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Photograph of Old Belleair Town Hall
Photograph by Ebyabe, CC BY 2.5. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Old Belleair Town Hall

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994. 10 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1921.

From the record

“The Old Belleair Town Hall is a historic site in Belleair, Florida. It is located at 903 Ponce de Leon Boulevard.”

Wikipedia article Old Belleair Town Hall, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 72 National Register listings published here for Pinellas County · listed in 1994 · category: Building.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. 903 Ponce de Leon Blvd., Belleair, 33756
  • When was it listed? May 1994
  • Category. building
  • Census division. Clearwater
  • National Register reference number. 94000421 - 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

1921 to 1995

The ground this property stands on, surveyed 74 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet covering Old Belleair Town Hall, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet covering Old Belleair Town Hall, surveyed 1921

Fires near this property

9 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Old Belleair Town Hall between 1993 and 2016, burning about 48 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 3 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
Arson/incendiarism3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Natural1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
13 July 1993Natural20 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
22 April 1998Misuse of fire by a minor3.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
14 April 2006Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresFlorida Forest Service52 102ND
26 March 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.5 acresFlorida Forest Service52 WALSINGHAM
23 March 2000Railroad operations and maintenance2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
20 March 1996Misuse of fire by a minor2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
10 March 2016Arson/incendiarism10 acresFlorida Forest ServiceWALSINGHAM ROAD (52) **
10 March 2016Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceHERITAGE VILLAGE (52) **

Every fire recorded in Pinellas County

Mines and quarries near this property

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Old Belleair Town Hall: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Largo Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Pinellas County

Storms near this property

7 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Belleair, the town this property stands in, in 7 storm reports between 2012 and 2023: 3 thunderstorm wind, 3 lightning, 1 heavy rain. The reports record 1 death 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2023LightningBelleair1 killedThe body of a 73-year-old woman was discovered on a sidewalk at the Bayside Gardens IV condominiums along Gulf Boulevard on Sand Key in Clearwater after being struck by lightning.
July 2016LightningBelleair2 hurtThe Clearwater Fire Department reported that two teenage boys were struck by lightning on Clearwater Beach. One of the individuals heart stopped and was revived by CPR from a nurse visiting on vacation. Both were transported to the hospital in critical condition and were released after a few days in the hospital.
July 2016LightningBelleair$50,000A house was struck by lightning In Clearwater, sparking a fire that was contained to the attic. No injuries occurred from the fire.
August 2013Thunderstorm WindBelleair$5,000A TV station relayed a report of downed trees and damage to billboards near the intersection of Fort Harrison Ave and Belleair Rd in Clearwater.
January 2017Thunderstorm WindBelleair-A home weather station in Belleair (E6508) recorded a 50 knot thunderstorm wind gust.
August 2013Thunderstorm WindBelleair-The mesonet station 1 mile east of Belleair, XBLA, recorded a wind gust of 69 mph.
June 2012Heavy RainBelleair-Heavy rain caused roadway flooding with several cars stranded.

Every storm recorded in Pinellas County

Maps showing this location

10 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.

Listed places nearby

6 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 PropertyDistance Listed
Belleview-Biltmore Hotel1.1 miles1979
Harbor Oaks Residential District1.4 miles1988
Donald Roebling Estate1.6 miles1979
South Ward School1.6 miles1979
Louis Johnson Building1.6 miles1987
Pinellas County Courthouse, Old1.9 miles1992

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 94000421 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Pinellas CountyAll 72 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.