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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
George Lansing Taylor, Jr. "Old YMCA Building Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL." (2009). Image Collection. University of North Florida, Thomas G. Carpenter Library Special Collections and Archives. UNF Digital Commons, https://digitalcommons.unf.edu/historical_architecture_main/2101/
