Seabreeze is a beachside neighborhood in Daytona Beach, Florida, which existed as an independent city from May 24, 1901 until January 1, 1926, when it merged with Daytona and Daytona Beach to become one consolidated city.Seabreeze has been memorialized as the Seabreeze Historic District, a U.S. Historic District (designated as such on September 3, 1998). The district is bounded by University Boulevard, Halifax Road, Auditorium Boulevard, and North Atlantic Avenue. It contains 596 historic buildings.HistoryIn 1884 David D. Rogers bought 47acre of land on the beach peninsula, east of Daytona, stretching from present-day Main Street on the north to Harvey Street on the south, and from the Atlantic Ocean on the east, to Pinewood Cemetery on the west. Rogers divided the property into lots for sale and named the development Seabreeze.In 1885, Charles A. Ballough built a homestead north of the Rogers development, roughly from the present-day Oakridge Boulevard, stretching north to the present University Boulevard. In 1886, Charles H. Brush built a homestead on 60acre of land between the Rogers and Ballough properties, stretching from the Atlantic Ocean on the east and about halfway across the peninsula. In 1888, Brush sold half of his property, which was developed into a subdivision.In 1886, a post office named Halifax was established on the peninsula, located on the riverfront near present-day Main Street. In 1890, the Post Office Department changed the name of this post office to Seabreeze to match the name of Rogers' development.In 1887, the first bridge was opened across the Halifax River from Daytona to the peninsula. It was called the Central Bridge (named the Main Street Bridge today, carrying CR 4040) and connected Fairview Ave. in Daytona to Seabreeze Ave. (named Main St. today), in old Daytona Beach.
