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Creation Date
12-23-2009
Building Name
Haverty's Building
Description
Old YMCA Building Jacksonville ( Haverty's Building), Jax, Fl.
The first Jacksonville Young Men's Christian Association was founded in 1870. its members commissioned H. J. Klutho to design its headquarters. This seven-story structure was built in an architectural style neither Classic or Renaissance, the Prairie School. This was built in 1909.
In 1929 the Y.M.C.A. shared in the nation's financial calamity; unable to meet mortgage, the building was sold and remodeled (poorly) for use as retail space.
Latitude, Longitude
30.329488, -81.658638
Recommended Citation
Taylor, George Lansing Jr., "Old YMCA Building Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL" (2009). George Lansing Taylor Collection Main Gallery. 2101.
https://digitalcommons.unf.edu/historical_architecture_main/2101
