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The Jacksonville Historical Society
Wins 2009 Service Award
The Preservation Commission recently honored the
Jacksonville Historical Society for 80 years of collecting, preserving
and sharing Jacksonville's history. In the photo (from left),
Richard Moore (commission member), Lisa Sheppard (senior historic
preservation planner with Jacksonville's Planning and Development
Department), Jerry Spinks (JHS president), Harry Reagan (former JHS
president), Sarah Van Cleve (former JHS president) and Michael Weiss
(chairman of the Preservation Commission).
When Does Modern Architecture
Become Historic?
The
Jacksonville chapter of the American
Institute of Architects presented a symposium on Mid-Century Modern Architecture at the
Beaches
at St. Paul's by the Sea on March 7.
Click
here
for more information.
Click here to see the MAP
of Mid-Century Modern buildings in the
Jacksonville area.
 The Perfect
Gift!
The
Jacksonville Family Album:
150 Years
of the Art of Photography
This
award-winning book is perhaps the most
beautiful book
ever written about Jacksonville. Order yours now from the Jacksonville
Historical Society.
Click here for
details.
Jacksonville
Historical Society
Archives Collection
Highlights
The JacksonvilleStory
website is back! After nearly a year's
absence, one of Jacksonville's most popular historical websites is
available once again!
Click here to enter.
Click
on the photo
above to go to our PHOTO LINKS page. Connect to dozens
of
other historical websites and thousands of old
Jacksonville photos!!
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Click on a title
below to watch previous programs:
Player for the
Jacksonville Historical Society TV show.
The Current Jacksonville
History
Show
The newest Jacksonville History Show can also
be
seen on Comcast Channel 29 on the second Wednesday
of every month at 8 p.m. (Wednesday, July 15th this month) and at various unscheduled
times throughout the week. The program will also be available for
viewing on this website soon after it airs.
Historic
Books Online!
Click
on this to vist the  Jacksonville Historical
Society's
Online
Bookstore!
Shop
online now for that perfect gift for the
person who loves history!
 Read
the Jacksonville Historical Society's Quarterly Newsletter online --
Just click
on the image at right.
(Adobe Reader required)
 Jerry
Spinks
Jerry Spinks is the
current President of the Jacksonville
Historical Society.
(Read Jerry's
interview in the Times-Union.)
For the past 30
years, Jerry has been one of the
city's most active preservationists, serving as Chairman of both
Riverside Avondale Preservation and the Jacksonville Preservation
Commisssion. He has led in the restoration of dozens of larndmarks
structures, including the recently completed Merrill House. Last year
Jerry received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Preservation
Commission for promoting historic preservation in Jacksonville. Jerry's
leadership is destined to bring great things for the JHS this year!
Click here to read the President's Message
 National
Magazine highlights the Riverside Avondale Historic District
AirTran's
GO Magazine
features an article on "The Jewel of Jacksonville"
Click photo at left to read the article
Jacksonville
Historic Preservation Consortium
click here to
learn more about the Consortium
The next Preservation
Consortium meeting
is Sep. 9, 2009 (11:00 to 1:00)
at the Beaches Museum and History Center.
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