Jacksonville in Vintage Postcards

The Great Fire of May 3, 1901 marked at once the end and the beginning of the City of Jacksonville. A thriving port and a center for business and tourism until that point, Jacksonville was devastated by the conflagration, and yet, even before the ashes had cooled, a building boom began. Prominent and aspiring architects flocked to the area and the opportunities it afforded them to create a "twentieth century city." Jacksonville's ensuing era of reconstruction and growth, which would continue until the United States entered World War I in 1917, helped to define the city's present personality and appearance.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
Published: 06/20/2001
ISBN: 9780738506838
Pages: 128
Weight: 0.57lbs
Size: 9.23h x 6.51w x 0.34d