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Jacksonville by Neighborhood => Downtown => Topic started by: Tacachale on February 04, 2020, 12:11:26 PM

Title: First Baptist's Sunday school building is worth saving
Post by: Tacachale on February 04, 2020, 12:11:26 PM
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First Baptist Church has applied to demolish the historic Sunday school building on its property. Landmark designation could save the 1927-built structure, and it easily passes the criteria. Will the Jacksonville Historic Preservation Commission spare it from the wrecking ball?

Read more: https://www.thejaxsonmag.com/article/first-baptists-sunday-school-building-is-worth-saving/
Title: Re: First Baptist's Sunday school building is worth saving
Post by: Papa33 on February 04, 2020, 06:14:05 PM
Good luck in trying to save the building.  I mean that sincerely. I want it saved for all the reasons  in the article.  A fear is that it gets demoed and FB pulls out of DT completely.
Title: Re: First Baptist's Sunday school building is worth saving
Post by: I-10east on February 05, 2020, 05:57:10 PM
I agree that it should be saved. What's up with that ground floor though? It's looks almost like a Brooklyn NY semi-basement; with the shorter (than the rest) windows being close to the ground. Of course the cinder block filled in windows is used to keep people out of the abandoned structure. Usually first floors on structures like this have taller windows.