 At its height the beach included amenities such as picnic pavilions, cottages, and an amusement park.It flourished until around 1940, when it was superseded as a day-trip destination by the larger American Beach in nearby Amelia Island.In 1967, of land for the park was donated by Winthrop Bancroft, who required that the land be named for Kathryn Abbey Hanna (November 8, 1895 – 1967, a Chicago-born educator and author who had settled in Florida and served on the board of Parks and Historical Places.