118:), and the MacDonald House at 38 E. Granada Blvd., Ormond Beach, FL. In Nassau Bahama he was supervisor of the building of hotels for Henry M. Flager. He also was behind buildings for John D. Rockefeller & Daytona High School and many buildings on Halifax Ave and for the British government the public market. After being there about 3 years, he returned to Daytona & built the Electric & Ice plant, several hotels and many residences, both there and at Ormond, Fl. He was the superintendent of the electric plant & telephone, and also manager for 16 years of the 4 bridges, 3 in Daytona & one at Port Orange, which he built, all about a mile long. He opened 2 sub-divisions to Daytona; sold out one, which is all built up & held the other. As a city politician he set up the tax system in town. Gove was a
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Daytona for 10 years. He engineered much of Daytona Beach, including 3 mile bridge and the Bridge to Port Orange. He was the president of the East Florida Telephone Company, and managed three bridge companies (Daytona, Halifax and Peninsula). He was also the co-founder and president of the Halifax River Yacht Club, and vice-president of the Florida East Coast Automobile Association.
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54:, before returning to Nahant. After the passing of his father-in-law, Gove and Caroline came to Groton Connecticut, where Gove took up the contracting business, building many buildings & residences in the New London Connecticut area. Gove also served one term on the Connecticut State Legislature in 1881-82. He was the superintendent for Maxson & Company at
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Daytona, Florida area. By the 1910s, Gove was one of Daytona's leading citizens and businessmen. He ran for City Council in Daytona, winning the election and serving as its president. He
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Daytona, Florida in 1912. It originally included a boat house and private slip to the east which provided direct access to the Halifax River. He participated in business investments with another prominent developer and architect in
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Anthony Blocks, the Charles Nichols House, the Charles G. Burgoyne House on Beach Street in Daytona Beach, the
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Daytona, Florida area. His architectural influences in the late 1800s was
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Daytona, Charles A. Ballough, and collaborated with him on the construction of the
Clarendon Hotel. In 1915, Gove and Ballough filed a patent for the design of a “Submarine Vessel.”
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National Register of Historic Places). He also built the first Port Orange and Seabreeze bridges across the Halifax River.
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