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Gilbert's Bar Station sign, c. 1965

Sign: Gilbert's Bar Station, United States Coast Guard, Martin County Historical Society 1955. House of Refuge at Gilbert's Bar was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.

Tags Buildings, Galleries & museums, Lifesaving stations

Flagler Avenue, Stuart, Florida, c. 1945

Stores along Flagler Avenue, including Stuart Department Store, Victory Hotel and Marine Room and Beach Club, and Johns Dry Cleaners.

The arcade building was remodeled and renamed "Victory Hotel" in 1942, and the Marine Room and Beach Club opened in 1944. Stuart's Department Store operated from 1938 to 1984, and was formerly Eckess and Kitching & Eckess.

Tags Automobiles, Buildings, Business districts, Stores & shops

Old Roosevelt bridge, c. 1911

Bridge between Stuart and Jensen Beach Florida across the St. Lucie River. The Old Roosevelt Bridge opened in 1934. This bascule bridge later became the northbound lane and a second bridge was built in 1964 as the southbound lane. When the New Roosevelt Bridge was built in 1996, the original northbound bridge was torn down.

Marked "3725." However, this is probably an error.
Listed in the FPC record book 1 (PDF p. 106) as "3276 R.R. Bridge, Stuart, Fla."

Tags Bridges

Scene from veranda of St. Lucie Hotel, Stuart, Florida, c. 1950

View of lawn, hedges, fishing pier, and boats.

Tags Boats, Hedges (Plants), Hotels, Piers & wharves

Frazier Creek, Stuart, Florida, c. 1950

Two boats approaching two boat houses. One boat is from Washington D.C. tows a dingy named "Buccaneer" and the other boat is named "Prowl About (Stuart, Fla.)" Both fly a U.S. Yacht Ensign flag. The boathouse on the left was constructed by Hubert W. Bessey.

Tags Boats, Bridges, Flags, Piers & wharves, Waterways

Frazier Creek and St. Lucie River, c. 1950

Boat dock, with boats and fishermen.

Tags Palms, Waterways

"Florida's finest boat yard," c. 1935

Stuart Marine Service Company at end of pier, mechanics in white jumpsuits, boats in water, and men on boats. Train passing behind building.

Harry Beckman, of Philadelphia, owned and operated the Stuart Marine Service between 1933 and 1946. Located at the juncture of the north and south forks of the St. Lucie River.

Tags Boats, Buildings, Piers & wharves, Railroads

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