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Jacksonville’s History All Around Us

1 Mar 2025

Alan Bliss

From the CEO

Jacksonville history is all around us. In addition to stories resident in our city’s cemeteries, historic site markers also tell a story of events and places. One such marker, The Kings Road – Florida’s First Highway, disappeared.

JHC Board Welcomes New Director: Nancy Broner

1 Feb 2025

Kate Hallock

From the CEO

Nancy Broner, former Duval County School Board member and former OneJax executive director, joins Jacksonville History Center Board of Directors, bringing experience in governance, communications, and strategic planning to the JHC Board.

Like Father, Like Son

1 Feb 2025

Nancy Gandy

From the Merrill House Museum

In addition to the 82 Liberty Ships built during World War II by the St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company, operated under contract by Merrill-Stevens Dry Dock & Repair, the Jacksonville-based firm also repaired or converted more than 1,000 ships for the government.

The Jacksonville History Center Archive

1 Feb 2025

Erin Mustard

From the Archive

Two hundred years of Jacksonville history can be found in the archives at the Jacksonville History Center, staffed by skilled archivists eager to share the treasures in documents, photographs, books, and items that tell Jacksonville’s story.

What’s Wrong with T. Frederick Davis?

1 Feb 2025

Alan Bliss

From the CEO

The account of Jacksonville history, as written by T. Frederick Davis, a weatherman and insurance agent, are based on being a “man of his time.” A History of Jacksonville is a resource, but also an artifact.

How Far South is Jacksonville?

1 Jan 2025

Alan Bliss

From the CEO

Is Jacksonville really part of what’s understood to be the American South? The growth of its contemporary cities – Tampa, Orlando and Miami – focus on travel and tourism. Jacksonville has prospered on manufacturing, the military and now, medical tourism.