Georgian Inn By Evrentals

Historic Hotel in Historic Ormond - 1768

by grandmaR

This cupola was on the top of the Hotel Ormond for 204 years. It is now in Fortunato park on the northwest end of the Granada (Ormond - State Route 40) Bridge. The building is open from 2 to 4, Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday. A mural, pictures and memorabilia are on display in the building.

The hotel was one of the largest wooden structures in the United States. Wen John D. Rockefeller would come down to play golf, he and his entourage would rent a whole floor of the hotel. The story goes that when he found that his accommodations cost more than another person with similar space requirements, they told him that he was the richest man in the world and could afford it. Wrong Answer. It was then that he bought The Casements the house across the street.

The hotel burned and/or was demolished in 1992. The Ormond Beach Historical Trust saved the cupola and five years later they had a structure built in the park to hold it.

Historic Ormond - MacDonald House - 1890s

by grandmaR

This house at 38 East Granada Blvd. east of The Casements next to the tennis courts. It is a Queen Anne style house and now houses the Ormond Beach Historical Trust. They used to run a little trolley around to the historical places, but the docent at The Casements said they don't do this anymore. It was bought in 1929 by the MacDonalds who are/were the owners of Billy's Tap Room which is next door. Today it is the city Welcome Center and has a mini-museum. It is open to the public. The sign on the front door says that if there are chairs on the porch, it is open.

ormond beach florida

by doug48

"ormond beach"

the ormond beach area was originally inhabited by the timucaun native american tribe. the town of ormond beach is named after james ormond who had a sugar cane plantation in the area in the early 1800's. in 1886 the st. johns & halifax railroad was built through ormond beach which opened up the area to tourism. the ormond hotel was built in 1887 which was one of a number of winter tourist hotels built along the florida atlantic coast in the late 1880's. of interest to the tourist is it's beautiful atlantic beach, tomoka state park, and scores of historic homes and buildings. ormond beach has a much more laid back atmosphere than it's more famous neighbor daytona beach.