Centre Street

"Fun with the Family"

At the heart of Fernandina Beach’s 50-block historic district, nearly fifty of its structures predate the twentieth century. Classic buildings house shops great for browsing, antiques marts, restaurants specializing in the local white shrimp, and Florida’s oldest surviving tavern. Frilly Victorian Italianate architecture embellishes the residential Silk Stocking District that emanates from Centre Street.
Many vintage homes open their doors to guests as charming inns and bed-and-breakfasts, just as they did in the days of Ulysses S. Grant, when the town became Florida’s first island resort.