AG2177 - GULFPORT STETSON UNIV CUPOLA - U.S. Benchmarks on Waymarking.com

1/1/1934 by CGS (FIRST OBSERVED)
DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1934 (GLA) FLAGPOLE ON CUPOLA, MAIN BUILDING, FLORIDA MILITARY ACADEMY, 14TH AVENUE S AND 62ND STREET, ST. PETERSBURG.
1/1/1941 by CGS (GOOD)
RECOVERY NOTE BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1941 (KGC) THE ROLYAT HOTEL, PASADEENA ESTATES, IS NOW THE FLORIDA MILITARY ACADEMY. STATION IS LOCATED NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF 14TH AVE. S AND 62ND ST. IT IS A FLAGPOLE EXTENDING FROM THE CENTER OF A BLACK DOME OF A PROMINENT TOWER ON THE MAIN BUILDING OF THE FLORIDA MILITARY ACADEMY.
1/1/1959 by CGS (SEE DESCRIPTION)
RECOVERY NOTE BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1959 (ALW) THIS STATION WAS RECOVERED IN JUNE, 1959. IT IS LOCATED AT ST. PETERSBURG ABOUT 50 YD. NE OF THE INTERSECTION OF 13TH AVENUE SOUTH AND 62ND STREET SOUTH. THE BALL ON TOP OF THE CUPOLA OF THE MAIN BUILDING OF THE FLORIDA MILITARY ACADEMY. THERE IS NO FLAGPOLE ON TOP OF THE CUPOLA NOW.
1/1/1967 by CGS (SEE DESCRIPTION)
RECOVERY NOTE BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1967 (DWC) THE STATION WAS RECOVERED AS DESCRIBED. THERE IS NO FLAG POLE ON THE CUPOLA AT THIS TIME. THE GROUNDS ARE NOW OCCUPIED BY THE STETSON LAW SCHOOL.
1/1/1972 by NGS (GOOD)
RECOVERY NOTE BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1972 (JCL) (FORMERLY NAMED ST. PETERSBURG, FLORIDA MILITARY ACADEMY, CUPOLA, FLAGPOLE, (ROLYAT 1926). THE BUILDINGS ARE NOW OCCUPIED BY THE STETSON UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF LAW. THE STATION IS THE BALL ATOP AND CENTER OF CUPOLA THAT SITS ATOP MAIN BUILDNG OF THE STETSON UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF LAW. THE CUPOLA IS YELLOW WITH A SILVER DOME TOP AND APPROXIMATELY 100 FEET HIGH. THE STATION IS LOCATED IN THE NORTHERN SECTION OF GULFPORT, BETWEEN 13TH AND 15TH AVENUES AND 61ST AND 62ND STREETS, AT ABOUT THE CENTER OF THE COLLEGE COMPLEX.
1/29/1997 by USPSQD (GOOD)
RECOVERY NOTE BY US POWER SQUADRON 1997 RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION.
1/29/1998 by USPSQD (GOOD)
RECOVERY NOTE BY US POWER SQUADRON 1998 RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION.

Condition: Mark found in good condition Designation: -blank- Benchmark Agency: U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey Monumentation type: Cupola County: Pinellas Find type: Coordinates and/or to-reach information from the NGS database (or Geocaching's copy of it) were used Web address of this benchmark's datasheet (optional): [Web Link] NGS PID: AG2177 Benchmark Agency (if other): Not listed Monumentation type (if other): Not listed USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Not listed Special category (optional): Not listed Special Category (if other): Not listed Local database's URL (optional): Not listed

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