10 Prairie School commercial buildings in downtown

[thelakelander]

Originating in Chicago, Prairie School was attempt in creating an indigenous North American style of architecture related to the ideas and aesthetics of the Arts and Crafts Movement of the late 19th and early 20th century. Characterized by horizontal lines, windows grouped in horizontal bands, and flat or hipped roofs with broad overhanging eaves, the architectural style came to Jacksonville when young architects influenced by the likes of Frank Lloyd Wright and Louis Sullivan, moved to the city to help rebuild after the Great Fire of 1901. Many commercial examples of the architectural style can be found all over Jacksonville's urban core today. Here are a few in and around Downtown Jacksonville.

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[Charles Hunter]

Another great article. I had no idea (or forgot) the Shrine Building was a Klutho.
I hope the Klutho elements are still on the Claude Nolan Building and hope someone has the money to restore it.

Minor edit, the City Engineers Building isn't at 47 West Forsyth, it's on Main Street.

[thelakelander]

^Thanks! Will fix that oversight now.