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127 p. : chiefly ill., maps ; 24 cm.
San Marco by Debra Webb Rogers.
Images of America.
"Decades before Walt Disney's dream took root in central Florida, tourists flocked to a place on the banks of the St. Johns River known simply as South Jacksonville."
Contents: Early days: plantations and pioneers -- Decades before Disney: dreams in South Jacksonville -- South Jacksonville days: people and places -- A vision of Venice: San Marco is born -- Southbank's changing face: yesterday and today -- Vanishings and new beginnings: San Marco then and now.
Selected topics included: Red Bank Plantation -- Albert Gallatin Philips -- small town of Philips -- Old Philips Congregational Church -- Duval County judge Henry Bethune Philips for whom Phiips Highway named for -- Martha Reed Mitchell and Villa Alexandria -- Harriet R. C. Stevens and St. Paul's Episcopal Church -- Ferry -- Harrison Reed platted part of the Hendricks grant as South Jacksonville -- Julia Landon and her students in South Jacksonville -- John and Mary Landon -- Oklahoma area incorporated into South Jacksonville -- F. W. Bruce, builder of Merrill Stevens shipbuilding plant -- Fletcher Park houses and architects Klutho and Mellon Greeley -- Grace Methodist Episcopal Church -- Dixieland Park -- Babe Ruth -- Ferryboat Duval -- Dixie Theater -- Florida Ostrich and Alligator Farm -- Tom Mix -- Tiny Broadwick -- Lincoln Beachey -- Oriental Gardens -- Ardsley residential area developed by Percy J. Mundy -- Tv series Safe Harbor -- Colonial Hotel Courts -- South Jacksonville City Hall building -- Bank of South Jacksonville -- South Jacksonville depot -- Thomas Edward Patterson built 1st house on LaSalle Street -- J. S. Watts fruit and vegetable market -- South Jacksonville Grammar school now Lofts San Marco -- Developer Telfair Stockton developed San Marco.Collection
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San Marco (Jacksonville, Fla.) -- History -- Pictorial works.Publication Details
Author
Rogers, Debra Webb.Publisher
Arcadia PublishingPlace Published
* Untyped Place Published
Charleston, SCCall No.
F 319 .J11 S63 R64 2010