Timeline
Pre- 1562 | Prehistoric Timucuan Indians |
1562 – 1565 | French Huguenots settle at Ft. Caroline |
1565 – 1763 |
1st Spanish Period Ft. SaintXIsabel at Reddie Point |
1763 – 1783 |
British Period F. Fatio, Reddy, and S. Potts Plantations |
1783 – 1821 | 2nd Spanish Period |
1797 | Don Francis Joseph Richard I settles in Arlington |
1817 – 1860 | Strawberry Mills Plantation |
1821 – 1845 | U.S. Territorial Period |
1840 | Bigelow Plantation |
1845 – Present | Statehood |
1846 – 1870 | Anna Kingsley resides in Arlington |
Circa 1848 | Richard Holden House built |
Circa 1850 | Sammis Plantation House built |
1861 – 1865 | Civil War |
1865 – 1900 |
Civil War Reconstruction Period Arlington Bluff, Eggleston, Floral Bluff, and Gilmore communities established |
1888 – 1897 | J.M. & P. Rail Road in operation |
1888 – 1897 | Kalem Players film in and around Arlington |
1910 | Atlantic Blvd. to beach completed (Pottsburg Bridge) |
1912 |
Alderman Realty established Residential Development of Arlington begins |
1922 | Richard Norman purchases Eagle Film City studios and begins producing and filming silent films |
1950 | Jacksonville University relocated to Arlington |
1953 | Mathews Bridge completed |
1955 | Elvis Presley visits Arlington |
1968 | Consolidation of Arlington with the City of Jacksonville |
1993 | Old Arlington, Inc. established |