The Edward Ball Building

So, this building is the Edward Ball Building.  There was a zoning meeting there this morning of which I went to attend.  As I left the area, I saw the front of the huge 141 feet, 11 floor office building and thought we all should know about it.  

The Edward Ball Building is located at 214 N. Hogan Street in our fair city.  It is an annex for the Jacksonville City Hall and has other important government office departments.  The construction of the building began in 1960.

It was named in honour of Edward Ball who managed the duPont Trust.  Ball’s sister had married the wealthy Alfred I. duPont and came to Florida with his sister.  He began to work for duPont and through a turn of events had various dealings which made great wealth.  

Ball worked for his brother-in-law who created the Nemours Foundation.  He had dealings with St. Joe Paper Company (also a founder), the Florida East Coast Railroad and the Florida National Bank.

The building was later purchased by the city for $23 million. It was voted on to name it the Edward Ball Building by the city of Jacksonville because of the many contributions he made to Jacksonville.

Oh, and  I was there for a 12:00 meeting but when I found out it was rescheduled for 1:00, I signed in and left my letters to the commission members.

See you tomorrow,