Bisbee Building, 1910s.

Photograph

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Jacksonville History Center

Bisbee Building, 1910s.

Bisbee Building, 1910s.

Name/Title

Bisbee Building, 1910s.

Entry/Object ID

2003.001.039

Description

41-43 West Forsyth Street Architects: H.J. Klutho Bisbee Building 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.

Collection

Chapin Photographic Collection

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Print, Photographic

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Search Terms

YMCA, Young Man's Christian Association