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Letters Removed From the Top of the Wells Fargo Building. Locomotive Still Beneath the Pilings

The tallest building in Jacksonville in 1974 was was known then as The Independent Life building at 535 feet. It was confirmed again in 2024 by James Abrams an expert in attaching and removing huge business lettering when he talked about the now 2nd tallest building in Jacksonville. Abrams was a part of the 2011 team that helped remove lettering from now-called 1 Independent Drive when the building changed owners. This is the 5th time the building will have letters removed atop this structure.

The Dingman Family, 2017 Eclipse with iconic Jacksonville Landing Sign and Wells Fargo Building in the background.

Over the years, the names have been: The Independent Life, Accustaff, Modis, Wells Fargo and until the new owner, Argentic Investment Management LLC of New York City renames it, the structure will be known as 1 Independent Drive. (Daily Record, Wells Fargo Center tower and garages Downtown sold for $46.35 million, Karen Brune Mathis, April 24, 2024).

There is a lot of history with the structure over the years including when the grounds were being prepared for building back in 1971. On a discovery walk with Gary Sass of Adlib Tours, we walked to the corner of Laura and Bay Street to learn that beneath this huge building lay still, a bonified locomotive which the contractors and owners of the day decided to leave. Instead, they built pilings around the locomotive leaving the metal train. A thirty-six-story building sits on top of a full-size locomotive in Jacksonville, Florida.

Gary Sass with Adlib Tours (Photo: Visit Jacksonville).

According to an article by Ennis Davis, the large locomotive could easily be explained as the area was once near a train line confirmed by maps. The train connection was used to distribute goods and services to the city of Jacksonville.(A Locomotive is Buried Below This Skyscraper, The Jason, Ennis Davis, January 8, 2017).

1504 Locomotive dates back to 1919 sat in parking lot of Prime Osborn for decades is a sample of an old locomotive. (Photo: Ramey).

Too in this city, there could be, buried in the bottom of a Jacksonville home owner’s junk drawer and on someone’s 1971 Kodak Instamatic X-15 camera film roll, a photo of a buried steam engine which lay deep beneath the 5th named Independent Life Building located at the 1 Independent Drive in Jacksonville, Florida. It has yet to be revealed but maybe one day.

When the Well’s Fargo lettering was placed on the building at the time it was re-named Wells Fargo, James Abrams, sign technician, was one of those wearing a repelling harness to work with the bolts and attachments, in preparation for the changes back then. He said Dave Clark was a part of this team repelling on the side of the 535 foot high building on this occasion. The owner of High Angel Services Jim Webster reported to Chanel 4 news that precision was important for the safety of all involved. The weather was clear, the wind mild and the crew professional.

Wells Fargo letters after being removed from the building 2024 (Ramey archives)

Abrams has been involved once again as I met him at the landing area located across from the Maxwell house Coffee plant where letters from the building were flown. Two others heavily involved in the process of letter removal were Alexis Casul, and Kyle Roberson, all who work for Southeastern Lighting Solutions. They were tasked with receiving each 1,500 pound letter by the vintage 1953 Sikorsky S-58 helicopter. ( Florida Times Union, Wells Fargo sinage comes down with help of 1958 vintage helicopter, Bob Self, July 14, 2024).

Kyle Roberson, Alexis Casul, James Abrams of Southeastern Lighting Solutions (Photo: Ramey)

There, the twenty, approximately 17 foot, tall, 1500 pound letters were brought after being removed from the once-named Wells Fargo Building on July 14th, 2024. The huge letters were then prepared one at a time with a steel cables for each letter and hoisted far above the building. The letters were then flown by helicopter to the open area to be received by hand, one at a time. As the helicopter hovered over the men, the letters were hanging and with careful precision, each one was held by the helicopter cable, handled by the men, lowered to the ground and unattached by the waiting crew.

By Tuesday of that week, the men had detached the bright orange letter covers, removed all lights inside of the metal lettering and had them stacked on a flat bed truck ready to be recycled.

For now, the steam engine, confirmed by eye-witnesses back-in-the-day, lay undisturbed since 1971 when the iconic building was built and named for an accident insurance company. The naming rights of the building belonged to the then owner, Independent Life.

For now though, all we know for sure is that on Sunday, July 14, 2024 eye witnesses saw a helicopter hang at least twenty, 1500 pound letters swagging in the air removing them to make way for the next Independent Life Building owner, Argentic Investment Management LLC of New York City to have new lettering place atop the approximately 650,000 leasable square foot building. ( Daily RecordHelicopter removes Wells Fargo signage from Downtown Jacksonville tower.

Oh, but if locomotives could talk.

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July 13

Photographing 700 E. Union St. 100 Year Old Bldg.

When you’re flying across the Matthews bridge and come to the bottom at the first intersection, you look right and see a huge red water tank atop a massive, long cement monster of a building, you’ve arrived. That is the old 700 East Union Street storage and commercial building. For years, according to Chris Sandstrom, seamstress and artist in her own right noted there were spaces there for creative efforts over the years. She said, “We had quite the community of business people there”. Who knew that for years and years the area was used for businesses, artists and more to sell and work on their crafts!

Photographers standing in front of the proposed new look for 700 Union St.

In 2018, it was bought by Columbia Ventures LLC and five years later photographers were invited to take a couple of hours to photograph the old building til’ their hearts content in order to preserve some of its history.

According to records, the 7.99-acre site was bought for $4.5 million and is being renovated into apartments, housing units and a restaurant. On the day we arrived the place had been completely gutted and inside walls were going up. Also, the earth-movers were clearing out the grounds for parking space and yard renovations. There was a lot going on. As Sandstorm said, “Soooo much history in that building”.

The day went off without a hitch. Photographers, and even wanna-be photographers like me went to the main office, signed waivers, promised photos of some sort and spent a hard-hat-day walking the span of this age-old building for a couple of hours. Before walking on the site, all visitors saw a safety video, had specific instructions by employees about the do’s and don’ts and each person was given a safety hat.

The photo-tour was guided by three employees, Ryan, Ormondo, and Tore, spending about 20 minutes spent on each floor with the bonus of walking beneath the old water tower on top. On every floor, a reminder of safety instructions were given to ensure well-being.

Photographers then were let loose to walk anywhere there was not caution tape. The thoughts were that through the eyes and lens of many photographers, they may capture some of the history in order to preserve it in a long-lasting way. Photos will possibly be used for wall space, in foyers, apartments, offices and more.

Certainly, historians should be thrilled that not only is the building being repurposed but even history such as the photograph of old bottles, wall cracks, metal doors, old light switches, locks, and even old rivets have been documented.

The next time you’re flying across the Matthews Street Bridge, look right and you’ll see preservation at its finest. Oh, and ‘A shout-out to Columbia Ventures for having such a vision so as to preserve a building built in 1913 and even with vision to preserve the nuts, bolts, bottles and more!

See you tomorrow,

Nan

Sources: Jacksonville Daily Record, Duval County Tax Records, Wikipedia, Personal Visit.

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April 25

Personalized Watercolor Prints and Cards-Handmade Kitchen Items

You MUST visit the Great AmericanAntique Mall at 9365 Philips Highway Suite 114 to see in person the handmade items in Heather Hills space in the store. She actually has at least two separate areas in the store where you can view and select her artwork(watercolors and kitchen cloths) to find the exact gift for your loved one or treat yourself.

Photo from Great American Antique Store

Originally from Ohio, Heather has shops there and in several other shops in the United States. In Jacksonville, she has at least three areas where her work can be found plus her online Facebook page. She began her business Hill and Co. back when she began helping her young five year-old, now a young adult to watercolor. She said, “It all came back to me” and she’s been producing art work since. She needed an outlet to share all of her pieces and now it’s a thriving work of art in several shop locally and elsewhere.

You can also check her out on the Great American Antique Store Facbook page. If you go and see her, tell her I sent you.

Don’t miss out on checking our her work. It will not disappoint.

As you know, Mother’s Day is up and coming but you can use these items for many occasions.

See you tomorrow,

Nan

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March 17

The Underground Money-Keepers of Jacksonville

The most secure depository in the world is said to be that of Fort Knox. It is operated by the United States Department of Treasury. It seems to me and I’m no security expert, that the original three banks of downtown Jacksonville could have given Fort Knox a “run for the money” in terms of security back-in-the-day.

Diebold vault workers (Sass Collection-Diebold via Jacksonville Blogger)

There are, at this moment still, in 2023, huge vaults under banks in downtown Jacksonville. If you take the Gary Sass tour you can see at least two and actually walk inside of one of them. Don’t close the door because if they can’t open some of the safes that have been there since 1877, they may not have the combination or key to the huge circular tumblers that open the vault. On the tour you can walk under the city streets , in tunnels prepared for vault use in the late 1800’s and early 1900’s by Jacksonville bankers.

Early Banks in Jacksonville (Florida Memory via Jacksonville Blogger)

It has been suggested that the vaults were so big, they were put in the ground first and the banks built on top of them. For years they were used to store three of the biggest banks in Florida’s money. When the downtown Jacksonville boom burst, the vaults were left unoccupied and unused.

The Barnett Bank of Jacksonville opened on the corner of Forsyth and Main in 1877. It would become the largest commercial bank in Florida with an excess of 600 offices and over $40 billion in deposits. The buildings with vaults beneath them still stand.

The Atlantic National Bank began in 1903. Banking efforts have changed hands over the years and today it is called Wells Fargo.

The Florida National Bank opened in 1905 which would become the 2nd largest bank in Florida at some point. All of those banks used the vaults for transferring money.

Through the years there have been many changes. There was the Great Fire of Jacksonville, Indian ‘wars, the Civil War, but one thing that has not changed is the huge vaults that once provided safe storage for the millions and millions and million of dollars, certificates and actual gold stashed in them for safety. Of course, there is no money there(that we know of) but the vaults are safe.

The tour begins by going underground and walking through several tunnels. The tunnels, for the most part look like office walls and walkways until you realize you’re under Forsyth Street, and then Julia Street and you look to see how the path goes down.

When you get to the end, you walk through a door to see a huge Diebold vault. This company was known for it’s security of money, valuables, records and more late in the 1880’s. It’s truly an “ah ha” moment when you see the huge gold-bronze looking safe. It makes you want see more, turn its tumblers and close the door. In the vault area, are old lock boxes that individuals would rent, some that are still closed and no one knows the combinations or have keys to the century old relics. If confederate money is in there, there is no value anyhow. Right?

Underground safes-Deposit boxes (Ramey Collection).

You’re encouraged to take the tour. It’s worth the go-

See you tomorrow,

Nan

To schedule a tour: AdLib Luxury Tours

(904)827-1845

gary@adlibtours.com

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March 2

Hoyt E. Thurmond and Purity Cones in Springfield

Born a Georgia boy, Hoyt. E Thurmond had found a wife in Minnie Lee and was living at 425 West 23rd Street in the “Sunshine State” by 1933. Hoyt was born on December 8, 1889. After leaving Georgia, he married Minnie and they moved to the Springfield area in Jacksonville, Florida.

Hoyt and Minnie- Photo-Linda Lee Hollister

Just around the corner in Springfield area in Jacksonville, he opened a cone company supplying fresh ice cream cones to small mom and pop parlours; crispy and fresh . Hoyt’s business license was filed in 1933 with the state of Florida.

Linda Lee, one of his granddaughters says she remembers eating the small broken pieces left inside of the machine from the freshly-made cones. It was “oh-so good” she remembers after reminiscing about her Papa’s cone business. Gail, another granddaughter said they would often ride in a delivery truck being a part of the distribution process that came with expanding the business throughout the city of Jacksonville. That trip always resulted in the treat of “eating a broken cone or two”, she said.

Purity Cone Truck with Mr. Parker and Hoyt Thurmond. Photo: Linda Lee Holister

The Purity Cone Company of Jacksonville, was located on 20th Street in the Springfield area. Springfield was established in Duval County in 1871 as an actual development of John Norton, builder and financier. After the 1901 fire of Jacksonville, the city expanded its growth and Springfield was one area brought to life to include large stately homes and big beautiful facades and front porches with a variety of businesses to meet the needs of the growing population. It had its own “Main Street” and the area became popular as well as businesses and churches for residents of the city. Lots were small but many homes were grandeur for that day and time. Houses ranged in sizes from two bedrooms to as many as 6 bedrooms. Some homes were two story including a wrap-around porch while others were one level The Thurmond’s lived in a three bedroom home with a nice-sized front porch, on the west end of the street in a very nice single story small bungalow.

Hoyt home on 23rd Street, Jacksonville. Photo- Ramey Collection.

The Purity Cone Company was founded in Minneapolis 1929. It appears Hoyt would contract with the company, get his own equipment and start his company in 1933 selling fresh cones from a batter “ consisting of cake flour, sugar, syrup, vanilla, shortening, and salt”. Cones were made ranging in size from 4 to 5 inches. They were made fresh in the Jacksonville location and distributed city-wide using a truck.

There have been other Purity businesses in the United States related to cones such as the Purity Ice Cream of Ithaca, New York, Tennessee and Minneapolis. The Purity Cone business of Jacksonville appears to be an outgrowth for the cone business and not particularly ice cream. Hoyt and Minnie had three daughters, Wilma Lee Beal, Gladys Elma Weathers, Alice, and two sons, Jones and Tommy, all of Jacksonville, Florida. He died March 26, 1958 and he and Minnie are buried in Evergreen Cemetery.

Hoyt and Minne Thurmond-Photo Linda Lee Holister

While currently driving around the Springfield neighborhood, the family home still stands. The Purity Cone Company, a well-remembered memory to the family is gone because of the 20th Street expressway that has taken it’s place. The memories are still there with those who remember. “Cone crumbles are still good” said grandchild, Gail Thurmond.

See you tomorrow,

Nan

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February 2

Henry Ford and the Jacksonville Ford Plant

Henry Ford revolutionised the way of travel world-wide. The 1896 the quadricycle was the first vehicle on four bicycle wheels. It was powered by a four-horsepower engine.

With 12 investors the Ford motor company was incorporated in 1903. By 1907, the inventor had the now-famous scripted “Ford” logo.

HIs 1907, his first assembly line was in Highland Park, Michigan. He purchased a 130-acre tract of land and would build a factory to speed up wheels on the ground.By 1908, the Model T automobile was introduced and the assembly line was set up to mass produce autos. From there the auto industry was on the move and on the rise. According to Whitehousehistory . org, “Congress appropriated $12,000 for the purchase of the first two White House motor cars despite heated protests”. Pierce Arrow was the first chauffeur for President William Taft.

Whitehouse first car- William Taft- Photo- White House

Henry Ford was a busy man and traveled from place to place, even abroad. In time he had as many as 31 plants . This was all before the Great Depression.

Ford traveled on Flagler’s Florida east coast railway and at the invitation of Inventor Thomas Edison took his wife Clara and son Edsel to visit Fort Meyers, Florida They liked the vacation so well, Henry Ford bought a 2 story riverfront home there next to Edison.

With the auto industry booming, factories were being made and in 1924 Jacksonville, Florida would join Charlotte, NC, Chicago, Il, Memphis, Tn, Salt Lake City, UT in having an assembly-line plant. The Jacksonville, Florida factory was on the St. Johns Riverfront at 1900 Wambolt Street. It served from 1924-1932.

The Great Depression hit from 1929-1939 affecting so many businesses. It is believed the boom of the 1920’s, a stock market crash, poor management of the Federal Reserve and other causes brought about this downturn.The Jacksonville, Florida Ford plant was one of them. This period of serious economic depression affected everyone and the auto industry was hit hard. The Jacksonville plant closed in 1932. Over the years following, the land-area was used for parts and distribution which ended in 1968. From then until about 2015, various companies used the space including a wooden pallet manufacturing business.

The Jacksonville Historic Preservation group was in hopes of saving the Ford Manufacturing plant naming it a designated local landmark in 2003. In 2015, the same year it was purchased by Amkin Hill Street LLC, Henry Ford was inducted into the Florida Inventors Hall of Fame. Over the years the factory building has been in disrepair and every day losing its former glory.

In October of 2022, Mike Mendenhall of the Jacksonville Daily Record announced that the “Jacksonville City Council will allow the owners of the historic former Ford Motor Co. factory in Talleyrand to demolish the 97-year old riverfront landmark for a possible maritime industrial redevelopment project”. This was a sad day for the historians of Duval County.

We’re living in sad days where our history is continually removed but , keep taking those photos so we can at least have the memories…..

The original Michigan Ford Motor Auto plant remains in tact. It was made a National Historic Landmark in 1978.

See you tomorrow,

Nan

Sources: Ford Motor Company, Whitehouse. Org, Jacksonville Daily Record, Mike Mendenhall, Wikipedia, Personal visit to the plant-Ramey.2-2-23

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January 19

The Human Billboard in Real Time

Hanging on the wall of the Family Medicine Doctor office on University Blvd. S. is an original copy of the inaugural Jaguars football game photo from 1995. On that day, September 3, Kivett Productions had the contract to gather together X number of people, provide specific seats for them, give them a packet with instructions and possible coupons, offers, etc. Then, at the given time and with “cue-card-holders” instruction have them flip their card to produce a huge human-type billboard. Even the cue-card-holder has a cue card! In this case, the Jaguars’ fans flip-cards and which when combined, reads, “Jacksonville Jaguars” and the photographer from the airplane in the sky went, “click”. This is the ultimate human billboard!

Kivett productions is said to the the world leader in this effort. They promote their card flip advertising and it is a performance in itself, indicating that they “design, print and distribute things related to it, engage the audience as “part of the event” and have participants move on “cue” to get a final results.

In this article photograph, you can clearly see the words”Jacksonville Jaguars” and here we are in the year 2023 with that photo hanging on the wall remaining a snapshot and iconic moment in time from 1995.

The framed item above is number 1,182 out of 1,500. Don’t you wonder where the other 1,499 are? The TIAA Bank Stadium can seat over 60,000 fans and can be expanded to 80,000 if needed so having one of the 1,500 posters is a definite collector’s item.

The 2023 Jaguars team is now in the playoffs for the Super Bowl. I wonder if promoters will hire Kivett Productions again for the playoff games? Super Bowl? Yours thoughts? 1/19/23

See you tomorrow,

Nan

Sources: Kivett Productions, You Tube

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January 5

Could That Be Isaiah D. Hart’s Wagon?

Indeed it was not but I could visualize just the same.

Found in the yard of Lachapelles off Bulls Bay Rd.

I felt as if I might have found a remnant of the old Isaiah David Hart Plantation which was called “Paradise” and located West of Bulls Bay in West Jacksonville, Florida in the 1800s. Of course, Hart himself would have more than likely been riding on a wooden buckboard, buggy or carriage. Hart established the town of Jacksonville, Florida along the River St. Johns in 1822. He is counted by many as the actual 7th resident in the city and his brother, Daniel being the 8th but Hart is most known for being responsible for platting the city and having the streets laid out for an actual town which was called Cowford .(There are some who say the 2nd resident but…). Cowford, as it was called, was at a narrow place in the river. Its renaming was later suggested by John Warren to be named after Andrew Jackson the first provisional governor. Hart grew the area and later had a thriving Plantation West of Jacksonville in near-now called Marietta.

Today, I witnessed tall and I mean huge pine trees, willowing moss hanging from the massive Oak trees, dirt roads and several tributaries seemingly flowing from the Cedar River. Birds of every kind, especially blue jays, were talking among themselves and flying all around. All of those were marked items describing Hart’s former, some 2,000 acre plantation. There was no obvious log cabin or out-buildings built in the mids 1800’s that were present in today’s visit to the Bulls Bay area, but there was a buggy that I could definitely envision Hart or maybe his son, Ossian, who also lived on this land and was the 10th Governor of Florida riding in. (I am quite sure that was not his either but I still could envision it).

Over the years, this rural area has been used for sand excavating, sewage disposal, solid waste, borrow pits, drainage, reservoirs, waste land, marsh, swamps, animal out-growth, and of late, a slew of trucking and auto businesses tucked often on dead-end streets along Bulls Bay, Commonwealth Avenue and Prichard Road. The majority of the land though is pristine and unbothered. There are acres and acres of tall timber and agricultural promise.

This seems to have been built in the 1920’s or later-

In 1999, the City of Jacksonville purchased 1,222 acres which is now called Bulls Bay Preserve. There are a lot of wetlands, and tributaries from the Trout River, Ortega River and Cedar Creek waterways.

The Baldwin- Rail Trail is on the edge of this area with opportunities to hike and ride mountain bikes in flat Florida. There is even a “small waterfall” which is highlighted on the JaxParks page.

Walking/Biking trail running East and West parallel to commonwealth.

You are encouraged to visit the area where Jacksonville ’s founder once lived.

See you tomorrow,

Sources:

JaxParks, Visit Jacksonville, Jacksonvilleblogger.com, Wagon- Guy Lachepelle

Go visit: 8017 Old Plank Road, Jacksonville, Florida 32220

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January 1

San Marco Theatre Closed Today

Talking about some history! On the inside lobby of the San Marco Theatre stands a gazillion-ton masterpiece. (It’s huge!) (It’s heavy!). (It’s solid!) That is to say also, there is what some call one of the best film projectors ever made. It has been called a “cinographic treasure” and was used to project the movie to the screen. One can be purchased on eBay for upwards $3995. But the shipping fee? Hummmmmm.

Here is a quote from an almost 4 decade experienced projectionist about the Brenkert Light Projector:

“I am a retired projectionist (39 years experience) and prior to that, in the late 1940’s I was briefly employed at the Brenkert Light Projection Company (Or “Brenkert Light” or “BLPC” as we called it) in my hometown of Detroit (275 miles southeast of Petoskey!).

Yes (in my prejudiced opinion) the Brenkerts were possibly the BEST 35mm projector heads ever made in the U.S.A.”

The San Marco Theatre was built in 1938 about the time this piece of equipment was becoming well-known, loved and used in the movie industry. Today, the one in the lobby stands as a testament to progress as the Brenkert was once the famed projector where now, a small computer along with a small boxed-size projector is used.

Over the years, the theatre has served Jacksonville well. The Brenkert projector was the equipment that the famed Civil War movie, Gone With The Wind was shown using at its premier in Atlanta. I wonder how many times it was shown at the San Marco Theatre in Jacksonville?

The last movies shown at the San Marco was Love Actually and How the Grinch Stole Christmas. While I was there yesterday, people were just walking in, looking around and talking about the loss of this iconic movie theatre. One man said that he found it interesting that he moved back home to care for his ailing and ageing father who was the “ultimate Grinch” so he was a believer in the character of The Grinch Who Stole Christmas.

TSG bought the San Marco property in 2022 for $3.35 million from businessmen, Ryan and Jonathan Davis, Frank Sanchez and Andrew Oetjen. The new owners indicated that they would leave the outside facade as is-Iconic. I just wonder if the deal came with the Brenkert projector?

See you tomorrow,

Sources: film-tech. Com , Jaxdailyrecord, Robert Sprague- 1-1-23

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December 8

Big Courthouse. Tiny Christmas tree. Day 8

This…is a true story.

This big building is of the Jacksonville, Florida Courthouse on Adam’s Street. The little tree is the only Christmas decorations (with the exception of a clerk who had Christmas cards posted on the wood behind her desk) that I saw on my visit today.(Granted, I only visited two floors and a few departments).

The tree below is the only one that I found while visiting the two floors on which I went. Apparently the employees in the filing area (room 73) decorated this tree to make the season bright in their area. Beautiful.

Of course, I only visited a couple of floors and departments so maybe there were other trees throughout? For sure, there was not even a sprig of greenery or bolt of lighting in the open lobby today though.

Merry Christmas to all and I do hope the employees go home to Christmas joy. They don’t seem to be getting much yule tide cheer at work. (Not being critical just being observant). Also, don’t most businesses have a ‘decorating committee”?

UPDATE: I have been told that the Courthouse has no budget to decorate for Christmas. Also, someone suggested the reason there is no Christmas tree is to not show partiality to one religions since its a courthouse? Still, there should be a Christmas tree put by the city but I’m grateful someone in an office celebrated “the reason for the season”.

See you tomorrow,

City Courthouse: 501 West Adams St., Jacksonville, Florida 32207 (904) 255-2087

This. Is a true story.

This big building is of the Jacksonville, Florida Courthouse on Adam’s Street.

The tree is the only one that I found while visiting the two floors on which I went.

I do hope the courthouse workers have a Merry Christmas and have trees at home to enjoy. They don’t seem to be getting much yule tide cheer at work.

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