Built in 1938. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009. 11 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1919.
From the record
“The Amelia Island Museum of History is located at 233 South Third Street, Fernandina Beach, Florida. It houses exhibits focusing on the history of Nassau County, Florida and is situated inside the old Nassau county jail.”
Wikipedia article Amelia Island Museum of History, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 15 National Register listings published here for Nassau County · listed in 2009 · category: Building · built in 1938, by Roy A. Benjamin.
National Register reference number.09000927- 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 1994
The ground this property stands on, surveyed
75 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are
United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
19191994
Fires near this property
54 since 1992
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The
federal wildfire occurrence database
lists 54 fires within 5 miles of Nassau County Jail
between 1992 and 2020, burning about 192 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 9 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
13
Arson/incendiarism
9
Debris and open burning
9
Railroad operations and maintenance
8
Equipment and vehicle use
5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
4
Misuse of fire by a minor
4
Power generation/transmission/distribution
1
Recreation and ceremony
1
The most recent of
them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service
that recorded it.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists
1 working within 5 miles of Nassau County Jail: 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.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The National Weather Service names
Fernandina Beach, the town this property stands in, in 56 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 25 thunderstorm wind, 10 hail, 8 heavy rain, 3 rip current.
The reports record 3 deaths and 2 injuries. 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.
A roof on a beachfront home in the 700 block of South Fletcher Avenue was lifted off and blown onto the beach. Large limbs and power lines were blown down throughout the county.
Large limbs and road signs were blown down. The spotter estimated wind gusts to 55 mph. The cost of damage was unknown but estimated for the event to be included in Storm Data.
A power line was blown down across Buccaneer Trail near McArthur Estates. The time of damage was based on radar. The cost of damage was unknown but it was estimated for inclusion of the event in Storm Data.
Power lines were blown down at the intersection of South 14th Street and Hickory Street. The time of damage was based on radar. The cost of damage was unknown, but it was estimated for the event to be included in Storm Data.
Power lines were blown down at the intersection south Fletcher Avenue and Jasmine St in Fernandina Beach. The time of damage was based on radar. The cost of damage was unknown, but it was estimated for inclusion of the event in Storm Data.
A tree was blown down near Olive Street. The time of damage was based on radar. The cost of damage was unknown, but it was estimated for inclusion of the event in Storm Data.
Fernandina Beach Police Department reported road closures along South Fletcher Ave between Atlantic Ave to Sadler Road and road closures on South 3rd Street between Elm Street and Gum Street.
A personal weather station Island Time - KFLFERNA100 measured 4.06 inches of rain. | Rain began around 545 AM. About 3 inches | fell between 545 AM and 745 AM.
A waterspout moved onshore as a landspout on Amelia Island. There was some debris lofted near oceanfront homes, likely from the roofs, as the landspout moved inland. The location is approximated.
Two trees were blown down in Fernandina Beach. One was blown down across a power line. The other was blown down across a road. The time of the events was based on radar.
This weak tornado touched down on the northern end of Amelia Island and tracked west across open marsh areas. Damage was limited to trees and shrubs and damage was not reported. The path width was estimated at 100 yards as the circulation tracked generally over open marsh land then dissipated over rural marsh land. There was a clear tornado debris signature on radar.
The park ranger at Fort Clinch state park reported standing water of 1 foot on the roads. Fire trucks had difficulty maneuvering the roads to respond to lightning damage calls. NWS radar estimated 8 to 10 inches across Fernandina.
Fernandina Beach Fire Chief and several Police Officers spotted funnel near State Road A1A and Sadler Road (Five Points). FD Chief was one half mile from funnel when spotted and followed it to the municipal marina in downtown Fernandina Beach. Funnel moved over the Amelia River with NO spray on the river. As it moved over the marshes toward Camden County, Georgia it dissipated.
United 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.
Other 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.
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.
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