History · Jacksonville
A history of Jacksonville,
since 1791
Postcards, papers and photographs of Jacksonville from public archives, woven together by decade. Neighbors fill in the gaps.
1791established
10old images & papers
106historic places
0recent photos
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The area of the modern city of Jacksonville has been inhabited for thousands of years. On Black Hammock Island in the national Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve, a University of North Florida team discovered some of the oldest remnants of pottery in the United States, dating to 2500 BCE.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items below1791Established
1870Fort George HotelCommons
1890s9 items · US-FL(1891) p173 JACKSONVILLE, FLORID…Commons
1900–1999Nothing yet. Family albums go here.
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Finish Jacksonville’s story
Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewFort George Hotel, 1870: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Jacksonville
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Jacksonville, decade by decade
1870s1 item
1890s9 items
CommonsUS-FL(1891) p173 JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA SUB-TROPICAL EXPOSIT…1891
CommonsBay Street, Jacksonville, Fla1898 · postcard
CommonsForsyth Street, Jacksonville, Fla1898 · postcard
CommonsHemming Park and Monroe Street, Jacksonville, Fla1898 · postcard
CommonsHemming Park, Jacksonville. Fla1898 · postcard
CommonsMain Street, Jacksonville, Fla1898 · postcard
CommonsOliver W., Famous Trotting Ostrich, Calif1898
CommonsResidence on Church Street, Jacksonville, Fla1898 · postcard
CommonsView in Riverside Park, Jacksonville, Fla1898 · postcard1900s–
1990s
1990s
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
📷 Add from your albumNational Register of Historic Places
106 historic places in Jacksonville
Jacksonville has 106 listings on the National Register, and they protect 6,396 historic buildings, because Riverside Historic District alone counts 2,121. One is a National Historic Landmark, the highest tier, which fewer than 3% of listings reach.
#1
Among Florida’s most-listed townsby listings · most towns there have none
106places listed84 buildings · 12 districts · 10 other
1National Historic LandmarkNorman Film Manufacturing Company
6,396historic buildings protectedcounting each building in a district
first listedAtlantic Coast Line Railroad Locomotive No. 1504 · newest: Clara White Mission, DU02071, 2025
Where they are
Tap a dot for a photo and link. Districts show at their center.
BuildingsDistrictsSitesStructuresBigger dot = landmark
When they were listed
The Register began in 1966. Jacksonville’s busiest decade was the 1980s.
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LandmarkListed 2016Norman Film Manufacturing Company
Listed 2005W.A. Knight BuildingAtlantic Coast Line Railroad Locomotive No. 1504Listed 1966Fort Caroline National MemorialListed 1970Kingsley PlantationListed 1970Yellow Bluff FortListed 1972Old St. Luke's HospitalListed 1972Riverside Baptist ChurchListed 1972Red Bank PlantationListed 1972Napoleon Bonaparte Broward HouseListed 1973Epping ForestListed 1976St. James BuildingListed 1976Centennial Hall-Edward Waters CollegeListed 1976St. Andrew's Episcopal ChurchListed 1976Brewster HospitalListed 1976Thomas V. Porter HouseListed 1976St. John's LighthouseListed 1976Jacksonville Terminal ComplexListed 1978Bethel Baptist Institutional ChurchListed 1978Henry John Klutho HouseListed 1979John S. Sammis HouseListed 1979Morocco TempleListed 1980Dyal-Upchurch BuildingListed 1980Masonic TempleListed 1980El Modelo BlockListed 1982Florida TheaterListed 1982Lane-Towers HouseListed 1983310 West Church Street ApartmentsListed 1983Stanton, Edwin M., SchoolListed 1984Florida Baptist BuildingListed 1985Riverside Historic DistrictListed 1985House at 3325 Via de la ReivaListed 1985House at 3335 Via de la ReinaListed 1985House at 3500 Via de la ReinaListed 1985House at 3609 Via de la ReinaListed 1985House at 3685 Via de la ReinaListed 1985House at 3703 Via de la ReinaListed 1985House at 3764 Ponce de Leon AvenueListed 1985House at 7144 Madrid AvenueListed 1985House at 7207 Ventura AvenueListed 1985House at 7217 Ventura AvenueListed 1985House at 7227 San PedroListed 1985House at 7245 San Jose BoulevardListed 1985House at 7246 San CarlosListed 1985House at 7246 St. Augustine RoadListed 1985House at 7249 San PedroListed 1985House at 7288 San Jose BoulevardListed 1985House at 7306 St. Augustine RoadListed 1985House at 7317 San Jose BoulevardListed 1985House at 7330 Ventura AvenueListed 1985House at 7356 San Jose BoulevardListed 1985House at 7400 San Jose BoulevardListed 1985San Jose Administration BuildingListed 1985San Jose Country ClubListed 1985San Jose HotelListed 1987Old Jacksonville Free Public LibraryListed 1987Springfield Historic DistrictListed 1988Timucuan Ecological and Historic PreserveListed 1988Village StoreListed 1988San Jose Estates GatehouseListed 1989Avondale Historic DistrictListed 1990Title & Trust Company of Florida BuildingListed 1991Carling HotelListed 1991Little TheatreListed 1992Young Men's Hebrew AssociationListed 1992Church of the Immaculate ConceptionListed 1992Groover-Stewart Drug Company BuildingListed 1992Mount Zion AME ChurchListed 1992Plaza HotelListed 1997Lewis MausoleumListed 1997Atlantic National Bank AnnexListed 2000Elks Club BuildingListed 2000Ribault Inn ClubListed 2001Mandarin Store and Post OfficeListed 2002St. George Episcopal ChurchListed 2003Lynch BuildingListed 2004South Jacksonville Grammar SchoolListed 2004Old Ortega Historic DistrictListed 2007Hutchinson-Suddath BuildingListed 2010Cummer GardensListed 2011Evergreen CemeteryListed 2013Snyder Memorial Methodist Episcopal ChurchListed 2013Durkee, Joseph H., Athletic FieldListed 2013MarabanongListed 2014Norman Film StudiosListed 2016Downtown Jacksonville Historic District (Additional Documentation)Listed 2017Memorial ParkListed 2018St. Johns LightListed 2019Henry C. Arpen HouseListed 2019Unitarian Universalist Church of JacksonvilleListed 2020Memorial CemeteryListed 2020Durkee Gardens Historic DistrictListed 2020Mt. Calvary Baptist ChurchListed 2020Palm Spring CemeteryListed 2021Union Terminal Company WarehouseListed 2021Jacksonville Jewish CenterListed 2022Clifton CemeteryListed 2022Edward Waters College Historic DistrictListed 2022Bishop Henry Y. Tookes ResidenceListed 2022West 4th Street Church of GodListed 2022St. Matthews Methodist Episcopal ChurchListed 2023Garden Club of Jacksonville, TheListed 2023Eastside Historic DistrictListed 2023Duval County ArmoryListed 2023Tolbert HouseListed 2025Clara White Mission, DU02071
Listed 2005W.A. Knight BuildingAtlantic Coast Line Railroad Locomotive No. 1504Listed 1966Fort Caroline National MemorialListed 1970Kingsley PlantationListed 1970Yellow Bluff FortListed 1972Old St. Luke's HospitalListed 1972Riverside Baptist ChurchListed 1972Red Bank PlantationListed 1972Napoleon Bonaparte Broward HouseListed 1973Epping ForestListed 1976St. James BuildingListed 1976Centennial Hall-Edward Waters CollegeListed 1976St. Andrew's Episcopal ChurchListed 1976Brewster HospitalListed 1976Thomas V. Porter HouseListed 1976St. John's LighthouseListed 1976Jacksonville Terminal ComplexListed 1978Bethel Baptist Institutional ChurchListed 1978Henry John Klutho HouseListed 1979John S. Sammis HouseListed 1979Morocco TempleListed 1980Dyal-Upchurch BuildingListed 1980Masonic TempleListed 1980El Modelo BlockListed 1982Florida TheaterListed 1982Lane-Towers HouseListed 1983310 West Church Street ApartmentsListed 1983Stanton, Edwin M., SchoolListed 1984Florida Baptist BuildingListed 1985Riverside Historic DistrictListed 1985House at 3325 Via de la ReivaListed 1985House at 3335 Via de la ReinaListed 1985House at 3500 Via de la ReinaListed 1985House at 3609 Via de la ReinaListed 1985House at 3685 Via de la ReinaListed 1985House at 3703 Via de la ReinaListed 1985House at 3764 Ponce de Leon AvenueListed 1985House at 7144 Madrid AvenueListed 1985House at 7207 Ventura AvenueListed 1985House at 7217 Ventura AvenueListed 1985House at 7227 San PedroListed 1985House at 7245 San Jose BoulevardListed 1985House at 7246 San CarlosListed 1985House at 7246 St. Augustine RoadListed 1985House at 7249 San PedroListed 1985House at 7288 San Jose BoulevardListed 1985House at 7306 St. Augustine RoadListed 1985House at 7317 San Jose BoulevardListed 1985House at 7330 Ventura AvenueListed 1985House at 7356 San Jose BoulevardListed 1985House at 7400 San Jose BoulevardListed 1985San Jose Administration BuildingListed 1985San Jose Country ClubListed 1985San Jose HotelListed 1987Old Jacksonville Free Public LibraryListed 1987Springfield Historic DistrictListed 1988Timucuan Ecological and Historic PreserveListed 1988Village StoreListed 1988San Jose Estates GatehouseListed 1989Avondale Historic DistrictListed 1990Title & Trust Company of Florida BuildingListed 1991Carling HotelListed 1991Little TheatreListed 1992Young Men's Hebrew AssociationListed 1992Church of the Immaculate ConceptionListed 1992Groover-Stewart Drug Company BuildingListed 1992Mount Zion AME ChurchListed 1992Plaza HotelListed 1997Lewis MausoleumListed 1997Atlantic National Bank AnnexListed 2000Elks Club BuildingListed 2000Ribault Inn ClubListed 2001Mandarin Store and Post OfficeListed 2002St. George Episcopal ChurchListed 2003Lynch BuildingListed 2004South Jacksonville Grammar SchoolListed 2004Old Ortega Historic DistrictListed 2007Hutchinson-Suddath BuildingListed 2010Cummer GardensListed 2011Evergreen CemeteryListed 2013Snyder Memorial Methodist Episcopal ChurchListed 2013Durkee, Joseph H., Athletic FieldListed 2013MarabanongListed 2014Norman Film StudiosListed 2016Downtown Jacksonville Historic District (Additional Documentation)Listed 2017Memorial ParkListed 2018St. Johns LightListed 2019Henry C. Arpen HouseListed 2019Unitarian Universalist Church of JacksonvilleListed 2020Memorial CemeteryListed 2020Durkee Gardens Historic DistrictListed 2020Mt. Calvary Baptist ChurchListed 2020Palm Spring CemeteryListed 2021Union Terminal Company WarehouseListed 2021Jacksonville Jewish CenterListed 2022Clifton CemeteryListed 2022Edward Waters College Historic DistrictListed 2022Bishop Henry Y. Tookes ResidenceListed 2022West 4th Street Church of GodListed 2022St. Matthews Methodist Episcopal ChurchListed 2023Garden Club of Jacksonville, TheListed 2023Eastside Historic DistrictListed 2023Duval County ArmoryListed 2023Tolbert HouseListed 2025Clara White Mission, DU02071National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places (05/22/2026) · styles from the National Archives catalog · photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Fort George Hotel (1870) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (10) and the National Register (2). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.