DOWNTOWN
Pocahontas Park has been the Central Park of Vero Beach ever
since Indian River Land Co. deeded it to the city in 1921, although
the deed was not cleared until 1953. The town’s first community
center, built in the park in 1935, served as a servicemens club for
Navy personnel training at the airport during World War II. After
the war, it was returned to its original use until a new community
center was built just north of it. The original center became an office
Physical Arts Center. It is now The Heritage Center. A plaque
outside the building commemorates the spot at Pocahontas Park
where William Jennings Bryan on July 2, 1925, delivered a speech
for the county’s inaugural festivities. >>
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for the recreation department and was renamed Vero Beach
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PHIL REID
Pocahontas Park has been the Central Park of Vero Beach ever since the Indian
River Land Co. deeded it to the city in 1921.
CHRISTINA TASCON
Vero’s railroad station, first built in 1903 on the east side of the railroad tracks,
was eventually moved to a site just north of Pocahontas Park. Today, it’s headquarters
for the Indian River Historical Society.
PHIL REID
The City of Vero Beach opened the doors to its first community center in 1935. The building now houses the city’s Heritage Center.
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