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1959 & Then Now Local historian Wayne Wood refers to the Henry J. Klutho designed St. James Building as “potentially the most world-famous building in Jacksonville and one of our greatest works of art” PHOTO FROM THE JACKSONVILLE HISTORICAL SOCIETY 16 J MAGAZINE | WINTER 2019
2019 T he St. James Building – current home of Jacksonville’s City Hall – was designed and built by famed architect Henry J. Klutho. Considered to be Klutho’s Prairie School masterpiece, the building at 117 West Duval Street featured a spectacular 75-foot octagonal glass dome and large abstract terra-cotta ornaments. When the building was dedicated in October of 1912, it was the largest structure in Jacksonville, occupying an entire city block. For more than four decades, the St. James was home to the upscale Cohen Bros. Department Store. In 1958, the store was bought by the May Company and renamed May Cohens before it eventually closed in 1987. At the urging of Mayor Ed Austin, the City of Jacksonville purchased the building in 1993 and restored it at a cost of $24 million before reopening it in December 1997 as the new City Hall. The project, funded by the River City Renaissance plan, moved Jacksonville’s consolidated government to the heart of the urban core. The site was originally home to the St. James Hotel – built shortly after the Civil War – with accommodations for 500 guests as well as a passenger elevator, barbershop, wine room and telegraph office. The Great Fire of 1901 burned the hotel to the ground. J MAGAZINE PHOTO BY NATE WATSON WINTER 2019 | J MAGAZINE 17
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