Fernandina Beach ยท Residential district
Amelia Schoolhouse Inn
Fernandina's 1886 Public School No. 1, designed by Robert Schuyler, now a 17-room hotel.
- Built
- 1886built 1886 as Public School No. 1 (the island's first schoolhouse), with a rear addition about 30 years later; converted to a boutique inn 2017-2018
- Architect
- Robert S. Schuyler
- Type
- Boutique hotel
- Rooms
- 17
- Area
- Residential district
- Credentials
- Inside a National Register historic district
The story
Built in 1886 as Public School No. 1 to designs by Robert S. Schuyler, who also designed St. Peter’s Episcopal Church and the Fairbanks House. It began as a 4-room school, and a rear addition followed about 30 years later. By the 1930s the school had outgrown it; the building then served in turn as a library, offices and a Masonic lodge. The current owners bought it in August 2017 and spent 14 months on a gut renovation that restored the original stairs, windows, re-milled heart-pine floors and repointed brick, and added a pool and a putting-green courtyard. The inn now has 17 rooms and a bar called The Principal’s Office.
Good to know
- Breakfast: included
- Elevator
- No pets
- Adults only
- Address: 914 Atlantic Avenue, Fernandina Beach, FL 32034
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Last verified October 2026. Details change; confirm with the inn before you book.