I came across some selling an old postcard dated 1914 for Hotewl Mason in Jacksonville, Fl. I've never heard of this hotel and my google search returned nada. Has anyone every heard of this hotel?? Maybe I haven't looked in the right places for info. but this has me intrigued.
(http://www.metrojacksonville.com/images/old_hotels/Mayflower-1947.jpg)
The Hotel Mason (also called the Mayflower at one point) was located on the NW corner of Bay and Julia Streets. The 12 story structure was constructed in 1912 and demolished in 1978. The site is now the home of the BellSouth (At&T) Tower.
http://www.metrojacksonville.com/content/view/182/120/
http://historicaltextarchive.com/sections.php?op=viewarticle&artid=761 (http://historicaltextarchive.com/sections.php?op=viewarticle&artid=761) - Some info on the owner of the hotel. You'll have to perform a 'select all' function and 'find' "mason" otherwise you'll be reading for a long time.
http://www.jaxhistory.com/Jax%20Arch%20Herit/landmarks_lost.htm (http://www.jaxhistory.com/Jax%20Arch%20Herit/landmarks_lost.htm) - This link shows that the name of the hotel was changed to the Mayflower Hotel and is no longer a part of Jacksonville. Like so many historic buildings, it was demolished.
(http://www.floridamemory.com/PhotographicCollection/displayphoto.cfm?IMGURL=http://fpc.dos.state.fl.us/spottswood/sp00281.jpg)
Oh, come on Pancake, progress is just too hard with all of those historic buildings in the way!!!
At least this building was replaced with something else versus becomming a parking lot.
Quote from: downtownparks on February 21, 2008, 08:49:22 AM
Oh, come on Pancake, progress is just too hard with all of those historic buildings in the way!!!
No kidding. I mean, where the hell can we park our cars with that big-ass building there. Best just to level it and throw down some asphalt.
Quote from: Jason on February 21, 2008, 08:57:07 AM
At least this building was replaced with something else versus becomming a parking lot.
And such a beauty it is...
http://bellsouthtower.com/db4/00390/bellsouthtower.com/_uimages/BellSouthTower-Jax.jpg (http://bellsouthtower.com/db4/00390/bellsouthtower.com/_uimages/BellSouthTower-Jax.jpg)