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Pass-A-Grille

THE WEST COAST'S FIRST BEACH COMMUNITY

PASS-A-GRILLE BEACH, the Southernmost of Pinellas County's barrier beaches, was the first beach community on the Gulf of Mexico to develop as a weekend residential spot for successful Tampa and St. Petersburg residents. Home to fishermen, homesteaders, and lumber men like Zephaniah Phillips, the island opened up when Roy S. Hanna and Tampa cigar magnate Selwyn Morey started in the 1880's to develop lots for houses and hotels.

James H. Forquer, manager of St. Petersburg's Detroit Hotel, set up a floating hotel for excursionists and in 1898 George Henri Lizotte, a French travel agent for Thomas Cook Company, opened the first permanent hotel.

Merged with St. Petersburg Beach since 1957, Pass-A-Grille maintains its arty and bohemian life style, in part, because the village is but one block wide and 31 blocks long.

http://www.floridahistory.org/westcoastfla/passagr.htm

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Tourtelot Brothers, Inc.
390 4th St N, St Petersburg, Florida 33701

Office: 727-823-8383
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