Tag Archives: Riverside Hospital

The Autobiography of the San Juline

Posted on September 3, 2021 | Leave a comment

Click below for this week’s story, or navigate the city through the search bar or the direction buttons at the top of the page:

The story of the San Juline Apartments includes artists, historians and Congressmen; social introductions, deaths and secret loves. A great old building has a dense life story. The speaking tubes are still in the walls and on certain nights, perhaps the spectral tour buses from a century ago still make stops from the grand downtown hotels.

Leave a comment

Posted in Uncategorized

Tagged C. Adrian Pillars, Carita Corse, Carita Doggett Corse, Cay Mansion Riverside Jacksonville, Cecil Vignutti’s Studio for Hair, Charlie Bennett, Cheek Castle, Colonel Raymond Cay, Congressman Charles Bennett, Daisy Hart Smith, Debbie Akins, Emily Gilmore, Emmet Ferguson, Fenimore Apartments, Floral Anthology, Francis Fleming, H.F. McAden, Hartmore Apartments, Isaiah Hart, jax psycho geo, Jerry Ferguson, Jessie Fritot, John Montgomery, Julian Prewitte, Leon Cheek House, Lynn and Mary Jarrett, Lynn Jarrett, Mary Jarrett, Mellen Greeley, Memorial Park Jacksonville, Mole Hole, Nancy Purcell, Park Lane Building, Riverside Avondale history, Riverside Hospital, Riverside Theater, Roy Benjamin, Rutledge Holmes, San Juline, San Juline Apartments, San Juline Apartments Riverside Jacksonville, San Marco Theater, speaking tubes, Taylor Hardwick, Tim Gilmore, Tom Gallacher, Wayne Wood

Story #509: Riverdale Inn / Brazile House / Kelly House

Posted on February 7, 2020 | Leave a comment

Click below for this week’s story, or navigate the city through the direction buttons at the top of the page:

Walter Brazile founded B & B Exterminating Co. in his rambling old boarding house. He nurtured the business and nurtured people, including Rufus King, Jr., brother of Virginia, author of that 8,448-page book about Jax. William Kelly, turpentine magnate, built the house 115 years ago. Albert O’Neall, though a Quaker, took a job here building bombing ranges. Now the former HQ of B & B has been restored as a bed-and-breakfast. One of my favorite writers stayed here just last week.

Leave a comment

Posted in Uncategorized

Tagged Albert Ellis O'Neall, Albert O'Neall, Arden Herrin, B & B Exterminating, Barnett Mansion Springfield, Benvenuto, Bret Burmeister, Charlie Towers, Claude L'Engle, Consolidated Naval Stores, Elizabeth Brazile, Eric Waln, Florida history, Gum Bunch, Haydon Burns Library, Henry John Klutho, Irma O'Neall, J.E.T. Bowden, Jacksonville Florida, jax psycho geo, Jessica Miner-Killian, Jonathan Greeley, Larry James Bana, LaVilla, Malcolm Gladwell Jacksonville, Marjorie Ann O'Neall, Mary Mychael Waln, McCoys Creek, Mellen Greeley, Memorial Park, Napier Apartments, naval stores, Orren McJunkins, Ortega Jacksonville, Palms Boarding House, Palms Hotel, Riverdale Inn, Riverside Avondale, Riverside Hospital, Rocco Morabito, Rogers Towers, Rufus King Jr., Slappey Building, The Mad Atlas of Virginia King, The Row, Tim Gilmore, Tim Gilmore Florida, Tom Gilmore, Virginia King, Walter Brazile, Walter P. Brazile, William Kelly, William O'Neall