GOING, GOING, GONE:  SECURITY-FREE AIRPORTS

(Source of picture: Florida State Archives)

This is a 1940s shot of the terminal building at Jacksonville Municipal Airport Number One.  During the Fifties, the facility was renamed Imeson Airport for Thomas Cole Imeson (1880-1948), a Jacksonville city councilman who had spearheaded the creation of the airport during the Twenties. 

Imeson Airport was situated north of the Jacksonville Zoo.  It served as the city's main air facility for 42 years, finally relinquishing this role when the present-day Jacksonville International Airport opened in 1968.  The old Imeson location was then turned into a industrial/commercial area, with a large Sears discount outlet located in the vicinity of the old terminal.

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