Tampa Bay Landmarks &Historic Districts

 Skinner would be a really savvy businessman inside the citrus industry within Dunedin, hotelmarket inside Tampa as well as the growth and also development of north Clearwater Beach via hisdevelopment, dredging and also bridge companies.  The southern end was purchased through J.R.Â

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. Asbury in 1903. Â It is interesting for you to understand that many of the early beach cottages thatnonetheless occur in Mandalay Voie along with cross streets had been barged across ClearwaterHarbor instead of being constructed on site. Â This is not stunning thinking with regards to theinsufficient access to the island along with insufficient fertile soil regarding farming. Palmer, GarretHobart (son associated with 24th U.S. Â

The island provides certainly been hit difficult simply by development and lots of in the originalstructures along with landmarks have been demolished over time such as: Sandsfoot Cottage - theactual oldest home Foreclosure House Hobart IN of record about the island, an 1890's Victorianresidence located at 809 Bay Esplanade and also owned by the Homes Foreclosures Hobart IN Baylyfamily that has been barged over to the island throughout 1932 as well as the Clearwater BeachHotel, formerly the Roux House, which usually has been an iconic resort around the island is nowthe place associated with the Sandpearl Resort from 500 Mandalay Avenue. Â Today, the actualPalm Pavilion operates as a bar/restaurant as well as can always be a favorite hangout amongstlocals and also tourists. Roux, Roux House/Clearwater Beach Resort now your present web site withthe Sandpearl Resort located at 500 Mandalay Avenue, partnered together with Skinner in theClearwater Island Bridge Co. Skinner throughout 1910-1920. Â In 1947 Palmer, which became theonly owner, offered his interest towards the one hundred club members. Â The entire island hasbeen then purchased through Ernest Tate inside 1897 with regard to $200.00 as well as the islandended up being referred in order to as "Tate's Island". Â

The progression of the northern area of Clearwater Beach has been spearheaded by L.B. as well aswas in addition any prominent name within the development of north Clearwater Beach. Â

L.B. Â Remnants of a by-gone era continue as go directly into the North Beach and Carlouel sectionsassociated with Foreclosure Houses Hobart IN Mandalay. Â In 1934, T.R.

Page 2: History of Clearwater Beach - Tampa Bay Landmarks & Historic Districts

Clearwater Beach, Florida may be a high tourist destination for a excellent deal of a prolonged timeso that will it is tough to think which Clearwater Beach features just about any history or perhapslandmarks as drive after dark towering condominium buildings. Â Evenhttp://foreclosures.reply.com/in-foreclosures/lake-county/hobart.html although many with the earlylandmarks are already demolished many in the older cottages are present in direction of theparticular entrance in the North Beach Section together Mandalay Voie as well as cross streets aswell as sparsely alongside Eldorado avenue along with Bay Esplanade, such as the original Carlouelcottage located in 1030 Eldorado Avenue, your Carlouel Yacht Club, found with 1091 EldoradoAvenue, that nevertheless capabilities as the possible exclusive and also private yacht along withtennis club as well as the Palm Pavilion, found with 10 Bay Esplanade, which incorporated within1926 as becoming a bathing/beach pavilion rendering it the actual oldest beach pavilion in the stateregarding Florida. Â The initial identified settler's were: Prudence Chafer which got a new new greatpart in the south finish of Clearwater Beach and Patrick Houston that bought your land towards thenorth. Davey, J.T. Bennett and also T.H. Â It just isn't until you head north in Mandalay Voie towardsthe particular north finish of the beach and tend to be available across some regarding theremaining 1920's and also 1930's beach cottages from Mandalay avenue and remaining vintagemotels. Â The island went straight into foreclosure inside 1899 due to a unpaid credit card debt aswell as the north end in the island had been purchased by Dunedin residents, Christopher Boutonand also James Malone, throughout 1902. Â E.T. Â

Even however Spanish artifacts happen in order to be excavated in the current day web site of theCarlouel Yacht Club, the first recorded settler's of the island occurred in 1883. Vice President) andalso Paul Randolph came up with Carlouel company (named following the initial few letters of theowner's wives: Carolyn Hobart, Louise Palmer, along with Eleanor Randolph) so as in order tosupply a West Palm Beach style yacht as well as tennis club along with constructed beach cottagespertaining to lease for you to wealthy locals and northerner's who'd winter within the area. Palmer,President involving Continental Rubber Works, in 1933 because of for the economic collapse.Skinner marketed off the actual northern end of the island to T.R