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 (L-R) 121 East Bay St., 131 East bay St., and 133-135 East Bay St. D-21  133-135 EAST BAY STREET DATE: 1901 ARCHITECT & BUILDER: Unknown Three of the five buildings remaining
in this block were constructed immediately after the 1901 Fire.
This entire grouping gives an important glimpse of the appearance,
texture, and scale of much of Downtown's business district in the early
1900's. Most of Jacksonville's turn-of-the-century commercial
buildings were made of brick and were usually two or three stories
tall. This building on the right was initially occupied by the
offices of George O. Holmes and Alfred E. McClure, two of
Jacksonville's prominent architects. In 1912 the Florida
Association of Architects was founded, with Holmes as its first
president. In 1914 Holmes began a ten-year association
with Emil
A. Ehmann, who was secretary of the Florida Association of Architects
from 1914 to 1922 and was also secretary of the Florida Board of
Architecture. Both of these state architectural organizations had
their headquarters in this building for many years.
D-22 131 EAST BAY STREET DATE: ca. 1903 ARCHITECT & BUILDER: Unknown D-23 121 EAST BAY STREET DATE: 1916 ARCHITECTS: Marsh & Saxelbye BUILDER: Florida Engineering & Construction Co. These two buildings on the left in the
photo above have had their first stories considerably altered, but the
upper halves of their facades show some fine masonry details.
They are an integral part of the series of old commercial buildings in
this block of Bay Street.
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