Green Cove Springs History and Landmarks Guide

State marker at Spring Park summarizing the town's start as White Sulfur Springs, its 1866 renaming, and the 1895 freeze that ended the resort boom.

Downtown park on the St. Johns River, reopened in 2017 after a renovation that rebuilt the spring-fed pool and added a two-story pavilion.

Clay County Archives history of the grand winter hotels around the spring, including Dr. Applegate's Clarendon Hotel, opened in 1872.

Volunteer-run museum in the 1890 Courthouse Annex at 915 Walnut Street, with exhibits by era and a red caboose outside.

The 1894 brick county jail at 21 Gratio Place now houses the county archives, a resource for genealogy and local research, with tours available.

Marker at 1107 Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard honoring sculptor Augusta Savage, born in Green Cove Springs in 1892 and a Harlem Renaissance figure.

Carpenter Gothic church on St. Johns Avenue, raised on piers near the river and listed on the National Register of Historic Places.