Florida Memory is administered by the Florida Department of State, Division of Library and Information Services, Bureau of Archives and Records Management. The digitized records on Florida Memory come from the collections of the State Archives of Florida and the special collections of the State Library of Florida.
State Archives of Florida
- ArchivesFlorida.com
- State Archives Online Catalog
- ArchivesFlorida.com
- ArchivesFlorida.com
State Library of Florida
Related Sites
Listen: The Assorted Selections ProgramSt. James Building and Hemming Park, Jacksonville, Fla.
Image Number
Rights
Collection
Subject Term
Recreation areas--Florida--Duval County--Jacksonville
Urban parks--Florida--Duval County--Jacksonville
Architecture--Florida--Duval County--Jacksonville
Commercial buildings--Florida--Duval County--Jacksonville
Retail trade--Florida--Duval County--Jacksonville
Department stores--Florida--Duval County--Jacksonville
Stores, Retail--Florida--Duval County--Jacksonville
Corporate Subject
Physical Description
General Note
Postmarked Apr 23, 1914.
The St. James Hotel, opened in 1869, was the largest hotel in the Southeast from the late 1800s. It was also the largest building in Jacksonville. In 1901, the hotel was destroyed in the great city fire. Architect Henry J. Klutho rebuilt it, and it became the Cohen Brothers Store (later known as May-Cohens) in 1912. By the 2000s, Jacksonville city hall had been relocated to the St. James Building. The hotel building was located on West Duval Street. The park in front of the hotel was the city's first park It was called St. James Park until 1899 when it was renamed Hemming Park, after Charles C. Hemming who donated a Confederate monument to the city for the park.
Order Prints
Please select the size and options
Order Scan
Please select the size and options