Jacksonville's Southside

Publication

Jacksonville History Center

Name/Title

Jacksonville's Southside

Entry/Object ID

Library.2099

Description

127 pages : chiefly illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm. Jacksonville's Southside by Debra Webb Rogers. Contents: Early days: ferries, bridges, and pioneers --- Atlantic Boulevard: the original Beach Road -- Hendricks Avenue and San Jose Boulevard: developments with a Spanish theme - Philips Highway: the tourists' golden road --- Beach Boulevard: a new route to the beaches -- The future evolves: Southside Boulevard, University Boulevard, and beyond. Summary: Beneath the asphalt and concrete of Southside's bustling streets lurks a fascinating and surprising history filled with stories from the past that rival anything found in a best-selling novel. From the remains of a Civil War gunboat to an elephant named Miss Chic, the vintage photographs in Images of America: Jacksonville's Southside feature vaudeville performers and lion tamers, peacocks and pioneers, alligators and bears, time capsules and Times Square, towers and turpentine, immigrants and entrepreneurs, Insta-Burger King and Storyland U.S.A., chain gangs and a giant orange T. Rex, underground tunnels... Publisher Photos includes: 1918 map of south Jacksonville -- Commodore Barney, gunboat & ferry -- Bruce Happ house -- Walker family -- Hokeson family -- Nels Peterson -- Ferryboat South Jacksonville -- Tugboat Three Friends -- 1940s aerial view shows St. Johns River Bridge (Acosta) -- Chic Acosta brought 1st elephant to zoo -- Philip Peterson poses next to his car -- Original city hall -- South Jacksonville Utility Co. building -- Alex D. Marjenhoff -- John Hysler aka Whiskey King of Duval County shot by Hope King at tollbooth on Acosta Bridge -- Belmont Avenue signpost and little girl Muchia Ann Brown -- Southside Grammar School No. 7, 1945 -- First Baptist Church of South Jacksonville -- Gulf Station in San Marco Square and Mr. Rousseau -- Landon High School 1st graduation class 1928 and other photos from school -- Sammis House which was originally part of the Richard land grant -- Dixieland Park -- Florida Ostrich Farm -- Alligator Farm -- Fort St, Nicholas monument -- F.W. Bruce, supervisor of construction for Merrill-Stevens Shipyard -- Administration building for Merrill-Stevens Shipyard designed by Klutho -- Banner Food Store in area known as Times Square -- Professor Backwards, James Edmondson, comedy act -- Marjenhoff Park -- Marjenhoff family -- Hope Haven Hospital -- Dixie Drive-In Theatre -- St. Paul's Episcopal Church -- Francis Richard III's house purchased by Hulbert later sold to Holden -- Holden's 50th wedding anniversary -- Storage building and dock for Leafland -- Harbor Point entryway -- Marabanong with wine cellar -- Grace Wilbur Trout -- Car before streets paved used chains to navigate the mud -- Crest for San Jose Development -- Congregation of First Baptist Church of South Jax -- Southside Baptist Church -- Oriental Gardens brainchild of George W. Clark -- Southside Methodist Church -- Percy Mundy platted area, called Ardsley -- Oaklawn Cemetery -- St. Mark's Lutheran Church -- Hendricks Avenue Elementary School -- Granada subdivision -- Alfred I. duPont -- Epping Forest -- Lakewood subdivision -- Little Mandarin train -- Community of Philips -- Springleton's Cafe -- Carriker's restaurant -- El Verano Motor Court -- Biser's Seafood Restaurant -- Bishop's Motor Court -- Mayme Bishop -- Dan Jones Motor Court -- Pine Forest Community -- John Peterson -- Peacock Club -- Belle Baker, former Ziegfeld Follies -- Green Turtle Restaurant -- Sunbeam Prison Camp -- Boy Scouts -- Miss Bessie's School -- Patio Motor Court -- Insta-Burger King -- Charles Jones, 1 of first policemen in Pablo Beach -- Ross Farrens of Farrens Tree Surgeons -- T. Rex -- Bono's Restaurant original building -- Patti's Restaurant -- Copper Top formerly Homestead -- Louise Walker -- Julia Walker -- Walker family -- Andrews family -- Skinner Dairy -- Southside Day School -- Storyland U.S.A. -- Hilda Peterson. The town of South Jacksonville was the forerunner of the Jacksonville community known today as Southside; South Jacksonville was a separate city until it was annexed to Jacksonville in 1932 -- LOC authority record.

Collection

Library

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Book

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Search Terms

Southside (Jacksonville, Fla.) -- History -- Pictorial works., South Jacksonville (Fla.) -- History -- Pictorial works., Historic buildings -- Florida -- Jacksonville.

Publication Details

Author

Rogers, Debra Webb

Publisher

Arcadia Publishing

Place Published

* Untyped Place Published

Charleston, South Carolina

Call No.

F 319 .J11 S55 R64 2012

ISBN

0738591815