Ormond Hotel

The Ormond Hotel (also known as The Flagler Hotel) was a historic hotel in Ormond Beach, Florida, United States. It was located at 15 East Granada Boulevard.

The Ormond Hotel
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	Ormond Beach, Florida, United States
Coordinates	29°17′20.59″N 81°2′50.28″W
Architect	George Penfield
NRHP reference No.	80000964
Added to NRHP	November 24, 1980

History

Built by John Anderson and J. D. Price, the hotel opened on January 1, 1888. By spring of 1889, the Florida East Coast Railway extended its service from Jacksonville to Daytona, and railroad magnate Henry Flagler bought The Ormond Hotel and enlarged it to handle 600 guests. It became one in a series of his hotels positioned along the line to accommodate his passengers, including The Ponce De León Hotel in St. Augustine, The Royal Poinciana Hotel and The Breakers Hotel in Palm Beach, and The Royal Palm Hotel in Miami. In 1914, John D. Rockefeller arrived at The Ormond Hotel for the winter season, and rented an entire floor for his staff and himself. After four seasons at the hotel, he bought The Casements, a nearby estate also beside the Halifax River.

Original cupola

On November 24, 1980, The Ormond Hotel was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. In 1992, the structure was razed to the ground to make way for a condominium. The original cupola now stands in Fortunato Park, directly west of the site of the former hotel.

External links

• Florida's Office of Cultural and Historical Programs
• Volusia County listings
• Volusia County markers
• Great Floridians of Ormond Beach
• History of Ormond Beach
• Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. FL-380, "Ormond Hotel, 15 East Granada, Ormond Beach, Volusia County, FL", 127 photos, 7 data pages, 9 photo caption pages