Gulfport Casino

Gulfport Casino is a historic waterfront structure in Gulfport, Florida, in Pinellas County. Despite its name, the site is documented as a civic and transportation-related building rather than as a modern gambling casino. The original structure was built at the end of a dock extending into the bay in 1906. Its early functions included serving as a station and ticket office, while also accommodating a post office and a refreshment stand. These uses made the building part of the community's waterfront transport and visitor infrastructure. The building visible today is a reconstruction dating from the 1930s. Its location at the end of the dock gives it a distinctive relationship to Gulfport's shoreline and reflects the importance of bay access to the city's historic development. The property is recognized for its local architectural, civic, and transportation significance. It was listed on the United States National Register of Historic Places on August 8, 2014. Available reference material does not identify a commercial parent company, founder, listed entity, contemporary product portfolio, or casino gaming operation associated with the property. Accordingly, Gulfport Casino is best treated in this dossier as a named historic property and landmark rather than as an operating casino brand. The name remains associated with the waterfront building and its preservation status in Gulfport.

Gulfport Casino was established as a waterfront structure in 1906, when the original building was erected at the end of a dock extending into the bay at Gulfport, Florida. Its documented early role was functional and civic: it served as a station and ticket office and also contained a post office and a refreshment stand. These functions placed the building within the town's waterfront transportation and visitor facilities rather than within the operating model of a contemporary casino. The present structure is a reconstruction from the 1930s. The rebuilding means that the current building does not simply represent the unchanged survival of the 1906 fabric, but it retains the site's historical association with Gulfport's dock, bayfront activity, and public services. Its position over the water contributes to its visual and historic identity as a prominent local landmark. On August 8, 2014, Gulfport Casino was added to the National Register of Historic Places. The designation formally recognized the property's historic importance and placed it within the United States' national framework for documenting significant historic sites. The available reference material does not provide further detail about later ownership, restoration campaigns, operating businesses, or organizational leadership. It also does not document the property as a present-day gambling venue. Its principal documented identity is therefore that of a historic waterfront building in Gulfport, Florida.

• 2014

  Listed on the National Register of Historic Places

  [1]Gulfport Casinoen.wikipedia.org

  Gulfport Casino was added to the National Register of Historic Places on August 8, 2014.

• 1930

  Current building reconstructed

  [1]Gulfport Casinoen.wikipedia.org

  The building standing today was reconstructed in the 1930s. The reconstruction preserved the site's association with Gulfport's waterfront and dockside civic activity.

• 1906

  Original waterfront building constructed

  [1]Gulfport Casinoen.wikipedia.org

  The original Gulfport Casino was built at the end of a dock extending into the bay. It functioned as a station and ticket office and included a post office and refreshment stand.

A historic waterfront landmark and community property, rather than a documented commercial gaming brand.

1. 1Gulfport Casinoen.wikipedia.org