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Attractions:
25 Riverside Drive
(386) 676-3216
The Casements was once the winter home of John D. Rockefeller, now it is a historic gathering place for cultural events; including book fairs, author lectures, classes, various exhibits, and holiday events. There is a gift shop on the premises, and guided tours. The popular Ormond Beach Trolley Tours are available here. They are climate controlled, pleasant driving tours through thirty historical buildings and various notable sites in Ormond Beach. Reservations required. Call for schedule and rates. (386) 677-7005.
The Casements hours are from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, and 8:30 a.m. to noon, on Saturdays. Guided tours are available from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, and from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., on Saturdays.
Ormond Beach Performing Arts Center
399 N. U.S. Highway 1
(386) 676-3375
The Performing Arts Center of Ormond Beach offers community theatre, classes, shows, and a variety of cultural performances. Visiting professional theatre troupes are at home in a 3,000 square foot, fully functional theatre. For patrons that may have trouble, devices are available for free for the hard of hearing. Handicap accessible as well.
Birthplace of Speed Park
Intersection of A1A and Granada Boulevard
(386) 676-3216
Ormond Beach is the birthplace of speed. Dedicated to the beginning of car racing and driving, this scenic ocean-side park in Ormond Beach pays homage to the first automobile race held on the nearby sand at the turn of the twentieth century. Ransom E. Olds and Alexander Winton were the first to compete. The park was established in 2002, and is adjacent to the beach. There are picnic facilities with shaded areas and automobile statue replicas of the first two automobiles to ever race in that area.
Bruce Rossmeyer's Destination Daytona
1637 N. U.S. Hwy 1
(866) 642-3464
Modern day Harley Davidson motorcycle enthusiasts take heart, this place is for you. Bruce Rossmeyer was a big man, with big friends, a big belly, big smile, big
love and big dreams and to his loved ones and friends, he was what their life was all about. Rossmeyer was well-known in these parts, and this may just indeed be the world's biggest Harley dealership, at over nineteen thousand square feet!
MacDonald House
38 E. Granada Boulevard
(386) 677-7005
This lovely old house is part of the Ormond Beach Historical Trust Inc., and a welcome center. Called the Billy MacDonald House, there are orientation videos for tourists and local visitors, displays of historic photographs, and trust merchandise for sale to help preserve the history of Ormond Beach. There are various events and happenings at the MacDonald House, including jazz Fridays and holiday events.
Bulow Plantation Ruins State Historic Site
Old Dixie Highway
386-517-2084
Back in the nineteenth century, there was a prosperous family, who despite the fact that they owned slaves, are historically significant to local Ormond Beach history. The family prospered from cotton and sugar, until the second Seminole War ruined their enterprise, and what remains today are the remnants of a once flourishing, old Florida plantation. The grounds are now a park - with picnic areas, Bulow Creek (which allows small water crafts), hiking trails and fishing. The park is open Thursday through Monday from 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m., closed Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Parking fees are $3.00 per vehicle.
3351 Old Dixie Highway
(386) 676-4050
This is the site of one of the last remaining symbols of natural old Florida, a Fairchild Oak over four hundred years old, and is one of Florida's largest live oak trees, left standing majestically along Bulow Creek.
Dummett Sugar Mill Ruins
Old Dixie Highway
(386) 676-4050
Florida has a fascinating history, and its unique indigenous peoples are only part of the equation. Sugar plantations were thriving in Florida until the second Seminole War, when the Seminole Indians revolted against their lands being taken, and struck back against the plantation owners who so prospered, therefore sugar cane farming would never be the same. Up until this time, one of the most noted entrepreneurs who wanted to capitalize on Florida and its sublime environment for sugar cane was Thomas Dummett, the first to use a steam-operated mill on his plantation. The ruins of the chimney from the old sugar mill are still standing.
