Council approves funding request

Jacksonville City Council votes 16-1 in favor of appropriation bill to help Casket Factory building renovation Thanks to 16 of 19 City of Jacksonville Councilmembers, wheels are in motion for […]

City of Jacksonville funding for Casket Factory

Thanks to City Council President Scott Wilson and At-Large Council Member Matt Carlucci, the Jacksonville Historical Society’s campaign to pay for renovations to its century-old Florida Casket Company building may […]

History professor joins JHS Board of Directors

Edward Waters College history professor joins Jacksonville Historical Society’s Board of Directors. David Jamison welcomed to board in January 2020.

Episcopal priest, historian named to JHS Board of Directors

The Rev. Canon Dr. J. Allison DeFoor named to board in January 2020 Canon DeFoor is an Episcopal priest who serves as Canon to the Ordinary to the Bishop of […]

Jacksonville: formerly “The Hartford of the South”

JF Bryan IV recounts the history of the insurance industry at Speaker Series event Over 70 members of the Jacksonville Historical Society and other guests gathered Jan. 23 at Old […]

Remembering life on the railways

            “My daddy was a railroad man,” said Peggy Harrell Jennings of Ortega. “My father, A.C. Harrell, worked for Seaboard Air Line, then Seaboard Coastline Railways when they merged, for […]