The Greenleaf & Crosby Building at 208 N. Laura St. is the former home of Jacobs Jewelers, which closed in March 2023.The Greenleaf & Crosby Building at 208 N. Laura St. is the former home of Jacobs Jewelers, which closed in March 2023.
The Greenleaf & Crosby Building at 208 N. Laura St. is the former home of Jacobs Jewelers, which closed in March 2023.

Former Jacobs Jewelers building could get historic designation

Published on July 31, 2023 at 11:44 am

The Jacksonville Historic Preservation Commission has voted to designate the 96-year-old Greenleaf & Crosby Building Downtown as a Jacksonville landmark.

The building, at Laura and Adams streets, was recently home to Jacobs Jewelers, which closed in March.

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The commission voted 5-0 to add the structure to the Downtown National Register.

“Obviously, if we’re not landmarking something like this in town, what are we even doing here?” said commission member Julia Epstein, a project architect with Dasher Hurst Architects.


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