St. James Building, 117 West Duval Street, Jacksonville, Duval County, FL
Summary
Significance: On the order of Louis Sullivan's Carson, Pirie, Scott store in Chicago in scale, functional planning, and decoration, The St. James Building featured a 75' octagonal glass dome and was considered to be a showplace by its designer, H.J. Klutho, Jacksonville's most prominent early twentieth century architect.
Survey number: HABS FL-353
Building/structure dates: 1912 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1947 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1959 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1961 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1969 Subsequent Work
Tags
Date
1912 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Klutho, Henry John
Cohen Brothers
Price, Virginia B, transmitter
Zadrovitz, Kristine, transmitter
Location
Jacksonville Beach, 30.32993, -81.65897
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
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