Jacksonville Architecture

On August 18, 1926, the Jacksonville Journal reported that "Another six-story brick and steel office and store building on West Adams Street was assured today for immediate construction according to the announcement of W. J. Hildebrandt, capitalist and investor in Jacksonville . . . for a sum to exceed $500,000. Of special interest is the fact that the George Washington Hotel is being built by Robert F. Kloeppel, who is Mr. Hildebrandt's brother-in-law." (The fourteen-story George Washington was across the street.) Although the lower facade has been extensively altered, the building is significant as an example of Marsh's and Saxelbye's commercial architecture at the zenith of their careers.