Name/Title
Bisbee BuildingEntry/Object ID
2016.019.007Description
Bisbee Building
41-43 West Forsyth Street
Architects: H.J. Klutho
Complete in 1909, the building was originally constructed to be one twenty-six (26) foot wide building, one-half of its present width. It was Jacksonville's first skyscraper made the office space highly sought after, being completely rented before construction was finished. The owner, William A. Bisbee, directed Klutho to double the size of the building. The ten-story building was Florida's first reinforced-concrete frame high-rise office building. The Forsyth street facade features polished limestone and terra-cotta and broad plate glass "Chicago-style" windows, a copper cornice and various abstract geometric ornaments.
Also located at this address (and most advertisements can be seen along the street level of the building):
Arcade Theatre
Frocks & Frills Shop
Bodeker's National Detective Agency
RA Benjamin, architect
Kiwanis Club
Cooney Eckstein & Co Inc., whole lumber
The Arcade Theatre entrance was through an arcade of shops that led from the Bisbee building on Forsyth Street and also had shops along the Adams Street facade.
Also in this photo: the Florida National Bank and the Florida Life Building. These three buildings currently (2016) make up what is known as the "Laura Street Trio".Collection
Woodward Photo CollectionMade/Created
Studio
The Woodward Studio, Inc.Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
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Category 08: Communication Objects