Decades ago, Jacksonville was filled with many of these types of homes which many know as “shotgun houses.” There is a bit of a debate on how these homes got their name. The most well...
Decades ago, Jacksonville was filled with many of these types of homes which many know as “shotgun houses.” There is a bit of a debate on how these homes got their name. The most well...
Patrons at Regency Square Mall on its opening day March 2, 1967. Florida Times-Union Opening on March 2, 1967, the Regency Square Mall in Jacksonville initially featured three anchor stores:...
NAAS Cecil Field The Yellow Water Nuclear Weapons Storage Area was a top-secret location used for storing nuclear armaments during the Cold War. Shortly before the United States’ entry into...
The 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment at the Second Battle of Fort Wagner, July 18, 1863 Located in the historic neighborhood of Brooklyn, this home was once home to one of the many Buffalo...
Jacksonville Terminal/Union Station As early as 1890, Henry Flagler, owner of the Florida East Coast Railway, began purchasing property, mostly marshland just west of Jacksonville. In 1894, Flagler...
Brooklyn, Duval County The Mt. Calvary Baptist Church is a church located in the historically black neighborhood of Brooklyn. Originally known as Dell’s Bluff when it was first settled in 1801, the...
Ford’s Early Years Henry Ford founded the Ford Motor Company on June 16, 1903, with $28,000 in cash from twelve investors, most notably John and Horace Dodge who had founded their own company...
The Neff Family Nestled in the woods on Fort George Island, the Neff House was constructed by local architect Mellen Clark Greeley, once considered to be the “Dean of Jacksonville...
PotashCorp Phosphate Terminal, 1977. In early-1966, Occidental Agricultural Chemicals Corporation opened a $3 million automated phosphate rock, triple superphosphate, and diammonium phosphate...
Postcard for the Barnett National Bank Building, Jacksonville, Florida. Postmarked February 22, 1939. Abandoned Atlas Archives History of Jacksonville’s Barnett National Bank Building In the...
Marble Bank The Laura Street Trio is a group of three historic buildings located at the corner of Forsyth and Laura Streets in downtown Jacksonville. The Trio consists of two skyscrapers, the Florida...
Duval County Armory The Duval County Armory was constructed in 1916 at the cost of $150,000 to replace an armory destroyed in the Great Fire of 1901. The Gothic Revival style building was designed by...
History of Public School No. 8 Richard Lewis Brown, Jacksonville’s First Black Architect Known today as Public School No. 8, it first opened its doors in 1909, originally as Graded Springfield...
Independent Life Insurance Company The Independent Life and Accidental Insurance Company was founded in 1920 by seven businessmen; George Cook Coburn, Jacob Franklin Bryan II, James Henry Gooding...
Heart of Jacksonville At the corner of Main and State Streets in Jacksonville sits the remnants of the Park View Inn, previously one of the city’s premier lodging destinations. It began life as...
Public School Number Four Also known as Annie Lytle School, Public School Number Four was originally a small wooden schoolhouse built in 1891 called Riverside Park School. Due to a population...
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