Features exploring Jacksonville’s past — historic neighborhoods, key figures, and events that shaped the city and region.
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February 23, 2026

BLACKSONVILLE 100 | Sports

Coaches and players whose athletic gifts helped bring notoriety to Jacksonville, its schools and some of its oldest neighborhoods.…

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February 23, 2026

BLACKSONVILLE 100 | Business

People who created financial independence for themselves and opened up job opportunities for others through entrepreneurship or executive leadership.…

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February 23, 2026

BLACKSONVILLE 100 | Civil Rights

Local champions of the quest for a more perfect union.…

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Blacksonville 100 | People who moved Jacksonville and Florida’s legal community forward through their service and legal victories. 
February 23, 2026

BLACKSONVILLE 100 | Judiciary

People who moved Jacksonville and Florida’s legal community forward through their service and legal victories. …

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February 20, 2026

BLACKSONVILLE 100 | Education

Educators who pursued scholarship, expected excellence from their students, as well as advocates who opened doors for others to be…

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Harry T. Moore spent his formative years in Jacksonville.
February 18, 2026

THE JAXSON | Harry T. Moore’s time in Jacksonville

Harry T. Moore’s contributions to the civil rights movement were significantly shaped by his time in Jacksonville, especially at these…

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Statues that decorated the monument to the Women of the Confederacy were removed from Springfield Park in Jacksonville and placed in storage in December. | Jacksonville Today
February 11, 2026

House revives effort to protect monuments and statues

Critics contend the effort is primarily directed at preserving monuments supporting the Confederacy.…

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February 11, 2026

THE JAXSON | 11 Black cultural heritage sites to visit in Jacksonville

In honor of Black History Month, here are 11 historic Black cultural heritage destinations in Jacksonville to visit.…

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Music Under the Oaks returns to Mandarin this weekend.
February 4, 2026

WHAT TO DO | Rock the Dock; LaVilla Black History Market; Music Under The Oaks

A riverfront music festival in Fairfax; a LaVilla celebration of Jacksonville’s Black history, and an afternoon of acoustic music and…

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Federal officials are considering the sale of the Charles E. Bennett Federal Building due to low occupancy and high maintenance costs. | Dan Scanlan, Jacksonville Today
February 2, 2026

Jacksonville’s 60-year-old federal building could be sold

A federal panel is considering whether to sell the Charles E. Bennett Federal Building in Downtown Jacksonville.…

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January 28, 2026

THE JAXSON | Inside LaVilla’s long-forgotten red-light district

Once home to more than 60 bordellos and popular madams Cora Crane, Belle Orloff and Lyda De Camp, here are…

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January 20, 2026

THE JAXSON | Shaped by water and time: Historic Oak Haven, Love Grove and Spring Glen

Here are five facts about Oak Haven, Love Grove and Spring Glen.…

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January 7, 2026

THE JAXSON | Burger King’s birthplace and 5 other things you didn’t know about Sans Souci

Located six miles southeast of Downtown Jacksonville, Sans Souci is a mid-century community with an interesting story.…

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Picolata is a small community along the St. Johns River in west St. Johns County. The area's history goes back centuries, but very little physical evidence remains of forts and other structures that once stood. | Noah Hertz, Jacksonville Today
December 19, 2025

You may not know Picolata, but a couple is trying to preserve it

Picolata was once a river crossing and the site of a Spanish fort, but much of the settlement is gone.…

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The entrance to the Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens, which just received a $3.5 million bequest from the estate of the late Betsy Lovett. | Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens
December 18, 2025

Cummer Museum receives one of its biggest gifts ever

The estate of philanthropist Betsy Lovett has bequested $3.5 million to the Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens.…

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Fairfield saw the demolition of entire blocks of homes for construction of expressways and the Matthews Bridge.
December 16, 2025

THE JAXSON | Fairfield: You’ve probably driven through it but never knew

Tucked along the western bank of the St. Johns River, just northeast of Downtown Jacksonville, the neighborhood of Fairfield holds…

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Fairfield Park was eventually replaced by the football stadium.
December 9, 2025

THE JAXSON | 5 Jacksonville parks that don’t exist anymore

Here is a trip down memory lane, highlighting five early 20th century Jacksonville parks that don’t exist anymore.…

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Drew Mansion was built in 1909 by Dr. Horace Drew, a renowned physicist and grandson of Jacksonville pioneer Columbus Drew. | News4Jax
December 8, 2025

New owner plans to rehab historic Drew Mansion

New owners plan to restore long-vacant Drew Mansion in Springfield, creating community space on the first floor.…

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Gingerbread creations like a snow-covered White House are part of the 23rd annual Gingerbread Extravaganza at the Jacksonville History Center. | Dan Scanlan, Jacksonville Today
December 5, 2025

Gingerbread extravaganza takes its artistry to new home

The Jacksonville Historical Society’s 23rd annual extravaganza features 41 gingerbread creations.…

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North Riverside's West Lewisville Elementary School was replaced by Forest Park Elementary in 1954.
December 3, 2025

THE JAXSON | 6 Historic North Riverside Photographs

A photographic journey into the history of North Riverside, a neighborhood significantly affected by heavy industry and expressway construction.…

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A private groundbreaking is set for January for Jacksonville's first Latter-day Saints temple in Mandarin. | Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
November 11, 2025

Jacksonville’s first Mormon temple sets groundbreaking

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will break ground for the temple on Jan. 24.…

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Peg Leg Pete now stands now outside the Amelia Island Museum of History. | Dan Scanlan, Jacksonville Today
November 10, 2025

Donations sought to restore Peg Leg Pete in Fernandina

A fundraiser aims to raise $23,000 to repair the Peg Leg Pete statue and return it to the waterfront.…

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The latest design of the Shipyards West Park is 90% complete. It shows a new two-story event pavilion, a flex lawn, a Playscape, Riverwalk, sports/pickleball courts and trees, all planned to be bult by 2028. | City of Jacksonville
November 7, 2025

The next step on the riverfront: Shipyards West Park

Groundbreaking is planned next year on Shipyards West, one of many areas under development on the Northbank.…

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The Neff House, connected to Jacksonville folk legend the Betz Sphere, is now part of the Timucuan Preserve.
October 29, 2025

JAXLORE | ‘Legend tripping’ on the First Coast

From Fernandina’s Wiccademous grave to Brooklyn’s famous Devil’s School, here’s a dive into four of the most famous local places…