Urban Neighborhoods: Robinson's Addition

[Metro Jacksonville]

Urban Neighborhoods: Robinson's Addition



Nestled between major rail lines leading to Downtown Jacksonville, Robinson's Addition is a major industrial area and small collection of residential streetcar suburbs that were platted during the boom period following the Great Fire of 1901.

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http://www.metrojacksonville.com/content/view/997

[billy]

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Very interesting.
Does Three Mile Branch creek feed into Mccoy's Creek?

[heights unknown]

What an industrial waste fart.

[Ocklawaha]

Whoo Y'all, that soil is sacred to Southron or Yankee, Black or White, it is red with the blood of our ancestors.
Just one more dot on the Jacksonville map that we have completely ignored, even though their is a large park and a beautiful area for a board walk along the creek, a brick church reconstruction, some first class signage.

This is a quite, calm neighborhood that lived with the last full size Stone and Webster TURTLEBACK streetcar in the City. It sat next to that park for 50 years and didn't even have a broken window! Of course the city took care of that, lest the government think we were "hording" streetcars, and thus wouldn't fund our SKYWAY. Thanks Jake, my children will enjoy that history. NOT!

After the abandonment of the coast defenses early in 1862, several gunboats passed the fortifications at the mouth of the St. John's river and Yellow bluff, anchored in front of Jacksonville and landed a considerable force. Colonel Davis was ordered to send a detachment of his cavalry to Camp Langford, near the city, to aid in meeting this emergency. He sent Lieut.-Col. George Troupe Maxwell, with the greater part of the regiment, to take part in the anticipated conflict. They were soon on the line of march for the first time to meet the invaders of Florida soil. On their arrival scouts were sent out to reconnoiter, who reported that a strong picket-guard was stationed at the "Brick church." A small command under Lieutenant Strange of the Third Florida was ordered to capture the guard, if possible without bloodshed. Thus began the first encounter in which this regiment engaged. The Federal picket guard, though about half our number, wounded several of our men before they gave up the post. It was in this engagement that Lieutenant Strange was mortally wounded. Soon after the enemy retired to the gunboats and Jacksonville was evacuated. It would have been of no advantage to the Confederates to occupy the town, as the gunboats could have at any time shelled the place and destroyed many homes of helpless citizens who were unable to leave. The regiment soon returned to its encampment near Tallahassee, remaining there a short time, when it was ordered to Chattanooga to join the army of Tennessee under Gen. Braxton Bragg.

MARCH 29, 1862 Federal officers in Jacksonville sent five companies of soldiers to investigate a report that a large force of Confederates was in the vicinity of Three Mile Creek. The Union soldiers determined that a force of nearly 100 Confederates had been the area earlier today, but had since left.

MARCH 25, 1863 Federal soldiers from the Jacksonville garrison advanced to Three Mile Branch today. After destroying a few miles of railroad track and burning several houses, they were forced to retreat to the city when Confederate artillery positions opened fire.

Very Interesting....

OCKLAWAHA

[stjr]

By the way, based on records I have seen, Beaver Street used to be called Enterprise Street.  Going back to the 1800's, it apparently was called the Old Spanish Trail.  It would be great if someone could do more history on this.

I think areas such as this are vastly under appreciated, underutilized, and take time to familiarize one's self with.  If Beaver Street (US 90/SR 10) was ever reconstructed/widened, landscaped, and maintained in accordance with the standards of most every other state and federal highway in Jax, this area could undergo an amazing transformation.

Even as a stepchild, the area produces thousands of jobs deceptively intermingled with the housing.  The buildings may not be the prettiest, but I bet you will find some of the oldest and most consistent and steady businesses in Jax are embedded in sections of town like this.  Probably, because such businesses are relatively conservative in nature, not desiring to pay for the glitz and glamour of being located in nicer or higher trafficked areas.  Rather, they humbly toil to mind their businesses, a noble trait in this day and age, and save their pennies to whether downturns such as now.  It's the classic "you can't judge a book by its cover".

[stjr]

IF a MetroJax webmaster is reading this, you have filed this story under the "History" board, not "Urban Neighborhoods" as specified.  Can this be filed correctly for future reference?

MJ should look to see if they file stories consistently.  Sometimes stories like this go in Photoboard, other times History, and then Urban Neighborhoods.

Also, I have seen reference in recent posts to a photo archive.  How does one access it?

Thanks.

[stjr]

Couldn't extract them, but there are two more historic photos at the Jacksonville Farmers Market, "About Us" web page:

One of the Farmers Market in 1938, complete with horse-drawn carts, and the other of Beaver Street Robinson Addition near the overpass in the mid-1950s or so:

http://www.jaxfarmersmarket.com/about.asp

[thelakelander]

IF a MetroJax webmaster is reading this, you have filed this story under the "History" board, not "Urban Neighborhoods" as specified.  Can this be filed correctly for future reference?

MJ should look to see if they file stories consistently.  Sometimes stories like this go in Photoboard, other times History, and then Urban Neighborhoods.

Thanks.  This story has been moved to the neighborhood section.

Also, I have seen reference in recent posts to a photo archive.  How does one access it?

Thanks.

We haven't publicized it because we wanted to dump a ton of photos in it first.  Nevertheless, here is a link to what we have so far.

http://photos.metrojacksonville.com/

[deathstar]

Having just purchased a Nikon D40 myself, I can't wait to get out and explore the "hidden" Jax.

[stjr]

IF a MetroJax webmaster is reading this, you have filed this story under the "History" board, not "Urban Neighborhoods" as specified.  Can this be filed correctly for future reference?

MJ should look to see if they file stories consistently.  Sometimes stories like this go in Photoboard, other times History, and then Urban Neighborhoods.

Thanks.  This story has been moved to the neighborhood section.

Lake, FYI, I don't think this story has yet been moved successfully to the "neighborhood" section.  I still see it under "history".

Also, I have seen reference in recent posts to a photo archive.  How does one access it?

Thanks.

We haven't publicized it because we wanted to dump a ton of photos in it first.  Nevertheless, here is a link to what we have so far.

Thanks for the info.  Will users be able to re-post or link in their posts on MJ to the pictures or will they be restricted to view them only on the photo gallery site?  If restricted, will they be indexed so users can reference them in their posts?

http://photos.metrojacksonville.com/

[thelakelander]

Okay.  Now it shows up under the main neighborhood link on the front page.

http://www.metrojacksonville.com/content/section/9/117/

I also relocated it to the photoboard section in the discussion board.

http://www.metrojacksonville.com/forum/index.php/board,24.0.html