{"id":12974,"date":"2025-11-05T17:21:25","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T22:21:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/floridanewsline.com\/Clone2\/?p=12974"},"modified":"2025-11-05T17:22:48","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T22:22:48","slug":"makeover-or-mate-city-commission-discusses-future-of-peg-leg-pete","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/floridanewsline.com\/Clone2\/featured\/makeover-or-mate-city-commission-discusses-future-of-peg-leg-pete\/","title":{"rendered":"Makeover or Mate: Fernandina Beach City Commission discusses future of Peg Leg Pete"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By Kate Kimmel<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Downtown District Manager Lisa Finkelstein outlined three options for the future of the Peg Leg Pete statue at Tuesday\u2019s Fernandina Beach City Commission meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The iconic statue was moved from its longtime spot at the train depot to the Amelia Island Museum of History on Oct. 7 after Pirates Club members raised concerns about its deterioration. Since then, city officials have sought estimates for restoring the piece, which was the first option presented.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI brought this to the commission because I didn\u2019t want Peg Leg Pete to just sit for another year or two as he rots away,\u201d Vice Mayor Darron Ayscue said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The city received four quotes ranging from $23,000 to $35,000. Restoration, however, could cause irreparable damage depending on the statue\u2019s internal condition, Finklestein said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The second and third options involved donating Peg Leg Pete to the museum permanently and replacing it with another pirate statue downtown. Under the second option, the city would commission a replica, estimated at $3,000 to $15,000.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Pirates Club member Marian Phillips urges the Board to restore the statue. Photo by Kate Kimmel\/Nassau NewsLine <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

The third option would replace Pete with a statue commissioned by Pirates Club members in 2023 and sculpted by local artist Jett Paxton. Pirates Club member Marian Phillips suggested holding a contest for local students to name the new statue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pirates Club President Joe Brown and Phillips supported the third plan but said restoration should move forward if feasible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn the meantime, the new pirate is made, it could go in the old Peg Leg Pete location,\u201d Brown said. \u201cWe could put Peg Leg Pete in his original location if he were to be restored. Fernandina is big enough for both pirates.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mayor James Antun and Ayscue voiced support for pursuing restoration. Antun suggested the city consider a fundraiser to cover the cost.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Pirates Club President Joe Brown suggests the new statue be moved downtown. Photo by Kate Kimmel\/Nassau NewsLine <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

\u201cThat could be a productive way of trying to accommodate this without going into unbudgeted dollars,\u201d Antun said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Commissioners Genece Minshew and Joyce Tuten favored the third plan, saying it would avoid restoration risks, require no city funding and encourage community participation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cGetting the Pirates Club and the community more involved and engaged in the restoration and\/or replacement is a great idea and what I\u2019d want to see pursued,\u201d Minshew said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If Peg Leg Pete can be restored, Finkelstein presented several possible locations for its return, including the train depot pedestal, the marina, a downtown landscape bed and Pirates Playground at the recreation center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The commission did not take a vote, but organizing a fundraiser for restoration and placing the Pirates Club\u2019s commissioned statue downtown appear to be the next steps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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