Lodge and Hut

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2024. 8 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1927.

From the record

One of 51 National Register listings published here for St. Johns County · listed in 2024 · category: Building.

Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 2 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
Address. 9177-9179 Old A1A Highway, Summer Haven, 32080
When was it listed? March 2024
Category. building
Census division. Matanzas
National Register reference number. 100010155 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.

Fires near this property

80 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 80 fires within 5 miles of Lodge and Hut between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,012 acres in total. 58 started naturally. 1 was 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	58
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	9
Debris and open burning	6
Equipment and vehicle use	3
Railroad operations and maintenance	2
Recreation and ceremony	1
Arson/incendiarism	1

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
1 September 2005	Natural	18 acres	Florida Forest Service	WF-KELLY
9 August 2011	Natural	6.2 acres	Florida Forest Service	DAVIS GRADE (18)
8 August 2008	Natural	3.5 acres	Florida Forest Service	WF- EVANS GRADE
3 August 1999	Natural	5.0 acres	Florida Forest Service	not named
21 August 1999	Natural	24 acres	Florida Forest Service	not named
20 August 1993	Natural	10 acres	Florida Forest Service	not named
2 August 2010	Natural	under an acre	Florida Forest Service	WF- 55 RAYONIER 2
18 August 2000	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	5.0 acres	Florida Forest Service	not named

Every fire recorded in St. Johns County

Storms near this property

16 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Summer Haven, the town this property stands in, in 16 storm reports between 2001 and 2025: 6 tornado, 3 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 2 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
May 2025	Funnel Cloud	Summer Haven	-	A spotter shared a video of a funnel cloud near Matanzas Inlet just west of the A1A bridge.
June 2019	Hail	Summer Haven	-	Dime size hail was reported from State Road 206 to Matanzas Inlet.
November 2018	Hail	Summer Haven	-	Nickel to pea size hail was reported in Crescent Beach.
May 2017	Tornado (EFU)	Summer Haven	-	A weak waterspout formed over the intracoastal waterway and then track just south of Summerhaven and then across the Atlantic Ocean where it dissipated. There was no observed damage as the waterspout moved across the barrier island, and thus an EF rating was not assigned. The width of the spout was unknown and estimated for use in Storm Data.
September 2017	Tornado (EF2)	Summer Haven	-	Significant structural damage occurred at Summer House vacation rentals in Crescent Beach. There were definitive signs of circulation in the debris field. Tree damage extended inland to A1A. The tornado appeared to dissipate over the Intracoastal Waterway. Peak winds were estimated at 110-130 mph.
April 2016	Funnel Cloud	Summer Haven	-	A funnel cloud was observed in Crescent Beach and moved offshore about 1 mile before dissipating. Event time approximated.
June 2015	Lightning	Summer Haven	-	A swimmer was indirectly struck by lightning along the 6000 block of A1A South, about 1 mile south of the Crescent Beach ramp. He was ankle deep in water when the event occurred. He was treated at the scene by county fire rescue, then transported to a Jacksonville hospital where he was in serious condition. The extent of injuries were unknown.
June 2013	Hail	Summer Haven	-	Dime to nickel size hail was reported at Fort Matanzas National Monument.
June 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Summer Haven	-	Numerous trees and large limbs were knocked down at Fort Matanzas National Monument. Winds were estimated at 60 to 70 mph.
April 2007	Tornado (EF1)	Summer Haven	-	The public reported a tornadic waterspout over the Intra-coastal Waterway approximately 1 mile south of Crescent Beach. Boat house roofs were blown off, trees along the intra-coastal were snapped, pieces of lumber were embedded in buildings, there were broken windows and signs along A1A were bent at 45 degrees.
April 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Summer Haven	-	Power lines were blown down along A1A, just south of State Road 26, north of Fort Matanzas. A person was trapped in a car by downed power lines but suffered no injuries. Winds caused minor roof damage to some buildings south of the State Road 26 and A1A intersection.
June 2007	Tornado (EF0)	Summer Haven	-	The sheriff reported a tornado moving along the marshes of the intracoastal waterway near Matanzas Inlet. The tornado tracked across southern Anastasia Island before exiting offshore.
October 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Summer Haven	-	Large trees down in Faver Dykes State Park.
September 2001	Tornado (F0)	Summer Haven	-	Weak F0
September 2001	Tornado (F0)	Summer Haven	-	Weak F0.
September 2001	Waterspout	Summer Haven	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in St. Johns County

Maps showing this location

8 surveys

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.

1927 USGS Matanzas quadrangle1:48000
1943 USGS Matanzas quadrangle1:62500
1944 USGS Matanzas quadrangle1:62500
1954 USGS Daytona Beach quadrangle1:250000
1956 USGS Matanzas Inlet quadrangle1:24000 - 4 printings
1958 USGS Daytona Beach quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
1964 USGS Daytona Beach quadrangle1:250000
1981 USGS Saint Augustine quadrangle1:100000 - 2 printings

Listed places nearby

2 within 8 miles

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.

Photograph	Property	Distance	Listed
	Fort Matanzas National Monument	1.2 miles	1966
	Fort Matanzas NM Headquarters and Visitor Center	1.6 miles	2008

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 100010155 in Record Group 79.
St. Johns County	All 51 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.
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.