A Story of Forgotten Jacksonville Coming Soon

[thelakelander]

It hit the stores in June.

[Postcardbuff]

As a postcard collector with emphasis on Jacksonville/Duval County, I have found many vintage cards which contain interesting tidbits of our history.  I recently acquired one in which a teacher is touting the virtues of her school...apparently the relatively new Duval High School in 1914.  She describes the attractive buildings, a sleeping porch, a roof garden on the gym, tennis courts, basketball, etc.  This seems to be the school that was built in 1908 and operated until 1928 when it was replaced by 3 newer schools at the beginning of the urban flight.  This school still exists at 605 Ocean Street as apartments.  If walls could talk....