Upon arriving in the small town of Crescent City, you will feel like you’ve stepped back in time. Filled with old Florida charm, it is a picturesque community full of beautiful turn-of-the-century homes and churches. Crescent City is a town comfortably nestled between two lakes: one shaped like a crescent moon, called Crescent Lake, and the other shaped like a star, Lake Stella.
The town was founded in 1852 during the Victorian era. It prospered with the arrival of wealthy winter residents on steamships via the St. Johns River in the late 1800s. They constructed ornately decorated residences in revival styles that were popular in the mid-to-late 19th century, including Late Gothic Revival, Classical Revival, Italianate, Vernacular, Craftsman, Prairie, Shingle, Colonial Revival, and Queen Anne. The historic district of Crescent City possesses all of these styles, as well as a classic Florida Cracker-style home.
