Newly added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1922, the Abbeville County Training School was also known as the Branch Street School. The site is overgrown and difficult to photograph because there are storage buildings in front of the school. There are current plans to turn this into housing and a Black History Museum.
Henry John Klutho was a New York City architect who relocated to Jacksonville after the Great Fire of 1901. The home was completed in 1909 and was located on Main Street. The Prairie Style home served as a model home of sorts for Klutho. It was moved to its current location on West 9th Street.
The home was one of the first homes to highlight fire safety. From the Portland Cement to the asbestos shingles, these features helped assuage people’s fears of another fire. It is on the National Register of Historic Places.
The company responsible for the cement created a postcard highlighting the house and its safety features.
The Goodwin House, designed by architect Henrietta Dozier, was built in 1913. It is a contributing property to the Riverside Historic District.
Wilbur Talley designed and built this home in 1912 for George F. Bensel. The home highlights the Prairie Style architecture. It is a contributing property to the Riverside Historic District.
Built in 1922 for Dr. Herbert Adam’s, this home was designed by architect Henrietta Dozier.
Abraham Lincoln Lewis (1865-1947) was the first Black millionaire in Florida. He started the Afro-American Life Insurance Company in Jacksonville, Florida. In addition to several other businesses he owned, he bought acres of beachfront to create a vacation spot known as American Beach. It became a safe haven for Black Americans to vacation during segregation.
The Art Deco style mausoleum was designed by Leeroy Sheftall and is located in Memorial Cemetery.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic palaces in 1997.
