The Historic Web pages Committee of the Jacksonville Historical Society unveiled its 2021 listing of Jacksonville’s endangered historic properties.

“Historic sites and houses matter to Jacksonville’s people today. When historic properties – such as the Eagle Laundry Setting up, the Doro Fixtures Business creating, and the Moulton & Kyle Funeral Property in the previous year, for instance – are demolished by fire, forces of mother nature or male, we erase another section of the tradition, background, and life stories that type our Jacksonville,” stated Alan Bliss, historic modern society CEO, in a information launch.

“Historic locations lend authenticity to their surroundings, generating us all a lot more invested as citizens. In addition, facts proves that historic preservation provides price by strengthening financial development. Recognizing this, the Jacksonville Historic Culture advocates for preservation via its yearly Endangered Historic Qualities record.” 

Seventeen structures along with 5 buildings owned by Duval County Community Colleges designed this year’s once-a-year endangered checklist:

Eartha M.M. White Youth Recreation Center, 4850 Moncrief Street

Designed in 1938 as a residence and museum in the Bungalow architectural design and style, the building provided two adjacent columns with Doric capitals, reportedly rescued from a demolished Downtown developing.

The structure features pitched gable roofs, the use of indigenous resources these as coquina, and rounded columns.

The original composition was expanded at least 3 times, with the greatest and most current in 1972 to present a recreation area for the Boys Club.

In 1993, the town Arranging Division and the Jacksonville Historic