Woman's Club of Jacksonville

Woman's Club of Jacksonville
Location Jacksonville, Florida, USA
Coordinates 30°18′52″N 81°40′37″W / 30.3144°N 81.67684°W / 30.3144; -81.67684Coordinates: 30°18′52″N 81°40′37″W / 30.3144°N 81.67684°W / 30.3144; -81.67684
Architect Mellen Clark Greeley
Architectural style Tudor Revival
NRHP Reference # 92001505[1]
Added to NRHP November 3, 1992
The side facing the street, 2016

The Woman's Club of Jacksonville is a historic woman's club in Jacksonville, Florida. It is located at 861 Riverside Avenue, next to the Cummer Museum of Art and Gardens. On November 3, 1992, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.[2]

Ninah Cummer donated the land and the Tudor-style building was constructed in 1927 to serve the Woman's Club of Jacksonville. The original 13,264 square-foot building was designed and built in the same style as Cummer's adjacent estate at her request.[3] The structure was designed by architect Mellen Clark Greeley.[4]

The Woman’s Club of Jacksonville was instrumental in advocating for women’s suffrage and other issues.[5]

The building served as home to the Woman's Club of Jacksonville until November 2005. The Cummer acquired the Woman's Club of Jacksonville in February 2005.[6]

The Woman's Club donated their records to the Jacksonville Historical Society.

The building was purchased in 2008 and the exterior was renovated, at a total cost of $7,000,000. The building is scheduled to be demolished because of extreme damage by termintes.[7]

See also

List of Registered Historic Woman's Clubhouses in Florida

References

  1. ↑ National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "National Register of Historical Places - Florida (FL), Duval County: Woman's Club of Jacksonville (added 1992 - - #92001505) Also known as 8Dul392, 861 Riverside Ave., Jacksonville". American Dreams Inc.
  3. ↑ "Cummer Museum press release".
  4. ↑ "Jacksonville Architectural Heritage: Mellen Clark Greeley (1880 - 1981)". Jacksonville Historical Society.
  5. ↑ "Jacksonville's Historically Influential Women". Retrieved 14 June 2012.
  6. ↑ "Cummer Museum press release".
  7. ↑ First Coast News


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