TOURISM
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Sunrise over the
city marina as the
still waters reflect
the sky.
RENOVATION
Downtown restoration includes the old city hall, built in
1925 and now on the National Register of Historic Places. It
was carefully restored and is used for different events. Going
modern, commissioners went with a design for the current
city hall that resembles a ship’s bow.
The old library was replaced by a comfortable new one
across from the waterfront, so readers can simply cross the
street to sit with a book in the Marina Square park on Melody
Lane. The green-and-white P.P. Cobb building with its long
front porch and wooden siding was built in 1886, fifteen
years before the city was incorporated. First a trading post,
it then became an oyster cannery (causing Fort Pierce to be
known as Can Town) and eventually a general store. Now it
houses small businesses and a museum.
The former home of landscape artist A.E. “Bean” Backus
was beautifully restored and currently serves as the home of
WHAT READER’S DIGEST SAID
On the verge of discovery, Fort Pierce has been compared
to other notable small towns with charming main streets.
Main Street, Fort Pierce has seven National Register of
Historic Places locations downtown, which includes the
Sunrise Theatre, Moore’s Creek Bridge, and the site Fort
Pierce is named for, the original Army post during the
Seminole War. There’s also a ghost walking tour through
the historic area! Events like the town’s annual celebration,
Friday Fest, and its annual reverse raffle auction keep the
downtown area lively, along with a farmer’s market—one
of the largest in the state—that brings nearly 5,000 people
to the main street on Saturdays.
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