Built in 1921. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991. 8 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1949.
“The Old Palmetto Hotel is a historic hotel in Vero Beach, Florida. Located at 1889 Old Dixie Highway the Palmetto Hotel was constructed in 1921 by George W.”
Wikipedia article Old Palmetto Hotel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 31 National Register listings published here for Indian River County · listed in 1991 · category: Building · built in 1921.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
The ground this property stands on, surveyed 39 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 271 fires within 5 miles of Old Palmetto Hotel between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,301 acres in total. 49 started naturally. 28 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 |
|---|---|
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 54 |
| Natural | 49 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 47 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 46 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 28 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 17 |
| Debris and open burning | 13 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 12 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2015 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | AVIATION (31) |
| 6 September 1999 | Natural | 6.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 5 September 2016 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | MILLSTONE (31) |
| 4 September 1999 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 6.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 27 September 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 26 September 2002 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 2 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | FIRST STREET (31) |
| 19 September 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | (IR) 58TH AVE FIRE (1461) |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Old Palmetto Hotel: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Titanium, Zirconium, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riz Mineral Co. Mine | Titanium, Zirconium | Past Producer | ||
| Vero Beach Placer | Titanium-Heavy Minerals | Producer | Kyanite, Zircon, Rutile, Leucoxene, Ilmenite |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Vero Beach, the town this property stands in, in 45 storm reports between 1993 and 2024: 24 hail, 11 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 2 heavy rain. The reports record 1 injury. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vero Beach | 1 hurt, $500,000 | Downburst winds from a severe thunderstorm produced widespread damage in Vero Beach and Gifford. Eight homes in Vero Beach had major damage mainly from falling trees. Three commercial buildings were damaged, with trees and power lines down. Wings gusted to 83 mph at Vero Beach at 0427 EST. |
| October 2024 | Tornado (EF1) | Vero Beach | $12,000,000 | This tornado, the second of two to impact downtown Vero Beach, started on the west side of the tracks in Vero Beach South where a few instances of vegetative damage were noted. The circulation strengthened as it continued north along the tracks where more significant damage was noted to trees and structures between 20th St (SR 60) and the Vero Beach airport, coincident with wind gusts up to 100 mph. ||Several businesses suffered extensive roof loss and numerous trees were uprooted. Additionally, a large metal warehouse shifted off its foundation as its walls and roof collapsed near the train tracks at 19th Pl. The tornado continued north toward the Vero Beach Airport where dual-polarimetric radar data suggests the circulation quickly weakened as it approached Gifford. |
| June 1997 | Lightning | Vero Beach | $1,000,000 | Lightning caused a fire that completely destroyed a large house in Vero Beach. Damage was estimated at 1 million dollars. |
| August 2002 | Flash Flood | Vero Beach | $50,000 | Heavy rain measuring about 5 inches in a few hours flooded streets and 3 homes in Vero Beach. |
| June 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vero Beach | $50,000 | Strong thunderstorm downburst winds blew down light poles at Dodgertown baseball stadium. It also blew down trees and took the roof off of a golf course clubhouse in Vero Beach. |
| February 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vero Beach | $40,000 | Downburst wind from a thunderstorm swept over a mobile home community in Vero Beach producing minor exterior damage to eight mobile homes. Most of the damage was to awnings and carports. |
| September 2004 | Tornado (F1) | Vero Beach | $20,000 | As the main eye wall of Hurricane Jeanne crossed the coast, an F1 strength tornado-like event moved through the northeast corner of the intersection of Interstate 95 and Highway 60, west of Vero Beach. In this area there was a path of blown down trees surrounded by trees with little damage. The size ofthe area was about .5 miles by 30 yards. |
| June 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vero Beach | $15,000 | no account filed |
| February 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vero Beach | $10,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew down power lines and traffic signals in Vero Beach. |
| June 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vero Beach | $10,000 | Severe thunderstorm winds blew down trees and power lines in Vero Beach. |
| February 1995 | Hail | Vero Beach | $500 | no account filed |
| June 2016 | Hail | Vero Beach | - | A photo on social media confirmed that nickel-sized hail fell in Vero Beach South. |
| September 2015 | Heavy Rain | Vero Beach | - | Multi-day rainfall totals reached 5-10 inches across much of eastern Indian River County. The highest measured rain gauge total was 7.00 inches near Vero Beach. Temporary flooding of roadways, parking lots and yards occurred. Retention ponds and drainage canals became full or overflowed their banks. |
| October 2011 | Heavy Rain | Vero Beach | - | Heavy rainfall associated with persistent cells produced urban, small stream, and roadway flooding in the Vero Beach area. Minor roadway and lowland flooding occurred within other parts of the county. The highest 3-day rainfall total reported within Indian River County, ending at 0600 EST October 10, was 15.55 inches, at a CoCoRaHS site located 4.8 miles west of Vero Beach (FL-IR-33). |
| July 2007 | Hail | Vero Beach | - | Hail was reported along US Highway 1 just north of Vero Beach. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vero Beach | - | Power lines were blown down and an awning was blown off a service station in Vero Beach. |
| April 1999 | Funnel Cloud | Vero Beach | - | Indian River County Sheriff's Office reported a funnel cloud near Vero Beach. |
| August 1999 | Flood | Vero Beach | - | Heavy rains produced flooding of some major roadways around Vero Beach. |
| June 1997 | Waterspout | Vero Beach | - | A waterspout was sighted 1 mile east of Vero Beach. |
| March 1995 | Hail | Vero Beach | - | Nickel-size hail fell four miles west of Vero Beach. |
| September 1994 | Hail | Vero Beach | - | A severe thunderstorm dropped golf-ball-size hail on Vero Beach. |
| February 2007 | Hail | Vero Beach | - | no account filed |
| July 2007 | Hail | Vero Beach | - | no account filed |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vero Beach | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Vero Beach | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vero Beach | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Vero Beach | - | no account filed |
| March 2005 | Hail | Vero Beach | - | no account filed |
| March 2005 | Hail | Vero Beach | - | no account filed |
| August 2005 | Hail | Vero Beach | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Vero Beach | - | no account filed |
| March 2002 | Hail | Vero Beach | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | Vero Beach | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Hail | Vero Beach | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Vero Beach | - | no account filed |
| April 1999 | Hail | Vero Beach | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | Vero Beach | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Vero Beach | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Hail | Vero Beach | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | Vero Beach | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Hail | Vero Beach | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vero Beach | - | no account filed |
| March 1996 | Hail | Vero Beach | - | no account filed |
| March 1996 | Tornado (F0) | Vero Beach | - | no account filed |
| March 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vero Beach | - | no account filed |
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.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Vero Beach Diesel Power Plant | 0.1 miles | 1999 |
 | Maher Building | 0.2 miles | 1994 |
 | Vero Theatre | 0.2 miles | 1992 |
 | Pueblo Arcade | 0.3 miles | 1997 |
 | Indian River County Courthouse | 0.3 miles | 1999 |
 | Vero Beach Woman's Club | 0.3 miles | 1995 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 91001650 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Indian River County | All 31 listed properties in this county. |
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