April 8, 2025
S-Line Urban Greenway opened in 2008 as Jacksonville’s first dedicated urban multi-use trail. Here is a before-and-after look at the…
March 25, 2025
THE JAXSON | History of the West Jacksonville Rail Yard
For much of the 20th century, the West Jacksonville Yard and its locomotive shops served as a key economic anchor…
March 18, 2025
THE JAXSON | The story of Dr. Julia Walker-Brown and Walker’s Business College
For nearly 50 years, Walker’s Commercial & Vocational College was a major Jacksonville educational institution. In honor of Women’s History…
February 9, 2025
OPINION | Battle of Olustee, now a celebration, was infamous for its cruelty to Black troops
The annual Battle of Olustee reenactment and festivities are Feb. 14 through 16.…
January 28, 2025
THE JAXSON | How Downtown’s train station was saved
This is the story of the Station Celebration, a forgotten dispatch that rallied thousands of Jaxsons together to help save…
January 22, 2025
THE JAXSON | A trip down memory lane: 1970s Jacksonville
Here’s a visual history of seven sites photographed as a part of a 1970s city of Jacksonville planning study.…
December 4, 2024
THE JAXSON | 14 historic JAXPORT photographs
Here’s a photographic journey showing JAXPORT’s facilities over the past 108 years.…
November 27, 2024
THE JAXSON | The history of Jacksonville’s San Marco neighborhood
Across the St. Johns River from Downtown Jacksonville, San Marco is a historic neighborhood known for its architecture, restaurants, boutiques…
November 12, 2024
THE JAXSON | Ray Charles in Jacksonville
Here are six sites associated with Ray Charles’ time as an up-and-coming musician in Jacksonville.…
October 30, 2024
THE JAXSON | The history of Jacksonville’s San Mateo neighborhood
Fifteen minutes north of Downtown Jacksonville, San Mateo is a post-World War II neighborhood characterized by a mature developed landscape…
October 23, 2024
THE JAXSON | Jaxlore: Annie Lytle Elementary, ‘The Devil’s School’
The former Annie Lytle Elementary School by I-95 between Riverside and Brooklyn has long had a reputation as the “most…
October 16, 2024
THE JAXSON | 3 surviving factory buildings from Jax’s Cuban cigar-making era
By 1895, Jacksonville was home to thousands of Cuban immigrants and 15 cigar manufacturing companies.…
October 8, 2024
THE JAXSON | 9 historic Durkeeville photographs
During the early 20th century, the greater Durkeeville community became a segregation-era hub of Black culture, business and social life…
October 1, 2024
THE JAXSON | The ‘malling’ of Baymeadows
A look at the rise, repositioning and survival of Deerwood Village Mall, one of the Southside’s oldest shopping malls.…
September 18, 2024
THE JAXSON | The history of Jacksonville’s Norwood neighborhood
Located along the banks of Moncrief Creek, Norwood is a Northside neighborhood that was laid out in 1912.…
September 10, 2024
THE JAXSON | Florida’s 5 largest cities in 1900
Even in 1900, when Florida was the 32nd largest state in the country, Jacksonville was by far its largest city.…
September 10, 2024
OPINION | The Mathews Bridge needs a name that reflects all of Jacksonville
The bridge’s namesake, John E. Mathews, was quoted in 1920 as saying: “This is a white man’s country and government.”…
September 9, 2024
The Beatles integrated their Jacksonville concert 60 years ago this week. An event gives a look back
On Thursday, Sept. 12, a tribute cover band and two noted historians will revisit what was the first major racially…
September 4, 2024
THE JAXSON | The fascinating history of Black Hammock Island’s Cedar Point Preserve
Jacksonville’s Black Hammock Island has a fascinating history from 6,000 years of civilization. Here are four facts about Cedar Point…
August 28, 2024
THE JAXSON | Memory lane: The Chitlin’ Circuit’s famed Two Spot Club
Moncrief’s Two Spot was said to be the finest dance palace in the country owned by an African American during…
August 21, 2024
THE JAXSON | The history of Jacksonville’s Lakeshore neighborhood
Lakeshore has a history and built environment shaped by housing booms, bubbles and busts of early 20th century Jacksonville.…
June 26, 2024
THE JAXSON | 5 historic roads in town
The First Coast is home to some of Florida’s oldest roads and highways. Here is a look behind the development…
June 5, 2024
THE JAXSON | 6 stories from Jacksonville’s LGBTQ history
From Timucua two-spirits to bisexual blues musicians to today’s River City Pride, Jacksonville has a storied LGBTQ history.…
April 9, 2024
THE JAXSON | 5 Arab American historic sites in LaVilla
Starting with the arrival of the first immigrants in the 1890s, Arab Americans have had a major impact on the…