page_title: Architecture of Jacksonville
section_title: Government
hierarchical_section_title: Architecture of Jacksonville / Institutional architecture / Government
caption_attribution_description: English: Jacksonville City Hall, Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida
context_page_description: The architecture of Jacksonville is a combination of historic and modern styles reflecting the city's early position as a regional center of business. According to the National Trust for Historic Preservation, there are more buildings built before 1967 in Jacksonville than any other city in Florida, but it is also important to note that few structures in the city center predate the Great Fire of 1901. Numerous buildings in the city have held state height records, dating as far back as 1902, and last holding a record in 1981.
context_section_description: 1886 County Courthouse (destroyed in 1901)
  1902 County Courthouse, Classical Revival, Rutledge Holmes (demolished)
  1909 Godbold Building, Chicago school/Prairie school, Henry John Klutho (Originally the YMCA Building)
  1912 St. James Building, Chicago school/Prairie school, Henry John Klutho
  1913 The Criminal Court Building, Prairie school, Henry John Klutho (demolished in 1968)
  1924 Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Jacksonville Branch, Georgian Revival, Henrietta Cuttino Dozier and A. Ten Eyck Brown
  1933 Ed Austin Building, PWA Moderne/Stripped Classicism, Marsh & Saxelbye (originally the United States Federal Courthouse)
  1952 Fire and Rescue Headquarters Building, Art Deco/Modernist, (originally the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Jacksonville Branch)
  1958 Old Duval County Courthouse, International Style, Reynolds, Smith & Hills
  1960 City Hall Annex, Mid-century modern, Reynolds, Smith & Hills (Former City Hall)
  1961 Ed Ball Building, International Style (originally the Florida National Bank Building)
  1966 Charles E. Bennett Federal Building, Brutalist/Mid-century modern, Reynolds, Smith & Hills
  1977 Jacksonville Sheriff's Office Headquarters, Brutalist/Modernist, William Morgan
  2002 Bryan Simpson United States Courthouse, Postmodern, Kemp, Bunch & Jackson
  2012 Duval County Courthouse, Kemp, Bunch & Jackson
caption: Originally a department store, the St. James Building is the current of Jacksonville City Hall, and is a prime example of local Prairie school design.
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