Inside Old St. Luke's Hospital and a Casket Factory

[Metro Jacksonville]

Inside Old St. Luke's Hospital and a Casket Factory



Metro Jacksonville takes an inside look of two downtown buildings the Jacksonville Historical Society would like to purchase and transform into a historical museum and archives center:  The 19th century Old St. Luke's Hospital and the Florida Casket Factory Company buildings.

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http://www.metrojacksonville.com/article/2011-oct-inside-old-st-lukes-hospital-and-a-casket-factory

[Noone]

I want to help. Who wants to be a 501-c?  It would be a pleasure to assist in raising matching funds to help with purchasing and renovating these Historic buildings. Spoke with Emily Lisska at the USS Adams fundraiser and shared with her my excitement that they are successful.   

Great shot from the window of a future canoe and kayak launch of Hogans creek under Duval St. There is a special Waterways FIND subcommittee meeting that is addressing canoe and kayak launches that are being identified. All any council member has to do is ask and it can happen.

Nice picture of the Prime Osborn and railroad yard. Imagine a canoe and kayak launch on McCoys Creek. Now you have a potential fundraiser that could be a benefit. Imagine the potential Downtown Urban Kayak Destinations.

1. Old St. Lukes and Casket factory next to Hogans Creek.
2. Promised 680' Downtown Public Pier and the possible temporary location of the USS Adams.
3. Prime Osborn Convention Center and McCoys Creek.

All of this can happen now.

Lake, Has anyone been able to identify the abandoned welding project,  Railroad light car pole or streetcar trolley pole, Casket factory advertising pole? I'm going with the streetcar trolley pole.

[Tacachale]

Wow, some good news! Great article, Ennis.

[Ocklawaha]

 Noone, you ought to be ashamed of yourself, that's supposed to be a photo of how the JACKSONVILLE TERMINAL once looked, the PO is a convention center, the JACKSONVILLE TERMINAL a train station. For the purist out there, the model is fair, but totally out of scale...14 sandstone columns? 29 tracks? etc... 

Also as one that has had more then a fair share of model trains in my life, if that is brass (rails) track, you'd be better off starting over if you ever expect it to run. Brass tarnishes badly, and will totally the  the electric contact with the model train wheels. Rebuild it with nickle silver rail, in something like a scale height. The cheap brass train set track has running rails that would be about 2' high if they were scaled up. Somebody ask a decent train store (see Ocala) for some Shinohara code 70, nickle silver track with scale ties. JHS you know how to contact me if you want to have someone else involved, I'm a full service railroad planner and don't care much how big or small the train.   

Lastly, more like an old advertising pole, I checked it out but from location to the shape, it's just not right for a streetcar line pole. 

You know I'm yanking your chain, we're both on the same team!   

OCKLAWAHA   

[thelakelander]

It's definitely not a streetcar pole because streetcars never ran there.  It's either an advertising pole or something left over from that area's days as a railyard.

[Timkin]

Interesting old Building

[Noone]

Ock, you rock. Well I stand corrected. I would have bet money on it being a trolley pole. Next to a CSX line. Told that the St. Lukes property line stopped next to it. How rail back in the day was a huge part of transportation. Oh well.

[thelakelander]

The old rail line was for freight rail, serving Maxwell House, the Shipyards and other waterfront industries along Bay Street, back in the day.  The nearest trolley line ran in the center of the old Adams Street viaduct.

[Noone]

Public, Private, Partnership, still trying to wrap my arm around it.

This was the location yesterday of the 9/21/13 International Coastal CleanUp also in Jacksonville was the Inaugural Dragon Boat Races on our St. Johns River our American Heritage River a FEDERAL Initiative in our new highly restricted DIA zone.

So many positive activities taking place yesterday Downtown. Hogans Creek is getting better. brought a couple of kayaks and a couple of fishing poles. It was an incoming tide and while we were doing the cleanup a rod tip went over and it was a 16-17" redfish. How cool is that. Thanks to all those that participated to Make It Happen.

After the cleanup I ran into Mike Field who was setting up for a super kegger and food trucks. Another event that I'm sure was a huge success.

I bumped this thread because it's two years later there is a DIA Board meeting tomorrow. Bunch of new guys making decisions for all of us. Paul Astleford- Visit Jacksonville, Aundra Wallace-DIA, Ted Carter-OED. And our city council will set the budget that will trigger a wave of stick your hand out and give me money requests.

I hope that this community recognizes, appreciates, understands, comprehends, sympathizes, with the efforts that have been made to bring the USS Adams to Downtown Jacksonville to be a part of this new energy of regional, state and global vibrancy that is wanting to be captured Downtown.

We have just had celebrations of people jumping in the river, swimming in the river, Stand up Paddleboards in the river, kayaking in the river, and yesterday Dragon Boats in the river. Now it's time for a Navy ship in the river.

Did everyone see Mark Woods column in today's TU? Jacksonville's Rion Thompson
Millions see a star: Sing it, Rion

Millions see a Navy Ship: Bring It, Jacksonville