Historical Marker

Community Building

Historical marker location:
2140 14th Avenue, Vero Beach, Florida
( Marker is on 14th Avenue, 0.1 miles south of 22nd Street.)
Marker installed: 1993

The Fountain of Youth, a legendary spring that was believed to grant eternal youth to those who drank from it, was thought to be located in Florida. Juan Ponce de León is said to have been searching for it when he discovered the land that would become Florida.