Museum of Contemporary Art Jacksonville

The Museum of Contemporary Art Jacksonville, formerly the Jacksonville Museum of Modern Art, is located downtown in a newly renovated historic building containing five galleries, a theatre, studio classrooms, and the ArtExplorium Loft family learning center.

Jacksonville-Baldwin Rail-Trail

Just west of bustling downtown Jacksonville, the Jacksonville-Baldwin Rail-Trail, one of north Florida's oldest, traverses a rural setting of hardwood uplands, wetlands and pine flatwoods. A dense tree canopy shelters much of the nearly 15-mile paved path, providing habitat for ...

Jacksonville Jewish Center (Conservative)

Roy Benjamin designed this building in 1927 for the Jacksonville Jewish Center, founded in 1901 as the B'nai Israel Orthodox Congregation. The congregation wanted the building to be both a house of prayer and a social center. A synagogue was ...

Cohen Brothers Store, St. James Building (Jacksonville City Hall)

Cohen Brothers Store, St. James Building (Jacksonville City Hall)

Occupying the entire block, the St. James Building has been a Jacksonville landmark since its completion in 1912. The Cohen brothers, who commissioned the construction of the building, hired renowned Jacksonville architect ...

Jacksonville's 1901 Fire

"The Great Fire"

On May 3, 1901 at 12:30 p.m., a fire began at the Cleaveland Fibre Factory, ten blocks northwest of this site. Chimney embers ignited sun-dried moss to be used as mattress stuffing. Fueled by wind and dry weather, ...

National Historic Landmark- Jacksonville Historic District

National Historic Landmark- Jacksonville Historic District

Founded as a mining town in 1852, Jacksonville is a mid-19th century inland commercial town significant for its magnificent group of surviving unaltered commercial and residential buildings.

The town was the principal financial center ...

Old Jacksonville Beach Elementary School

Mother Rhoda Martin founded the Jacksonville Beach Elementary School for Colored People. In 1939 the county built a four-room brick school structure, which also served as a community center, well-baby clinic and recreational area for the community. The building was ...

Old City Cemetery - Jacksonville

This cemetery contains the remains of approximately 220 Confederate veterans, including Brigadier General Joseph Finegan who commanded Confederate forces at the Battle of Olustee and later commanded the Florida Brigade in the Army of Northern Virginia; and Captain Francis P. ...

Jacksonville Historical Society Archives

Incorporated in 1929, the Jacksonville Historical Society's purpose is to foster and promote appreciation of the history of Jacksonville and northeast Florida. To this end, the society promotes the collection, preservation and presentation of materials pertaining to the area's history. ...

Confederate Monument - Jacksonville

Located in Hemming Plaza, the monument was erected in 1898 and paid for by Charles C. Hemming, a wealthy banker and Confederate veteran. Hemming had joined the Jacksonville Light Infantry in 1861, fought in the western theater, and was captured ...