American Beach

Local nameAmerican Beach
LocationAmerican Beach, Florida

American Beach is a historic beach community in northeastern Florida once popular with African-American vacationers. It is located north of Jacksonville on Amelia Island in Nassau County. During the time of segregation and the Jim Crow era, African Americans were denied access to many public amenities such as public pools and beaches in order to increase the value of nearby real estate, among other reasons. In view of this Abraham Lincoln Lewis, Florida's first black millionaire and president of the Afro-American Life Insurance Company, founded American Beach as a community that was visited mostly by African Americans, though all were welcome. It contains the American Beach Historic District, a historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.

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More information and contact

Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Beach,_Florida

Official website http://www.nps.gov/timu/historyculture/ambch.htm

Address 5461 Gregg St, 32034, United States

Coordinates 30°34'28.992" N -81°26'39.012" E

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