BlockFrom the record
One of 15 National Register listings published here for Nassau County · listed in 2002 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Evans Rendezvous
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002. 9 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1919.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 67 buildingss, 1 structure as contributing to the listing.
- Still standing. The Park Service records this property as extant.
- Address. Roughly bounded by Gregg, Lewis, Leonard, Main and James Sts., and Ocean Blvd., American Beach, 32034
- When was it listed? January 2002
- Category. building
- Census division. Fernandina Beach
- National Register reference number. 01001532 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.
Then and now
1919 to 1988The ground this property stands on, surveyed 69 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Fires near this property
43 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 43 fires within 5 miles of Evans Rendezvous between 1993 and 2018, burning about 229 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 7 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Natural | 12 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | BUCCANEER (45) |
| 19 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 2003-07-1089 |
| 4 August 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | FRANK WARD RD (45) |
| 4 August 2006 | Natural | 25 acres | Florida Forest Service | BIG TALBOT FIRE 2006-07-0268 |
| 18 August 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | FLATWOODS TRAIL (45) |
| 18 August 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 4 July 2015 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | INDEPENDENCE (45) |
| 4 July 2015 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | INDEPENDENCE 2 (45) |
Mines and quarries near this property
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Evans Rendezvous: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Titanium-Heavy Minerals. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amelia Island Placer | Titanium-Heavy Minerals | Occurrence | Monazite, Zircon, Rutile, Ilmenite |
Storms near this property
2 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names American Beach, the town this property stands in, in 2 storm reports between 1998 and 2004: 1 waterspout, 1 funnel cloud. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2004 | Funnel Cloud | American Beach | - | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Waterspout | American Beach | - | no account filed |
Maps showing this location
9 surveysUnited States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the coordinate the National Park Service records for this property, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.
- 1919 USGS Fernandina quadrangle1:62500 - 4 printings
- 1944 USGS Fernandina quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000 - 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Amelia City quadrangle1:24000 - 6 printings
- 1959 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Fernandina Beach quadrangle1:100000 - 3 printings
- 1988 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
Listed places nearby
6 within 8 milesOther National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Ervin's Rest | 0.1 miles | 1998 |
 | Hippard House | 0.2 miles | 2001 |
 | Mount Olive Missionary Baptist Church | 4.5 miles | 1998 |
 | Merrick-Simmons House | 6.7 miles | 1983 |
 | Tabby House | 6.7 miles | 1973 |
 | John Denham Palmer House | 6.7 miles | 1986 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 01001532 in Record Group 79. |
| Nassau County | All 15 listed properties in this county. |
Provenance
- Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
- Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
- How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
- Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
- Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
- Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.