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The mission of the Palm Coast Historical Society is to collect, preserve, and share the history of the land, city, and people of Palm Coast—educating the community and preserving it for future generations!

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🐶 🐾THE DOG PARK MAY BE CLOSED - BUT WE'RE OPEN!Looking for something to do this Saturday? Come on by the Palm Coast His...
10/24/2026

🐶 🐾THE DOG PARK MAY BE CLOSED - BUT WE'RE OPEN!

Looking for something to do this Saturday? Come on by the Palm Coast Historical Society & Museum!

We're open today from 11 AM to 4 PM, and we'd love to see you!

Stop in, explore our exhibits, discover some local history, and learn a little more about the place we call home.

📍 James F. Holland Park, Palm Coast

🕚 Today | 11 AM – 4 PM

Admission is FREE!

Come on by and say hello! 👋

✈️ : FLAGLER COUNTY AIRPORT — 1993!Recognize this place? You might have driven past it a thousand times, but you've pro...
10/23/2026

✈️ : FLAGLER COUNTY AIRPORT — 1993!

Recognize this place? You might have driven past it a thousand times, but you've probably never seen it quite like this!

This aerial photograph, taken on January 31, 1993, shows the Flagler County Airport and the surrounding area more than 33 years ago.

Look at all those trees and that land before Town Center!

The runways are easy to recognize, but it's everything around the airport that makes this photograph so interesting. Roads cutting through the woods, residential streets already laid out, and entire sections of land waiting for the neighborhoods and businesses we know today.

Today, the airport is known as Flagler Executive Airport, and much of that once-open landscape has changed beyond recognition.

🔎 Take a minute to zoom in on this one. See how many roads and landmarks you can identify. You might be surprised by what's already there — and what's missing!

And If you were one of the few at the time - point out your house!

What do you remember about the airport and the surrounding area in the early 1990s? Did you ever fly out of here, work at the airport, or watch planes take off and land?

And for everyone else, what's the biggest change you notice between this photograph and today?

Let us know below ↓

🏴‍☠️ : THE MAYOR SAVES A PIRATE???Sometimes local history gives you a story you simply couldn't make up if you tried.T...
10/22/2026

🏴‍☠️ : THE MAYOR SAVES A PIRATE???

Sometimes local history gives you a story you simply couldn't make up if you tried.

This photo, donated by former Palm Coast Marina Dock Master Debbie Hogan, captures the day a visiting pirate ship stopped at the marina to refuel — and managed to get itself hung up at the bridge.

And look closely at the little red boat coming to the rescue:
TowBoatUS.

Here's where it gets even better. Former Palm Coast Mayor Jon Netts also worked as a local TowBoatUS captain. We are working to confirm that's Mayor Netts aboard the rescue boat that day, but for now we'd sure like to think Palm Coast's mayor once had to rescue a pirate. 😂🏴‍☠️

A BIG thank you to Debbie for all of her contributions to the museum lately! She's donated so much great Palm Coast history that she's starting to get her own little corner in the museum — and make sure your following cause we have plenty more to share!

🌴The Palm Coaster Special Sheraton Palm Coast Inn Issue, 1974Volume 5, Number 2This special 1974 edition of The Palm Coa...
10/21/2026

🌴The Palm Coaster
Special Sheraton Palm Coast Inn Issue, 1974
Volume 5, Number 2

This special 1974 edition of The Palm Coaster was devoted almost entirely to one of early Palm Coast’s signature destinations — the brand-new Sheraton Palm Coast Inn.

Described at the time as “Luxury in a Scenic Paradise,” the oceanfront resort had opened earlier that year and was designed to give visitors a distinctly Florida experience.

🌊 The Inn sat just east of A1A, hidden from the highway by nearly a mile of subtropical greenery before opening onto more than five miles of beach.

🌴 The grounds featured a large free-form swimming pool, reflecting ponds, wooden bridges, waterfalls, landscaped walkways and a gazebo overlooking the Atlantic.

🏨 Inside, the Florida theme continued with white stucco walls, rattan furniture, palm-tree wallpaper and three six-foot chandeliers decorated with tiers of shells.

🍽️ Guests could enjoy the dining room, lounge, banquet rooms and a gift shop called “The Lemon Tree.”

🎾 Outside were tennis courts, expansive pool decks and direct access to the beach — all captured in some fantastic photographs throughout this issue.

Dr. Norman Young of ITT Community Development Corporation predicted that the Sheraton would become “a well known landmark and a beckoning oasis to visitors and travelers alike.”

🏛️ A HISTORIC DAY FOR PALM COAST HISTORY! 🌴We are excited to announce not one, but TWO major milestones for the Palm Coa...
10/21/2026

🏛️ A HISTORIC DAY FOR PALM COAST HISTORY! 🌴

We are excited to announce not one, but TWO major milestones for the Palm Coast Historical Society & Museum and historic preservation in our community!

At Tuesday's Palm Coast City Council meeting, two significant items were approved that will help preserve and share Palm Coast's history for generations to come.

🚒 A FUTURE HOME FOR OUR HISTORY - HISTORIC FIRE STATION 22!

The Palm Coast Historical Society & Museum has officially secured a 25-year commitment for the future occupancy of Historic Fire Station 22 (upon completion)!

This agreement represents a monumental step toward establishing a long-term home for our museum and ensuring that Palm Coast's history continues to be collected, preserved, and shared with future generations.

While we are still some time away from moving in, we are excited to continue building upon the vision, dedication, and hard work of our organization's past administrations, whose efforts helped lay the foundation for this important milestone.

We are also pleased to share the agreed-upon floor plan for Historic Fire Station 22, highlighting the Historical Society's designated spaces and the shared museum and exhibition areas. This layout was included in the agreement approved by City Council and represents an exciting look at the future of our museum!

As we enter 2027, we look forward to beginning the planning, fundraising, and work to secure sponsorships and grant funding necessary to help bring our future museum space to life. In the meantime, we remain committed to serving our community and sharing Palm Coast's history through our existing museum and educational programs located in Holland Park.

📜 A MAJOR VICTORY FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION!

At the same meeting, the Palm Coast City Council approved the second and final reading of the city's historic preservation ordinances!

These ordinances bring Palm Coast into alignment with state historic preservation recommendations while strengthening the identification, documentation, reporting, and preservation of historically significant sites throughout our community.

As Palm Coast continues to grow, these protections will play an increasingly important role in ensuring that the places, people, and stories that shaped our city are recognized and preserved for future generations.

👏 RECOGNIZING THOSE WHO MADE THIS POSSIBLE!

We would like to extend special recognition to Palm Coast Historical Society President Peter Johnson and City Historian Preston Zepp for their dedication and work in advancing the historic preservation ordinances.

We also extend our sincere appreciation to the Palm Coast City Council, city staff, our Board of Directors, dedicated volunteers, and past leadership for their continued efforts and support with preserving the historic Fire Station 22.

These accomplishments did not happen overnight. They represent years of dedication, collaboration, and a shared commitment to preserving our community's heritage.

We are grateful for the City's continued partnership and look forward to working together as we begin this exciting new chapter.

Thank you, Palm Coast, for continuing to support our mission of collecting, preserving, and sharing the history of the land, city, and people of Palm Coast!

Our past has a future, and that future has never looked brighter! 🌴

- Saltwater Canal Survey - 1993🌊 A Look Back at Palm Coast's Canal Depths! 🗺️Yesterday, someone asked about the depths...
10/20/2026

- Saltwater Canal Survey - 1993

🌊 A Look Back at Palm Coast's Canal Depths! 🗺️

Yesterday, someone asked about the depths of the canals in the comments of our recent post, so we thought we'd share something interesting from our archives!

These two historical survey maps, dated July 16, 1993, document water depths throughout portions of Palm Coast's canal system more than 33 years ago - surveyed on an extreme low tide!

If you look closely, you'll notice depth measurements recorded throughout the waterways, offering a fascinating glimpse into canal conditions at the time.

Of course, these measurements reflect conditions in 1993, and actual depths may have changed over the decades due to sediment accumulation, erosion, and other factors.

We love when questions from our community give us an opportunity to dig a little deeper into Palm Coast's history!

📜 Do you see your canal or neighborhood shown?

📸 HISTORY DESERVES A HOME!You probably wouldn't expect to find the history of Palm Coast behind one of these roll-up doo...
10/20/2026

📸 HISTORY DESERVES A HOME!

You probably wouldn't expect to find the history of Palm Coast behind one of these roll-up doors....

But for several years, that's exactly where it was!

The photographs you're looking at show the Palm Coast Historical Society's collection housed inside rental storage units — boxes of photographs, documents, maps, records and artifacts stacked onto shelves and tucked into filing cabinets.

Finding a home for Palm Coast's history has been a major part of OUR story from the beginning.

Over the years, the Historical Society occupied space in numerous versions of the City of Palm Coast, FL - Government City Hall. For more than three years, the collection was housed in two 10-by-20-foot rental storage units. The Society also spent approximately a year in an industrial building on Hargrove Grade and later even occupied space at Matanzas High School.

In 2013, the Palm Coast Historical Society Museum finally opened at James F. Holland Memorial Park.

Which brings us to today.

The Palm Coast City Council is scheduled to consider a Master Service Agreement regarding the potential future use of historic Fire Station 22 as a new home for the Palm Coast Historical Society & Museum.

Today's consideration is only one step in a the plan to highlight our regions history, but the possibility of Fire Station 22 becoming the Historical Society's future home certainly makes this an interesting day in both the cities and our own history.

A building that served Palm Coast during its early years could soon begin a new chapter — this time preserving and displaying the history of the community it once served.

At the end of the day, we are just hopeful that we don't end up back in a storage unit!😂🤞

🌴 A LOOK BACK AT PALM COAST'S EARLY DAYS! 🚜📸 From the Theo Hein Collection.Before Palm Coast became the city we know to...
10/19/2026

🌴 A LOOK BACK AT PALM COAST'S EARLY DAYS! 🚜

📸 From the Theo Hein Collection.

Before Palm Coast became the city we know today, much of its landscape was transformed through one of the most ambitious land development projects in Florida's history.

This remarkable aerial photograph captures early dredging and canal construction in Palm Coast's C Section, before the waterway connection to the Intracoastal Waterway had been opened.

Beginning in the early 1970s, the International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation (ITT), through its subsidiary Levitt & Sons, undertook the enormous task of transforming thousands of acres of undeveloped land into a planned residential community.

Dredging was a major part of that transformation. Excavation crews carved out an extensive network of saltwater canals, creating waterfront homesites where none had previously existed. The excavated material also helped shape and elevate portions of the surrounding land.

Perhaps the most fascinating detail is the unfinished connection to the Intracoastal Waterway, offering a rare glimpse of the canal system before it was opened to the larger waterway.

It's a reminder that much of the Palm Coast we see today was quite literally carved out of the Florida landscape.

© Flagler County Historical Society

It's Monday, Palm Coast! Let's get to work! 💪🌴

10/18/2026

It's our opening day here at Maze Dayz and we're excited to share this year's 🌱Maze design🌱
We believe in protecting/preserving farms and agriculture land!! Come join us for family fun on the farm!! We're open every Saturday and Sunday from 10:00 a.m to 7:00 p.m. , Oct 17th till Nov 8th. We have plenty of farmtastic games and activities for everyone to enjoy, pumpkin patch 🎃, sunflowers 🌻, photo ops 📸, hay rides 🚜, farm animals 🐄 🐥, good food 🍗 and so much more!! We look forward to seeing y'all soon!!!

🌲 - Remember When a Friday Afternoon Looked Like This?Before the shopping centers, traffic lights, and neighborhoods s...
10/16/2026

🌲 - Remember When a Friday Afternoon Looked Like This?

Before the shopping centers, traffic lights, and neighborhoods stretching for miles, there was a whole lot of this.

Dirt roads. Palmettos. Woods. A Blazer. And plenty of places to disappear for a few hours....

For a lot of longtime Palm Coasters, this was just part of growing up here — riding around, fishing, exploring, meeting up with friends, and probably doing a few things better left out of the historical record!

Heck, some of us remember a few pretty good parties around Dry Lake and Town Center… 😎

Where was YOUR hangout spot back in the day?

— and tell us, what's there now!?

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Holland Memorial Park, Florida Park Drive
Palm Coast, FL
32137

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