Street Names

How many times do we drive past a street sign and wonder "why is it was named that"? Drivers along US-1 know Holly Hill streets mostly as numbers: 1st, 2nd , 3rd, but that was not always the case. These streets had names dating back to 1876. Sometime in the 1930's these original street names were changed to numerical order most likely to speed up response for the police and volunteer fire departments. The following are the original names for these streets:

1^st High
2^nd Forest
3^rd Wisconsin
4^th Wilder Ct.
5^th Stewart
6^th Michigan
7^th Virginia
8^th Maryland
9^th Pennsylvania
10^th Delaware
11^th Washington (now LPGA)
12^th New York
Walker Street
14^th Wildwood
15^th Argentina
16^th Flomich

A popular way of naming towns and streets at this time was naming them after the places the settlers were from. The Flemings appropriated the name Holly Hill from their ancestral home in Ireland. Flomich Avenue got two states combined: Florida and Michigan.

You will notice that 13^th Street does not exist. Many consider the number of 13 to be bad luck. Many buildings do not list a 13^th floor or ever a room #13. Because of this it was named after the Walker family who owned the subdivision property.

However former Holly Hill Mayor Marion Walker {1933-37) would later be arrested and charged with nine felony warrants. He was sentenced on two: for embezzlement of a total of $860 from the Daytona Finance Co. On March 10, 1939 he was ordered confined to the Raiford State Prison for two years. So it seems that it still was unlucky for Mr. Walker.