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Updating the Mysteries of the Burdette / Clarke House
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Tagged Andrew Burdette, Arlington, Arlington Road, Burdette Road, Chamberlain Convalescent Hospital, Doris Clarke, Doris Parker Clarke, E.C. Burdette, Emma Burdette, Floral Bluff, Floral Bluff Road, Florida history, Gerald Clarke, Gilbert Shepard, Hungerford Convalescent Hospital, Jacksonville history, jax psycho geo, Jefferson Smurfitt, Julie Hardwick Bales, Kerr-McGee, Lurline Hungerford, Mattair House, McClain House, Reid House, SCM Glidco, Seminole Kraft, Shelby Doris Parker Green, Shelby Valeska Green, Shepard Road, Stephen Burdette, The Arlingtonian, Tim Gilmore, Union Camp, Wayne Wood, William Clarke, William F. Hawley, William Frost Hawley, Wilson and Toomer
The Ernest & Catherine Ricker House & All Its Many Lives
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Tagged Andrea Doria, Ann Ricker, Atlantic National Bank, August Beyes, Ben Ketchum, Bowyer's Restaurant, Catherine Ricker, Cathy Bowyer Fine, Conrad Mangels, Creole Queen restaurant, Earnest Ricker, Edward Lane Jr., Elise Ricker, Erma Ricker, Ernest A. Ricker, Ernest Adolph Ricker, Ernest Ricker, Florida history, Frank Marquis, Frederick Puckhaber, Harold Ricker, Helen Lane, Helen Murchison Lane, J.F. Dobbin, jax psycho geo, Liller Belle Ricker, Lu Stuart, Lula Jenkins, Mangels Package House, Marion Ricker, Pappagallo Jacksonville, Peg Kenyon, Queen Anne style house, Queen Victoria, Ricker-Dobbin Company, Riverside Antiques, Riverside Avondale, Riverside Avondale Preservation, Riverside Presbyterian Church, Riverside Presbyterian Day School, Sandy Strickland, Tim Gilmore, Vera Mangels, Vera Ricker, Virginia King, Willis Gerow House
The Old Fed; Or, How Henrietta Dozier Bent the Rules
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Tagged A. Ten Eyck Brown, Brooke Robbins, Federal Writers Project Jacksonville, Florida Baptist Convention Building, Florida history, Henrietta Dozier, Henrietta Dozier architect, Henry John Klutho, Jacksonville Branch Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, Lampru Court Apartments, Lampru Court Apartments Jacksonville, Old Fed Jacksonville, Old Federal Reserve Bank Building Jacksonville, Riverside Avondale Jacksonville, Rose Shepherd, Seminole Club, Sharon Weightman, Sharon Weightman Hoffman, St. James Building, Sweet Pete's, Tim Gilmore, Welshan-Palmer House
The Forgotten History of Snyder Memorial Methodist Church
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Tagged Alton Yates, Aragon Hotel, Ax Handle Saturday, Bethune-Cookman University, Bi-Racial Committee, Bob Standifer, Brown Theological Institute, C.E. Williams and J.S. Hardy, C.O. Livingston, C.O. Livingston Furniture, Charles Ondus Livingston, Cookman Institute, Dale Carson, Diamond Methodist Church, Edmund B. Snyder, Edward Waters College, Florida history, Florida Star, Gordon F. Hinkle, Gordon Hinkle, HabiJax, Habitat for Humanity for Jacksonville, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Haydon Burns, Hemming Park, J.H.W. Hawkins, Jacksonville Bi-Racial Committee, Jacksonville history, Jacksonville Minister Alliance, Jacksonville Ministerial Alliance, Jacksonville Youth Council NAACP, James Riggs, James Riggs Jacksonville, James Riggs Los Angeles Men's Place, James Weldon Johnson Park, Japhus Baker, John Sanford Swaim, John Swaim, Linda Standifer, M.D. Potts, Marjorie Meeks, Mary McLeod Bethune, Mayor Haydon Burns, Monroeville Methodist Church, Robert John Gisler, Rodney Hurst, Rodney Hurst Snyder Memorial, Sheriff Dale Carson, Snyder Memorial Methodist Church, St. Johns River City Band, St. Johns River City Band Snyder Memorial, Tim Gilmore, Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church, Uncle Tom's Cabin, W.H. Harkness, William J. Purman
New Story: Round Marsh (by the Willie Browne Trail)
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Tagged Bill Goodyear, Colorinda Creek, conservation history, Craig Morris, Ellis and McClure, Florida history, Fort Caroline, Frances Brewster Smith, Jacksonville history, Jay Huebner, John Nathan Spearing, Keith Ashley, Lorraine "Rainy" Clarke, National Park Service, Nature Conservancy, Round Marsh, Saxon Browne, Shell Mount, St Johns Town, Sub-Tropical Exposition, Theodore Roosevelt Area, Tim Gilmore, Timucuan Ecological and Historical Preserve, William Jones, Willie Browne, Willie Browne Trail
The Strange Story of Slappey’s Town of Ghent Motel
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Tagged Anchor Bar, Beaches Drive-In Movie Theater, Cedar Bay Baptist Church, Clyde Slappey, Clyde Woodruff Slappey, Florida history, Gary's Ice Cream, Ghent Gate, Ghent Gate Bruges, Grady Allen Belger, Jacksonville history, John Margolies, Margaret Snowden, Oceanway Oaks Mobile Home Park, Red Cross Lookout Tower, Renee Slappey, Renee van Ceulebroeck, San Mateo Jacksonville, Slappey's, Slappey's Chili Parlor, Slappey's Town of Ghent Motel, Tim Gilmore, Tracy Rigdon
The Armory
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Tagged Abe Livert’s Records, Allman Brothers Band, Along This Way, Angie Rodeillat Smith, Armory Jacksonville, Bryant Bowles, Charley Johns, Clarence Darrow, Colonel Edward Henry, Confederate Ball, Dave Franklin Duke Ellington, Dennis Riggs, Doyle Carlton, Duncan Fletcher, Duncan U. Fletcher, Duval County Armory, Edge City, First Baptist Church Jacksonville, Florida Civil Rights, Florida history, Florida National Guard, Florida Times-Union, Floripatra, Garage Boutique, Gator Bowl, Great Fire of 1901, Haydon Burns, Hixon’s Surfboard Revolution, Hoyt’s High Fidelity, J.C. Coppedge, Jacksonville Armory, Jacksonville Coliseum, Jacksonville history, Jacksonville Sheriff's Office, James Weldon Johnson, Janis Joplin Jacksonville, jax psycho geo, John T. Alsop, Johnny Brewer, Johns Committee, KKK Jacksonville, Ku Klux Klan Jacksonville, Leo Kitchen Orchestra, Marian Anderson, Marian Anderson Jacksonville, Marvin Strickland, McCoys Creek, NAAWP, Nake Pear, National Association for the Advancement of White People, Paulus Music, Pickaninny Chorus, Prohibition Jacksonville, Riggs Promotion, Roosevelt Mall, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Song of Hiawatha, Senator Duncan Fletcher, Sidney Catts, Sidney Drachin, Tim Gilmore, Tim Gilmore Jax Psycho Geo, Tommy Torino, United Confederate Veterans, W.A. Hobbs, W.F. Bunch, Ye Mystic Krewe of Gasparilla, Ye Mystic Revelers
The Mystery House at Atlantic/Neptune Beach
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Tagged Al Mosher, Atlantic Beach, Dan G. Wheeler, Dan Wheeler, Dixie before Disney, Donald Mabry, Florida history, Jacksonville Beach, jaxpsychogeo, Lemon Bar, Lemon Street, Mayport, Mysterious House, Mystery House, Neptune, Neptune Beach, Ocean Boulevard, Pablo Beach, Sanborn Fire Insurance, Sanborn map, Southern Gothic, St. Augustine, Tim Gilmore, Tim Hollis
The Bodies Left Behind in Billy Goat Hill
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Tagged A.M. Reed, Billy Goat Hill, Cathedral District Jacksonville, Charles Willey, downtown Jacksonville, Florida history, History of Jacksonville, Jacksonville history, Old City Cemetery, Parks at the Cathedral, Paul Krutco, St. John's Episcopal, T. Frederick Davis, Tim Gilmore
New Story: St. Elmo “Chic” Acosta House
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Tagged Acosta Bridge, Acosta House, Anna Van Valkenburgh, Barbara Stevenson, Charles Cummings, Chic Acosta, Cohen Brothers, El Modelo, El Modelo Cigar Factory, Elmo Acosta, Elmo Chic Acosta, Elmo W. Acosta, Episcopal Boys Home, Episcopal High School, Episcopal School of Jacksonville, Ernest Anders, Ernest E. Anders, Federal Writers Project, Florida history, J.E.T. Bowden, Jacksonville history, jax psycho geo, Jean Ribault, John Alsop, John T. Alsop, John W. Martin, Keystone Bluff, L.H. Armstrong, Mark Zimmerman, Munnerlyn Campus, Pedro Menéndez de Avilés, Pedro Menendez, Robert Bruce Van Valkenburgh, Rose Shepherd, Satsumas, Sean Bean, Second Seminole Indian War, St. Elmo Acosta, Tim Gilmore, Unshu Mikan, Van Valkenburgh, Van Valkenburgh House
