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Jacksonville by Neighborhood => Downtown => Topic started by: sheclown on July 24, 2013, 08:16:31 AM

Title: NE Corner of Lee & Houston St: Birthplace of JW Johnson, Landmark
Post by: sheclown on July 24, 2013, 08:16:31 AM
At this afternoon's HPC meeting the commissioners will discuss LM status for this important landmark.

http://www.youtube.com/v/bQcc5eoU0CU?version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0

The lot is currently owned by the city and is vacant.

One would hope that a monument of some sort could be placed on this property to mark the location of the birth of James W. and J. Rosamond Johnson, in the 1870s.
Title: Re: NE Corner of Lee & Houston St: Birthplace of JW Johnson, Landmark
Post by: thelakelander on July 24, 2013, 08:19:18 AM
I believe they'll be doing the same for the three unprotected shotgun houses on Jefferson Street, on August 6th.
Title: Re: NE Corner of Lee & Houston St: Birthplace of JW Johnson, Landmark
Post by: Debbie Thompson on July 24, 2013, 02:17:13 PM
You mean the three houses the City moved there and promised would be restored as a "LaVilla Museum" but never were?  After they destroyed the rest of that neighborhood, leaving these token few?  Those houses?  Those now have to be further protected too?  Sigh.
Title: Re: NE Corner of Lee & Houston St: Birthplace of JW Johnson, Landmark
Post by: sheclown on July 24, 2013, 03:43:51 PM
The commissioners approved the landmark application and it will move on to city council