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Resuscitating Klutho’s Last Downtown Design, the Florida Baptist Convention Building

Posted on November 26, 2021 | Leave a comment

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For 40 years, the Florida Baptist Convention Building has stood abandoned. Now architect Brooke Robbins is bringing the old building, the last downtown design by architect Henry John Klutho, back to life. Recently I wandered with Brooke up the stone stairwell, through the building’s history, to its rooftop.

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Tagged Better Jacksonville Plan, Brooke Robbins, Cummings Engineers, First Baptist Church Jacksonville, Florida Baptist Building, Florida Baptist Convention, Florida Baptist Convention Building, George Register, H.J. Klutho, Henrietta Dozier, Henry John Klutho, Jacksonville City Hall, John Delaney, Jones Brothers' Furniture Company Building, Jones College, Klutho, Morris Cummings, Old Federal Reserve Building, Peter Cummings, Register and Cummings, Reverend Stewart B. Rogers, Richard Cummings, Robert Broward, S.B. Rogers, Seminole Club, St. James Building, Stand N Snack, Sweet Pete's Candy Store

The Life and Multiple Deaths of the Drew Building

Posted on November 25, 2019 | Leave a comment

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The story of the building at 45 West Bay Street concerns a bear, Jacksonville’s first bookstore, Ottis Toole, the tragic deaths of construction workers, multiple demolition plans, the ghost of a third floor and the love of an architect who refused to let this building die. Now Urban Grind Coffee, Folio Weekly and other businesses call the Drew Building home. Click below for the story.

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