The Anna Maria City Pier was built in 1911 after being commissioned by Charles Roser, the inventor of Fig Newton cookies, and Will Bean, whose father, George Emerson Bean, was a homesteader on the island in the late 1800s and for whom Bean Point, at the north tip of the island, is named. It originally welcomed residents and visitors arriving to the island by steamship. During the 1910s and ’20s, it was also home to private residences and a bait shop. After Hurricane Irma caused extensive damage in 2017, the pier was razed in 2018 and rebuilt in 2020, but it was damaged again in 2024 during Hurricanes Helene and Milton. A $6 million to $7 million restoration project is currently underway, and the pier is expected to be “substantially complete” in April.