Ormond Beach, FL

By the end of 19th century, when New Britain was renamed Ormond Beach to honor an early plantation owner, this was considered one of the best places to live, and it quickly attracted rich and famous to this beautiful area.
Located on the northern end of Daytona Beach area, Ormond Beach combines the beauty of sandy beaches, tree-lined neighborhoods, and pristine rivers, beautiful parks with perfect weather, the Atlantic Ocean and clean air. Ormond Beach began as a tourist haven for the rich and …

By the end of 19th century, when New Britain was renamed Ormond Beach to honor an early plantation owner, this was considered one of the best places to live, and it quickly attracted rich and famous to this beautiful area.
Located on the northern end of Daytona Beach area, Ormond Beach combines the beauty of sandy beaches, tree-lined neighborhoods, and pristine rivers, beautiful parks with perfect weather, the Atlantic Ocean and clean air. Ormond Beach began as a tourist haven for the rich and famous at the turn of the century.
Anderson and Price built a 75 room Ormond Hotel and golf course, which they later sold to Henry Flagler, who liked it so much that he ran the railroad right to the entrance of the Hotel. Now wealthy vacationers from New York could get on a train and get right to the entrance of the Hotel. The hotel drew many wealthy Northerners to Ormond Beach in the winter.
Henry Flagler invited his former partner and the wealthiest man on earth, industrialist and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller, Sr., who stayed a few winters in the hotel, where he took the whole floor, before buying Pullman’s home right across from the Hotel in 1918, called the Casement, where he spent all winter until he died there in 1937 at age of 97. It is now listed on the National Historic Register.
Hotel managers invited 30 automotive fans to race on the hard-packed sand of Ormond beaches, and the success of this first race was the beginning of racing with the first official race in 1903. This was the beginning of many racing events and the founding of NASCAR.
On Thanksgiving Day come to watch the Antique Car Show and Parade. On Friday, over 300 cars leave the Fortunato Park on the east side of the Halifax River and line up in chronological order, making the Gaslight Parade a history of the evolution of the automobile. The Birthplace of Speed Centennial was celebrated in 2003 with 50 of the world's greatest antique racecars racing on the beach. A new, "Birthplace of Speed Park," was rededicated on the beach with historic markers and replicas of the famous 1903 Winton Bullet and Olds' Pirate.
Today, Ormond Beach is home to over 40,000 residents, both families and active retirees attracted by numerous outdoor activities in the Atlantic Ocean, the rivers, parks, golf courses. It is an attractive community with good schools. Ormond Beach is listed as one of the 100 Best Places to Retire. Tourists have a choice of hotels, motels, timeshares and a lot of condominium units.
Ormond Beach is a part of Florida's growing high-tech corridor, with an expanding Airport Business Park and Air Park. The medical system in this area is excellent with three major medical centers.
The local historical treasures include the Cupola and the Ormond Memorial Art Museum and Gardens. Preservation of the Pilgrim's Rest Primitive Baptist Church, now in the Bailey River bridge Gardens and restoration of the MacDonald House, which now houses the Ormond Beach Tennis Club is complete. The Ormond Beach Performing Arts Center provides area residents and visitors with exceptional entertainment and offers theater classes.
From multi-million dollar mansions and a row of high- and mid-rise condos dotting the beach to large developments on Ormond’s mainland like established The Trails to new Breakaway Trails, Ormond Lakes and many others, there are many housing options and the starting prices are really affordable.