Name/Title
U.S. Government & Post Office Building, 1910s.Entry/Object ID
2003.001.040Description
Forsyth, Hogan and Adams Street
US Government & Post Office
Completed in 1895, after three years of construction with walls of Tennessee marble, this building served as Jacksonville's post office and home of the United States District Court and other federal offices. The cceiling heights of of the three floors are 19, 18 and 14 feet and the attic was 12 feet. The pinnacle of the tower was 168 feet above the sidewalk, higher than the highest lighthouse in Florida at the time.
In 1905, the addition reaching to Adams Street was constructed together with some changes in the tower part.
This building survived the Great Fire of 1901 but was demolished in 1948.Collection
Chapin Photographic CollectionLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
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Print, PhotographicNomenclature Primary Object Term
PhotographNomenclature Sub-Class
Graphic DocumentsNomenclature Class
Documentary ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication Objects