Jacksonville's Architectural Heritage - Book Info
National Register of Historic Places


The National Register of Historic Places was created by the Historic Preservation Act of 1966.  It is an official listing of historically important buildings, sites, objects, structures, and districts throughout the United States.  Properties receiving National Register designation may have state, local, or national significance.   Listing in the National Register does not, in itself, impose any obligation on the property owner, nor does it restrict the owner's right to use the property in any way, including the right to demolish a building.  It does, however, stimulate the preservation of historic properties in several ways:

1.  The official recognition calls attention to the historic value of the site and thus encourages its protection.

2.  Federal financial incentives, including tax credits and matching grants, stimulate the restoration of historic buildings.

3.  Listing in the National Register provides limited protection for properties affected by projects that involve federal funding, licensing, or assistance. The National Register is administered by the U.S. Department of Interior.  The nomination of Florida sites for listing in the National Register is a function of the State Historic Preservation Officer, Division of Historic Resources.  All nominations are reviewed by state officials, who forward qualifying nominations to the Keeper of the National Register in Washington, D.C., for final consideration.

To be eligible for listing, a property must meet certain criteria.  It must either be associated with historic events, developments, or persons; reflect important construction techniques or architecture; or possess archaeological significance.  Generally properties must be at least fifty years old, but exceptions may be made for newer sites of exceptional importance, as well as contributing members of a historic district.

At present there are over 66,000 properties individually listed in the National Register (over 1,000 of which are in Florida.)  A neighborhood or large area of historic or architectural significance may also be listed in the National Register as a historic district.  Florida has over 40 of the more than 5,000 historic districts nationwide, which include hundreds of thousands of buildings that have collective significance but may not be individually important enough for listing.

Another type of listing is a thematic group in which several eligible properties are related to each other in a clearly distinguishable way, but are not located in close enough proximity to form a historic district.  Such groups may encompass various themes, such as the major works of a single architect or buildings from a certain period of development.

The following Duval County buildings, sites, and districts are included in the National Register of Historic Places.  The date following each one indicates when that property was listed.   

 National Register Site or District

Date added 

 Location

Architect 

 Style

Fort Caroline National Memorial

1966

10 mi. east of Downtown Jacksonville

 

 

Yellow Bluff Fort

1970

1 mi. south of FL 105 on New Berlin Rd.

 

 

Kingsley Plantation

1970

Northern tip of Palmetto Ave. on Fort George Island


 

Riverside Baptist Church

1972

2650 Park St.

Addison Mizner

Mediterranean Revival

Old St. Luke's Hospital

1972

314 N. Palmetto St.

George Hoover

 

Red Bank Plantation

1972

1230 Greenridge Rd.

 

Catherine Street Fire Station

1972

14 Catherine St.

 

Napoleon Bonaparte Broward House

1972

9953 Hecksher Dr.

Queen Anne

Epping Forest (Alfred I. duPont Estate)

1973

Christopher Point, off San Jose Blvd.

Marsh & Saxelbye

Mediterranean Revival

Grand Archeological Site

1975

Address Restricted

 

 

Brewster Hospital

1976

915 W. Monroe St.

 

 

St. John's Lighthouse

1976

U.S. Naval Station, Mayport

 

 

St. James Building (Cohen Bros. Department Store; Jacksonville City Hall)

1976

117 W. Duval St.

Henry John Klutho

Prairie School

Thomas V.Porter House

1976

510 Julia St.

Henry John Klutho

Neo-Classical Revival

Centennial Hall – Edward Waters College

1976

1658 Kings Rd.

Howells & Stokes

 

Jacksonville Terminal Complex

1976

1000 W. Bay St.

Kenneth M. Murchison; W.B.W. Howe

Neo-Classical Revival, Romanesque

St. Andrew's Episcopal Church

1976

317 Florida Ave.

Robert S. Schuyler

Gothic Revival

Henry John Klutho House (Klutho Residence)

1978

28-30 W. 9th St.

Henry John Klutho

Prairie School

Bethel Baptist Institutional Church

1978

1058 Hogan St.

M.H. Hubbard


John S. Sammis House (Arlington Bluff House)

1979

207 Noble Circle West

 

 

Morocco Temple

1979

219 Newnan St

Henry John Klutho

Prairie School, Egyptian Revival

Dyal-Upchurch Building (Dyal-Upchurch Investment Company Building)

1980

4 E. Bay St.

Henry John Klutho

Beaux Arts

Masonic Temple

1980

410 Broad St.

Mark & Sheftall

Prairie School

El Modelo Block (Plaza Hotel)

1980

513 W. Bay St.

unknown

 

La Villa Boarding Houses (Early Jacksonville Red-Light District)

1981

830, 832, 836 Houston St.

J.H.W. Hawkins

Demolished

Edward Lane Residence

1982

3730 Richmond St.

Marsh & Saxelbye

Tudor Revival

Florida Theater

1982

128-134 E. Forsyth St.

Roy Benjamin; R.E. Hall & Co.

Mediterranean Revival

310 West Church Street Apartments (Ambassador Hotel)

1983

420 N. Julia St.

Hentz, Reid & Adler


Edwin M. Stanton School

1983

521 W. Ashley St.

Mellen C. Greeley

 

Florida Baptist Building

1984

218 W. Church St.

Henry John Klutho


Riverside Historic District

1985

Roughly bounded by Seaboard Coastline RR, Riverside and Memorial Parks, St. Johns River and Seminole Rd.


 
SAN JOSE ESTATES THEMATIC GROUP:



San Jose Country Club

1985

7529 San Jose Blvd.

Mark & Sheftall

Mediterranean Revival

House at 7356 San Jose Boulevard

1985

7356 San Jose Blvd.

Marsh & Saexlbye

Mediterranean Revival

House at 3500 Via de la Reina

1985

3500 Via de la Reina

Marsh & Saxelbye

Mediterranean Revival

House at 3764 Ponce de Leon Avenue

1985

3764 Ponce de Leon Ave.

Marsh & Saxelbye

Mediterranean Revival

House at 7400 San Jose Boulevard

1985

7400 San Jose Blvd.

Marsh & Saxelbye

Mediterranean Revival

San Jose Hotel (Bolles School)

1985

7400 San Jose Boulevard

Marsh & Saxelbye

Mediterranean Revival

House at 7144 Madrid Avenue

1985

7144 Madrid Ave.

Marsh & Saxelbye

Mediterranean Revival

House at 3609 Via de la Reina

1985

3609 Via de la Reina

Marsh & Saxelbye

Mediterranean Revival

House at 7227 San Pedro

1985

7227 San Pedro Rd.

Marsh & Saxelbye

Mediterranean Revival

House at 7207 Ventura Avenue

1985

7207 Ventura Ave.

Marsh & Saxelbye

Mediterranean Revival

House at 7317 San Jose Boulevard

1985

7317 San Jose Blvd.

Marsh & Saxelbye

Mediterranean Revival

House at 7245 San Jose Boulevard

1985

7245 San Jose Blvd.

Marsh & Saxelbye

Mediterranean Revival

House at 3335 Via de la Reina

1985

3335 Via de la Reina

Marsh & Saxelbye

Mediterranean Revival

House at 7288 San Jose Boulevard

1985

7288 San Jose Blvd.

Marsh & Saxelbye

Mediterranean Revival

House at 7330 Ventura Avenue

1985

7330 Ventura Ave.

Marsh & Saxelbye

Mediterranean Revival

House at 7217 Ventura Avenue

1985

7217 Ventura Ave.

Marsh & Saxelbye

Mediterranean Revival

House at 7249 San Pedro

1985

7249 San Pedro Rd.

Marsh & Saxelbye

Mediterranean Revival

House at 7306 St. Augustine Road

1985

7306 St. Augustine Rd.

Marsh & Saxelbye

Mediterranean Revival

San Jose Administration Building (San Jose Episcopal Church)

1985

7423 San Jose Blvd.

Marsh & Saxelbye

Mediterranean Revival

House at 7246 San Carlos

1985

7246 San Carlos

Marsh & Saxelbye

Mediterranean Revival

House at 3703 Via de la Reina

1985

3703 Via de la Reina

Marsh & Saxelbye

Mediterranean Revival

House at 7246 St. Augustine Road

1985

7246 St. Augustine Rd.

Marsh & Saxelbye

Mediterranean Revival

House at 3325 Via de la Reina

1985

3325 Via de la Reiva

Marsh & Saxelbye

Mediterranean Revival

House at 3685 Via de la Reina

1985

3685 Via de la Reina

Marsh & Saxelbye

Mediterranean Revival

Mission of San Juan del Puerto Archeological Site

1986

Address Restricted

 

 

Springfield Historic District

1987

Roughly bounded by Twelfth, Clark, and First Sts., Hogans Creek and Boulevard

 

 

Jacksonville Free Public Library (Carnegie Library; Bedell Building Associates)

1987

101 E. Adams St.

Henry John Klutho

Classical Revival

Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve

1988

13165 Mt. Pleasant Rd.

 

 

Village Store (Oxford Place)

1988

4216, 4212, 4208 Oxford Ave., 2906 and 2902 Corinthian Ave.

Marsh & Saxelbye

Colonial Revival

San Jose Estates Gatehouse

1988

1873 Christopher Point Rd., North

Marsh & Saxelbye

Mediterranean Revival

Avondale Historic District

1989

Roughly bounded by Roosevelt Blvd., Belvedere Ave., Seminole Rd., St. Johns River, and Talbot Ave.

 

 

Title & Trust Company of Florida Building

1990

200 E. Forsyth St.

Marsh & Saxelbye

 

Little Theatre (Theatre Jacksonville)

1991

2032 San Marco Blvd.

Ivan H. Smith

Art Deco

Carling Hotel (The Roosevelt Hotel)

1991

33 W. Adams St.

Thompson, Holmes & Converse

Skyscraper

Mount Zion AME Church

1992

201 E. Beaver St.

J.B. Carr & Co.; Francis J. Norton

 Romanesque revival

Young Men's Hebrew Association (Maceo Elk’s Lodge)

1992

712 W. Duval St.

J.H.W. Hawkins

 

Church of the Immaculate Conception

1992

121 E. Duval St.

M.H. Hubbard

 Gothic Revival

South Atlantic Investment Corporation Building

1992

35-39 W. Monroe St.

Marsh & Saxelbye

 

Groover-Stewart Drug Company Building (McKesson-Robbins Drug Company Building)

1992

25 N. Market St.

Marsh & Saxelbye

 

Buckman &Ulmer Building

1992

29-33 W. Monroe St.

Marsh & Saxelbye

 

Woman's Club of Jacksonville

1992

861 Riverside Ave.

Mellen C. Greeley

 Tudor Revival

Plaza Hotel

1992

353 E. Forsyth St.


 

Casa Marina Hotel

1993

12 Sixth Ave. N., Jacksonville Beach

Marsh & Saxelbye

Mediterranean Revival

Maple Leaf (Shipwreck Site)

1994

Address Restricted, Mandarin

 

 

Lewis Mausoleum

1997

Memorial Cemetery, Moncrief Rd. near Edgewood Ave.

Leeroy Sheftall

Art Deco, Modern Movement

Atlantic National Bank Annex

1997

118 W. Adams St.

Marsh & Saxelbye

Skyscraper

Ribault Inn Club

2000

Ft. George Rd.

Mellen C. Greeley; Maurice Fatio

Colonial Revival

Elks Club Building

2000

201-213 N. Laura St.

Roy Benjamin

Mediterranean Revival

Mandarin Store and Post Office (Walter Jones Store and Post Office Museum)

2001

12471 Mandarin Rd.

William Monson

 

St. George’s Episcopal Church

2002

10545 Palmeto Ave.

Robert S. Schuyler

Gothic Revival

Lynch Building (American Heritage Life Building)

2003

11 Forsyth St.

Pringle & Smith

Skyscraper

Old Ortega Historic District

2004

Bounded by roosevelt Blvd., Verona Ave., St. Johns and Ortega Rivers

 

 

South Jacksonville Grammar School

2004

1450 Flagler Ave.

Mark & Sheftall

 

W.A. Knight Building

2005

113 W. Adams St.

Marsh & Saxelbye

 






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