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OLD JACKSONVILLE
WOMAN'S CLUB
16 EAST DUVAL STREET
DATE: 1903
ARCHITECTS: McClure & Holmes
BUILDER: C. E. Boling
The
Jacksonville Woman's Club was founded in 1897, but it was not until
1902 that the group was able to purchase this site on which to build a
permanent clubhouse. Erected in 1903, the clubhouse was built of
Florida brick with a stucco finished front and originally had a tile
roof. The second-story window configuration and broad overhanging
roof show the influence of the Prairie style of architecture, its
earliest appearance in Jacksonville. The flared hips of the main
roofline and of the two dormers suggest an Oriental flavor. This
building served as the Woman's Club until 1927, when a new structure
was erected in Riverside (RA-100). The facade is nicely
proportioned, and it remains, along with the Seminole Club, as one of
the early downtown social/civic clubs built after the 1901 Fire.
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