{"id":555,"date":"2011-05-04T02:17:00","date_gmt":"2011-05-04T02:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2011\/05\/florida-discoveries-10-dr-beals-shell-museum.html"},"modified":"2011-05-04T02:17:00","modified_gmt":"2011-05-04T02:17:00","slug":"florida-discoveries-10-dr-beals-shell-museum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2011\/05\/florida-discoveries-10-dr-beals-shell-museum.html","title":{"rendered":"Florida Discoveries 10: Dr. Beal’s Shell Museum"},"content":{"rendered":"

I call it “Pulling a Maryann”.  I see something while driving down the road, so I pull over and take some pictures.<\/p>\n

When it’s in my neighborhood, that’s one thing.  I don’t have many problems doing that when I see some pretty flowers.  But today I screeched onto the shoulder off Highway 98 (4-lane, speed limit 55) to get pictures of this building and the historic marker in front of it.  It’s a little scary doing ANYTHING other than driving in a straight line, eyes on the road, when on U.S. 98 between the base and Navarre.<\/p>\n

But I’ve been wanting to learn more about this building and today I finally had the time to do it.  It’s right on the Santa Rosa County\/Okaloosa County line on the north side of U.S. 98.<\/p>\n

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This is a house that looks seriously out of place on the highway.  It really stuck out and I wondered why it was there.  There are businesses near it, and you can see the recently built homes behind it (on the left edge of the picture).  I don’t lose sleep about it or anything, just an observation.<\/p>\n

About 2 weeks ago a blue historical marker appeared.  Today I decided to check it out and here’s what I learned:<\/p>\n

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Unfortunately, I can’t find anything else about this building or Dr. Beal.  The Summerhouse Restaurant is now closed.  There’s a Beal Blvd. in Fort Walton Beach, likely named after this guy.<\/div>\n
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Here are other pictures of the house that I took today.  <\/div>\n
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