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Tom Phillips Driving Tour Restore Fort Myers Beach Arches

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Tour Overview

Know the history of your Fort Myers Beach Arches

This tours is of the historic Fort Myers Beach Arches locations, sites from developer Tom Phillips history, his 1924 stone monument, historic Fort Myers Beach sites, and the Arches remains. Our goal is to help build Fort Myers Beach's community appreciation for its icon from the historic past, resources, and significant architecture. This self-guided driving tour accompanied will show our recent and quickly disapearing past.

Stops

  1. Stop 2: Jan Ellen Atkielski's Mural of the Arches in Town Hall Chambers

  2. Stop 3: Tom Phillips 1st Gulf Shore Casino

  3. Stop 4: 1st Canal in Fort Myers dug by Tom Phillips

  4. Stop 5: Old San Carlos Blvd and the Tom Phillips Bridges

  5. Stop 6: Original Location of the 1924 Tom Phillips Arches

  6. Stop 7: The San Carlos On The Gulf Sales Pavilion

  7. Stop 8: Tom Phillips 1924 Stone Monument/Grand Hotel

  8. Stop 9: The original Road To Matanzas Pass/Estero Pass

  9. Stop 10: Hurricane Pass/Hurricane Bay

  10. Stop 11: Remains Of The Arches/Former Home of Frank and Rebecca Hemelgarn

  11. Stop 12: The Tom Phillips Bell Tower 1924-1944

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