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Title: Barnett: The rise and fall of Florida's largest bank
Post by: Metro Jacksonville on September 22, 2016, 06:30:02 AM
Barnett: The rise and fall of Florida's largest bank

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Once housing an institution that enhanced the lives of tens of thousands of citizens over a century, the abandoned Barnett Bank Building still stands two blocks from William Boyd Barnett's 1877 bank, despite its namesake disappearing from the banking industry nearly 20 years ago.

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Title: Re: Barnett: The rise and fall of Florida's largest bank
Post by: heights unknown on September 22, 2016, 05:03:06 PM
What a shame; a beautiful building just sitting with dead birds in the windows, pigeon "do" all over the place, weakening frames, floors, ceilings, beams and what have you. Oh well.