Rio Collection

Title

Rio Collection

Description

Rio was a small town just north of Stuart.

The Rio post office established on 24 March 1893 as "Rio San Lucie." On 1 December 1897, the post office name was shortened to "Rio". The Rio post office was discontinued on 15 March 1902, with the post being passed to Goslingville, which was located on the narrow peninsula just north of the present-day Roosevelt Bridge. On 6 April 1904, the Rio post office was reactivated. In 1905, Goslingville's post office was discontinued and mail went to Rio! Then, the Rio post office was discontinued on 15 October 1927, and mail was sent to the post office at Jensen, now known as Jensen Beach.

Source

Scan gift of Sandra Thurlow; handwritten on back: Albert R. Walker, Rio.

Date

c. 1925

Contributor

Sandra Thurlow

Type

Still image

Identifier

Thurlow-2023-004

Coverage

1920s

Collection Items

Road flanked by two coconut trees, c. 1925

A graded road, flanked by two coconut trees, probably Rio Boulevard that stretched from the Dixie Highway to the St. Lucie River. A partial legible sign includes: "For Homes & Homesite ___ and Rio St. Lucie Terrace ___H.A. Myers." The Rio St. Lucie Terace development was in 1925. Handwritten on back: Looking up Rio Blvd from the parkway lot 12, block 13.

Tags Dirt roads, Palms
Pier at the end of Rio Boulevard, c. 1925

A dock at the end of Rio Boulevard. The view across the St. Lucie River shows the Pelican Hotel and the Stuart water tank.

Tags Palms, Piers & wharves, Waterways
Rio St. Lucie water supply station, 1925

Two men outside a small white building with "Rio St. Lucie water supply station" written on side, cars parked nearby. Published in the Stuart News, 25th Historical Edition (9 Nov 1950) with the caption "There is where Rio's citizens secured their water during the boom-era of the 1920s that started that area's development. This water works was ripped up by the 1925 hurricane and on this same foundation Herbert Dabinett's home now stands today in Rio."

Tags Automobiles, Buildings, Water supply
Rio, St. Lucie, Florida, c. 1925

Rio Lumber Company and other buildings on Dixie Highway. Signs on either side of a side street include Rio Boulevard and Rio St. Lucie Town Site.

Published in the Stuart News, 25th Historical Edition (9 Nov 1950) with the caption "This is looking eastward down the Old Dixie Highway (Road A1A) in the heart of Rio in 1923. At right on the street corners are markers announcing this is Rio Blvd. and 'Rio St. Lucie Town Site.' At left is the old Rio Lumber Company and assorted homes down the boulevard."

Tags Automobiles, Buildings, Streets
Rio St. Lucie Building, c. 1925

Building on Dixie Highway with signs: "This is Rio St. Lucie 'Stuart's Masterpiece'" and "Restaurant and lunch-room." Across the street is Stuart Auto Camp, with lunch 25 cents. Published in the Stuart News, 25th Historical Edition (9 Nov 1950)

Tags Automobiles, Buildings, Motels, Streets