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The architecture of

Jacksonville Jacksonville is a city located on the Atlantic coast of northeast Florida, the most populous city proper in the state and is the List of United States cities by area, largest city by area in the contiguous United States as of 2020. It is the co ...

is a combination of historic and modern styles reflecting the city's early position as a regional center of business. According to the

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, 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 The Great Fire of 1901 was a conflagration that occurred in Jacksonville, Florida on May 3, 1901. It was one of the worst disasters in Florida history and the third largest urban fire in the U.S., next to the Great Chicago Fire, and the 1906 S ...

. Numerous buildings in the city have held state height records, dating as far back as 1902, and last holding a record in 1981.

Prominent architects

Contributing heavily during the reconstruction period following the Great Fire of 1901, a young New York architect named

Henry John Klutho Henry John Klutho (1873–1964) was an American architect known for his work in the "Prairie School" style. He helped in the reconstruction of Jacksonville, Florida after the Great Fire of 1901—the largest-ever urban fire in the Southeast—by ...

would come to influence generations of local designers. Klutho's works exhibit elements influenced by both the Chicago School, championed by

Louis Sullivan Louis Henry Sullivan (September 3, 1856 – April 14, 1924) was an American architect, and has been called a "father of skyscrapers" and "father of modernism". He was an influential architect of the Chicago School, a mentor to Frank Lloy ...

, and the

Prairie School Prairie School is a late 19th- and early 20th-century architectural style, most common in the Midwestern United States. The style is usually marked by horizontal lines, flat or hipped roofs with broad overhanging eaves, windows grouped in ...

of architecture, popularized by

Frank Lloyd Wright Frank Lloyd Wright (June 8, 1867 – April 9, 1959) was an American architect, designer, writer, and educator. He designed more than 1,000 structures over a creative period of 70 years. Wright played a key role in the architectural movements o ...

. As a result, Jacksonville has one of the largest collections of Prairie Style buildings outside the Midwest. By the 1950s, modernist design principles would permeate throughout the United States, transforming the rapidly growing State of Florida. During this period, local architects

Robert C. Broward Robert C. Broward (March 30, 1926 – June 28, 2015) was an architect and author based in Jacksonville, Florida. He had a 61-year professional career during which he designed more than 500 projects. He was an adjunct Professor of Design at the Un ...

Taylor Hardwick Taylor Hardwick (July 15, 1925 – September 27, 2014) was an American architect, interior designer, filmmaker, and educator who designed hundreds of buildings throughout northeast Florida, predominantly in and near the city of Jacksonville. Ha ...

, and William Morgan adapted a range of design principles, including International style, Brutalism, Futurism and Organicism, all applied with an American interpretation generally referred to today as Mid-century modern design. The architecture firms of Reynolds, Smith & Hills (RS&H) and Kemp, Bunch & Jackson (KBJ) have also contributed a number of important works to the city's modern architectural movement. In particular, KBJ has designed more buildings in the contemporary skyline of Jacksonville than any other architectural firm. Of the 30 tallest buildings in the city, 17 are associated with KBJ. With the notable exception of works by

Robert A.M. Stern Architects Robert A.M. Stern Architects, LLP (RAMSA), is an architecture firm based in New York City. First established by Robert A. M. Stern (as Stern Hagmann Architects) in 1969, it is now organized as a limited liability partnership with 16 general partne ...

Welton Becket Welton David Becket (August 8, 1902 – January 16, 1969) was an American modern architect who designed many buildings in Los Angeles, California. Biography Becket was born in Seattle, Washington and graduated from the University of Washingt ...

, Paul Rudolph, and

Helmut Jahn Helmut Jahn (January 4, 1940 – May 8, 2021) was a German-American architect, known for projects such as the Sony Center on Potsdamer Platz in Berlin, Germany; the Messeturm in Frankfurt, Germany; the Thompson Center in Chicago; One Liberty ...

, many of Jacksonville's modern landmarks were designed locally.

Residential architecture

Houses A house is a single-unit residential building. It may range in complexity from a rudimentary hut to a complex structure of wood, masonry, concrete or other material, outfitted with plumbing, electrical, and heating, ventilation, and air condi ...

Few structures survive from the earliest period of Jacksonville's history, though there are a handful of notable exceptions. Built in 1797,

Kingsley Plantation Kingsley Plantation (also known as the Zephaniah Kingsley Plantation Home and Buildings) is the site of a former estate in Jacksonville, Florida, that was named for its developer and most famous owner, Zephaniah Kingsley, who spent 25 years there. ...

is the oldest surviving structure in the city and is currently maintained by the

National Park Service The National Park Service (NPS) is an agency of the United States federal government within the U.S. Department of the Interior that manages all national parks, most national monuments, and other natural, historical, and recreational propertie ...

as part of the

Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve The Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve is a U.S. National Preserve in Jacksonville, Florida. It comprises of wetlands, waterways, and other habitats in northeastern Duval County. Managed by the National Park Service in cooperation with th ...

. Located on

Fort George Island A fortification is a military construction or building designed for the defense of territories in warfare, and is also used to establish rule in a region during peacetime. The term is derived from Latin ''fortis'' ("strong") and ''facere'' ...

, the plantation is a unique two-story house that resembles 17th century British gentry homes. The

Red Bank Plantation House The Red Bank Plantation House is a historic former plantation house in Jacksonville, Florida. Built in 1854 as the main house for the Red Bank plantation, it is now a private residence within the Colonial Manor area of Jacksonville's San Marco nei ...

is a

Georgian Revival Georgian architecture is the name given in most English-speaking countries to the set of architectural styles current between 1714 and 1830. It is named after the first four British monarchs of the House of Hanover—George I, George II, Georg ...

style structure built in 1854. Marabanong Mansion is a Queen Anne style home built in 1876.

Napoleon Bonaparte Broward House The Napoleon Bonaparte Broward House is a historic home in Jacksonville, Florida. It is located at 9953 Hecksher Drive, and was the residence of Florida governor Napoleon B. Broward. On December 27, 1972, it was added to the U.S. National Regist ...

, built in 1878, and the Merrill House, built in 1886, are two examples of Victorian style homes in Jacksonville. The

consumed much of central Jacksonville, leaving thousands homeless, and simultaneously sparked a significant period of growth lasting up until the end of the

Florida Land Boom The Florida land boom of the 1920s was Florida's first real estate bubble. This pioneering era of Florida land speculation lasted from 1924 to 1926 and attracted investors from all over the nation. The land boom left behind entirely new, planned ...

Springfield Springfield may refer to: * Springfield (toponym), the place name in general Places and locations Australia * Springfield, New South Wales (Central Coast) * Springfield, New South Wales (Snowy Monaro Regional Council) * Springfield, Queenslan ...

Riverside Riverside may refer to: Places Australia * Riverside, Tasmania, a suburb of Launceston, Tasmania Canada * Riverside (electoral district), in the Yukon * Riverside, Calgary, a neighbourhood in Alberta * Riverside, Manitoba, a former rural m ...

, Avondale, Eastside, Oakland and Fairfield had been platted and annexed into the city prior to the fire, and experienced much of the related growth after the disaster. Architect

would become a popular figure in the reconstruction of Jacksonville, contributing his designs to many of the new structures, including dwellings. Built in 1902, The

Thomas V. Porter House The Thomas V. Porter House is a historic home in Jacksonville, Florida. It is located at 510 Julia Street, and was designed by New York City architect Henry John Klutho. On May 13, 1976, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Plac ...

is a

Classical Revival Neoclassical architecture is an architectural style produced by the Neoclassical movement that began in the mid-18th century in Italy and France. It became one of the most prominent architectural styles in the Western world. The prevailing style ...

and

Colonial Revival The Colonial Revival architectural style seeks to revive elements of American colonial architecture. The beginnings of the Colonial Revival style are often attributed to the Centennial Exhibition of 1876, which reawakened Americans to the archi ...

style mansion designed by Klutho. He is better known for his works in the

style of architecture. His own home,

Henry John Klutho House The Henry John Klutho House (also known as the Klutho Residence) is a historic home in Jacksonville, Florida. The house was designed and lived in by the New York City architect Henry John Klutho, who helped in the rebuilding of Jacksonville after ...

, is a prime example. The architecture firm of Marsh & Saxelbye would also establish itself during this period of growth. In 1925, the firm designed the

Tudor Revival Tudor Revival architecture (also known as mock Tudor in the UK) first manifested itself in domestic architecture in the United Kingdom in the latter half of the 19th century. Based on revival of aspects that were perceived as Tudor architecture ...

style Lane-Towers House. More famously,

Epping Forest Epping Forest is a area of ancient woodland, and other established habitats, which straddles the border between Greater London and Essex. The main body of the forest stretches from Epping in the north, to Chingford on the edge of the London ...

, completed in 1927, is a

Spanish Colonial Revival The Spanish Colonial Revival Style ( es, Arquitectura neocolonial española) is an architectural stylistic movement arising in the early 20th century based on the Spanish Colonial architecture of the Spanish colonization of the Americas. In the ...

style mansion designed by Marsh & Saxelbye. Following World War II, suburbs rapidly developed throughout the United States, due in large part to the rise of personal automobile ownership. Following the opening of the

Mathews Bridge The Mathews Bridge is a cantilever bridge in Jacksonville, Florida, which spans the St. Johns River. Constructed in 1953, the bridge brings traffic along the Arlington Expressway between downtown Jacksonville and the Arlington neighborhood. It ...

, Arlington would become the most important of these developments locally. This period would also coincided with the popularization of Modern design in architecture. Designed by

, the Butterfly House was completed in 1957 in the Arlington neighborhood. Its design elements, including the butterfly wing shaped roof, are sometime more broadly categorized today as Mid-century modern design. The Jacksonville Beaches also host a number of modern homes built during this period. Famed architect Paul Rudolph designed the iconic Milam House in 1961, which is on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...

. William Morgan designed the Williamson House in 1966, and his own home, Morgan House, in 1974. Both located on the beach. File:Jax FL Red Bank Plantation01.jpg, Red Bank Plantation House,

Georgian style Georgian architecture is the name given in most English-speaking countries to the set of architectural styles current between 1714 and 1830. It is named after the first four Monarchy of the United Kingdom, British monarchs of the House of Hano ...

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Shotgun house A shotgun house is a narrow rectangular domestic residence, usually no more than about wide, with rooms arranged one behind the other and doors at each end of the house. It was the most popular style of house in the Southern United States from t ...

s on Cleveland Avenue in Durkeeville, Mid-Westside. File:Thomas V. Porter House, Jacksonville, FL, US (15).jpg,

, located downtown. File:Jax FL Avondale HD02.jpg, Home in

Riverside and Avondale Riverside and Avondale are two adjacent and closely associated neighborhoods, alternatively considered one continuous neighborhood, of Jacksonville, Florida. The area is primarily residential, but includes some commercial districts, including Fi ...

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, a

Prairie Prairies are ecosystems considered part of the temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands biome by ecologists, based on similar temperate climates, moderate rainfall, and a composition of grasses, herbs, and shrubs, rather than trees, as the ...

style home in

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residence in Ortega.

Apartments and condominiums

* 1913 Klutho Apartments,

* 1923 John Gorrie,

Renaissance Revival Renaissance Revival architecture (sometimes referred to as "Neo-Renaissance") is a group of 19th century architectural revival styles which were neither Greek Revival nor Gothic Revival but which instead drew inspiration from a wide range o ...

Roy A. Benjamin Roy A. Benjamin (1887-1963) was a prominent architect in Jacksonville, Florida. Benjamin moved from Ocala to Jacksonville in 1902. He designed several theaters in Jacksonville and the surrounding southeast region. His work included Jacksonville ...

and

Mellen Clark Greeley Mellen Clark Greeley (14 February 1880 – 4. September 1981) was an American architect in Jacksonville, Florida. He was considered to be the "Dean of Jacksonville Architects". Early life and military service Greeley grew up in Jacksonville, ...

(originally the John Gorrie Junior High School) * 1924

310 West Church Street Apartments The 310 West Church Street Apartments, also known as the Ambassador Hotel, is a historic building located at 420 North Julia Street in Jacksonville, Florida, Jacksonville, Florida, United States. On April 7, 1983, it was added to the U.S. National ...

/ Beaux-Arts, Hentz, Reid & Adler (originally the Ambassador Hotel) * 1925

The Carling The Carling, formerly known as the Carling Hotel and Hotel Roosevelt, is a historic building in Jacksonville, Florida, United States built in 1925. It is located at 31 West Adams Street in Downtown Jacksonville. As its former names indicates it wa ...

, Thompson, Holmes & Converse * 1926 11 East Forsyth, Chicago school/

Art Deco Art Deco, short for the French ''Arts Décoratifs'', and sometimes just called Deco, is a style of visual arts, architecture, and product design, that first appeared in France in the 1910s (just before World War I), and flourished in the Unite ...

, Pringle & Smith (originally the Lynch Building) * 1949 City Place, Moderne * 1967 The Commander, Mid-century modern * 1968 Cathedral Towers,

Brutalist Brutalist architecture is an architectural style that emerged during the 1950s in the United Kingdom, among the reconstruction projects of the post-war era. Brutalist buildings are characterised by Minimalism (art), minimalist constructions th ...

, Kemp, Bunch & Jackson * 1970 Cathedral Townhouse,

, Kemp, Bunch & Jackson * 1972 Mount Carmel Garden Apartments,

* 1973 Riverside Presbyterian Apartments,

* 1974 Cathedral Terrace,

, Kemp, Bunch & Jackson * 1974 Hogan Creek Tower,

* 2003 Berkman Plaza * 2006 The Strands at St. Johns Center * 2006 San Marco Place * 2008

The Peninsula at St. Johns Center The Peninsula at St. Johns Center is a condominium in Jacksonville, Florida, United States. It is the fourth tallest tower in Jacksonville at 437 feet. Groundbreaking was in 2006 and was completed in 2008. The Peninsula is located at 1431 Riverpla ...

Postmodern Postmodernism is an intellectual stance or mode of discourseNuyen, A.T., 1992. The Role of Rhetorical Devices in Postmodernist Discourse. Philosophy & Rhetoric, pp.183–194. characterized by skepticism toward the " grand narratives" of moderni ...

, * 2015 220 Riverside, Modernist, * 2016 Brooklyn Riverside Apartments, Modernist, * 2018 Lofts at LaVilla, Modernist * 2018 Lofts at Monroe, Modernist * 2018 Broadstone River House, Modernist File:Jax FL Churchwell Bldg03.jpg, Churchwell Building on East Bay Street File:Jax FL Klutho Apts01.jpg, Klutho Apartments in

. File:Jax FL 310 West Church Street Apts01.jpg,

(former Ambassador Hotel) in Northbank,

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. File:CarlingHotelJacksonville-2010-07-b.JPG,

(former

Hotel Roosevelt The Carling, formerly known as the Carling Hotel and Hotel Roosevelt, is a historic building in Jacksonville, Florida, United States built in 1925. It is located at 31 West Adams Street in Downtown Jacksonville. As its former names indicates it wa ...

) in Northbank,

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style residential towers in Northbank,

. File:PeninsulaJacksonville-2010-02-a.JPG, High-rise condominiums on the Southbank,

waterfront. File:Brooklynjax.jpg, Apartments in the

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neighborhood

Commercial architecture

Places of business

* 1889 El Modelo Block * 1902 Old Florida National Bank,

, Edward H. Glidden (originally the Mercantile Exchange Bank Building) * 1902 Dyal-Upchurch Building, Chicago school,

* 1908

Bisbee Building The Laura Street Trio is a group of three historic buildings located on and near Laura Street in downtown Jacksonville, Florida. The Trio consists of two perpendicularly arranged skyscrapers, the Florida Life Building and the Bisbee Building, plu ...

, Chicago school/

Prairie school Prairie School is a late 19th- and early 20th-century architectural style, most common in the Midwestern United States. The style is usually marked by horizontal lines, flat or hipped roofs with broad overhanging eaves, windows grouped in ...

* 1909 121 Atlantic Place, Chicago school/

Mowbray and Uffinger Mowbray & Uffinger comprised an architectural partnership in New York City formed in 1895. Known for bank buildings and as vault engineers they designed over 400 banks in the pre-World War II era throughout the country. The principals were Louis M ...

(originally the Atlantic National Bank Building) * 1910 Morocco Temple,

Egyptian Revival Egyptian Revival is an architectural style that uses the motifs and imagery of ancient Egypt. It is attributed generally to the public awareness of ancient Egyptian monuments generated by Napoleon's conquest of Egypt and Admiral Nelson's defeat ...

* 1911 Florida Life Building, Chicago school/

* 1912 Masonic Temple, Chicago school/

, Mark and Sheftall * 1925

Groover-Stewart Drug Company Building The Groover-Stewart Drug Company Building (also known as the McKesson-Robbins Drug Company Building) is a historic site in Jacksonville, Florida. It is located at 25 North Market Street. On December 30, 1992, it was added to the U.S. National Regi ...

, Marsh & Saxelbye * 1926 Scottish Rite Masonic Center,

* 1926 Schultz Building, Chicago school/

, Marsh & Saxelbye * 1926

Barnett National Bank Building The Barnett (originally known as the Barnett National Bank Building) is a skyscraper in Downtown Jacksonville, the downtown area of Jacksonville, Florida, Jacksonville, Florida, at the southwest corner of Adams and Laura Street, Laura streets. His ...

, Chicago school,

* 1926 Elks Club Building,

Mediterranean Revival Mediterranean Revival is an architectural style introduced in the United States, Canada, and certain other countries in the 19th century. It incorporated references from Spanish Renaissance, Spanish Colonial, Italian Renaissance, French Colonia ...

* 1927 Levy Building, Chicago school/

, Marsh & Saxelbye * 1927 Hildebrandt Building, Chicago school/

, Marsh & Saxelbye * 1928 Greenleaf & Crosby Building, Chicago school/

, Marsh & Saxelbye * 1929

Title & Trust Company of Florida Building The Title & Trust Company of Florida Building is a historic site in Jacksonville, Florida. It is located at 200 East Forsyth Street. On February 23, 1990, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places The National Register ...

, Marsh & Saxelbye * 1941 First Federal Savings and Loan Building,

* 1941 Furchgott Building,

, * 1951 Jacksonville Transportation Authority Headquarters,

(originally the Atlantic National Bank Annex) * 1953 Old Peninsular Life Insurance Building, International style, Kemp, Bunch & Jackson (occupied by

Fidelity National Financial Fidelity National Financial, Inc. (NYSE: FNF), a Fortune 500 company, is a provider of title insurance and settlement services to the real estate and mortgage industries. FNF generated approximately $8.469 billion in annual revenue in 2019 fro ...

) * 1955

Eight Forty One Eight Forty One is a , 22-floor office building on the south bank of St. Johns River in Jacksonville, Florida. Completed in 1955, it was the tallest building in the city for 13 years until surpassed by the Riverplace Tower. It was "The Tallest O ...

, International Style, Kemp, Bunch & Jackson (originally the Prudential Building) * 1955 Old Independent Life Building, International Style, Kemp, Bunch & Jackson * 1957 Midtown Centre, International Style/ Mid-century modern, Ira M. Koger (originally the Koger Center) * 1958

Skinner Dairy Skinners' Dairy was a family-run dairy that existed in and around Jacksonville, Florida from 1922 until 1995. Origin The family of Samuel Benjamin "Ben" Skinner operated a dairy farm on a portion of their vast land holdings in northeast Florida ...

, Mid-century modern,

* 1960

CSX Transportation Building The CSX Transportation Building is a high-rise office building located in Jacksonville, Florida. Completed in 1960, the building currently serves as headquarters for CSX Corporation. The building is located in the Northbank area of Downtown Ja ...

, International Style/ Mid-century modern, Kemp, Bunch & Jackson (originally the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Building) * 1963 JEA Tower, Mid-century modern, Ketchum & Sharp (originally the Universal-Marion Building) * 1965

Jessie Ball duPont Center The Jessie Ball duPont Center is a nonprofit complex in downtown Jacksonville, Florida. The building served as the main branch of the Jacksonville Public Library system from 1965 until 2005, when it was replaced by the current facility. The libra ...

, Mid-century modern,

* 1967

Riverplace Tower The Riverplace Tower is a 28-floor office building on the south bank of the St. Johns River in Jacksonville, Florida. At the time of its construction, it was the tallest building in the state of Florida and was the defining landmark in Jacksonvi ...

, International Style/ Mid-century modern,

, in association with Kemp, Bunch & Jackson (originally the Gulf Life Building) * 1967 Times-Union Building, International Style/ Mid-century modern, Kemp, Bunch & Jackson * 1971 Blue Cross Blue Shield Building,

, Kemp, Bunch & Jackson * 1974

Wells Fargo Center Wells Fargo Center may refer to: *Wells Fargo Center (Los Angeles), California *Wells Fargo Center (Sacramento), California * Wells Fargo Center (San Francisco), California * Wells Fargo Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa, California * Wells Fargo Cen ...

Modernist Modernism is both a philosophical and arts movement that arose from broad transformations in Western society during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The movement reflected a desire for the creation of new forms of art, philosophy, an ...

, Kemp, Bunch & Jackson (originally the Independent Life Building) * 1974 BB&T Building,

, Kemp, Bunch & Jackson (originally the

Atlantic National Bank Building 121 Atlantic Place, formerly the Atlantic National Bank Building, is a historic skyscraper in Jacksonville, Florida. It was built in 1909 as the headquarters for the Atlantic National Bank, and is located at 121 West Forsyth Street. It was the t ...

) * 1982 Chart House, Organic/

, Kendrick Bangs Kellogg * 1983 EverBank Center,

, Kemp, Bunch & Jackson (originally the Southern Bell Tower) * 1985

Two Prudential Plaza The Two Prudential Plaza is a 64-story skyscraper located in the Loop area of Chicago, Illinois. At tall, it is currently the sixth-tallest building in Chicago and the 28th-tallest in the U.S., being only five feet from 1,000 feet, making it ...

, Kemp, Bunch & Jackson * 1985 Stein Mart Building,

, Kemp, Bunch & Jackson * 1986

One Enterprise Center One Enterprise Center is a skyscraper in Jacksonville, Florida. Located in the Northbank area of Downtown, tenants include Rayonier and CBRE Group. The building also shares a lobby with an adjacent Omni Hotel. The 21-floor structure was design ...

, Clark Tribble Harris & Li Architects (originally the Florida National Bank Building) * 1986 Baptist Medical Pavilion,

, * 1989

VyStar Tower VyStar Tower (originally American Heritage Life Building) is a skyscraper in the downtown area of Jacksonville, Florida, at the northwest corner of Independent Drive and Laura Street. Standing tall, it is the city's sixth tallest building. It ...

, Kemp, Bunch & Jackson (originally the American Heritage Life Building) * 1990 Bank of America Tower,

(originally the Barnett Center) * 2003 Raymond James Building,

, Jess Walker of

Morris Adjmi Architects Morris Adjmi Architects is a New York City-based architecture and interior design firm that provides design services to corporate, commercial and residential clients. Background The company was founded by Morris Adjmi (FAIA), a New Orleans native ...

* 2008 EverBank Plaza,

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is one of the city's most iconic buildings File:BaptistMedicalPavilionJacksonville-2010-07-a.JPG, Baptist Medical Pavilion File:Suntrusttower.JPG, The

SunTrust Tower VyStar Tower (originally American Heritage Life Building) is a skyscraper in Downtown Jacksonville, the downtown area of Jacksonville, Florida, Jacksonville, Florida, at the northwest corner of Independent Drive and Laura Street. Standing tall, ...

located on

Laura Street Laura Street is a north–south street in Jacksonville, Florida, United States, named for the daughter of the city's founder, Isaiah D. Hart. Historically, the downtown portion of Laura Street has been considered the financial district of Jac ...

downtown ''Downtown'' is a term primarily used in North America by English speakers to refer to a city's sometimes commercial, cultural and often the historical, political and geographic heart. It is often synonymous with its central business distric ...

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and Omni Hotel Jacksonville File:Bofatower.jpg, The Bank of America Tower

Hotels

* 1869 St. James Hotel (destroyed in 1901) * 1875 Windsor Hotel (destroyed in 1901) * 1908 Seminole Hotel, Chicago school/

(demolished in 1974) * 1926 Hotel George Washington,

, Marsh & Saxelbye (demolished in 1973) * 1928

Ribault Inn Club The Ribault Club is an historic building on Fort George Island near Jacksonville, Florida. It is now home to the Fort George Island Visitor Center. The building was designed in a Colonial Revival architecture style and is credited to Maurice Fat ...

Maurice Fatio Maurice Fatio (1897–1943) was a Swiss-born American architect. Biography Maurice Fatio was born in Geneva, Switzerland on March 18, 1897. He graduated from the Polytechnical School at the University of Zurich and studied under Swiss architec ...

and

* 1959 Hotel Robert Meyer, Mid-century modern (demolished in 1998) * 1975 Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront Annex,

, William Morgan (originally the Davis State Building) * 1987 Omni Jacksonville Hotel * 2001

Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront The Hyatt Regency Jacksonville, located at 225 East Coastline Drive, is a 19-story high-rise hotel in Jacksonville, Florida. With 951-rooms, it is the largest hotel in North Florida. At , the hotel is the 23rd tallest building in Downtown Jackson ...

Shopping centers

* 1959

Gateway Town Center Gateway Town Center (commonly called Gateway Mall or Gateway) is an indoor/outdoor shopping center located in the Jacksonville, Florida neighborhood of Brentwood, just off Interstate 95 (exit 355 and 356) at Golfair Boulevard and Norwood Avenue. D ...

* 1967 Regency Square Mall * 1987

Jacksonville Landing The Jacksonville Landing (informally The Landing) was a festival marketplace in Downtown Jacksonville, Florida, at the intersection of Independent Drive and Laura Street, along the Jacksonville Riverwalk.Postmodern Postmodernism is an intellectual stance or mode of discourseNuyen, A.T., 1992. The Role of Rhetorical Devices in Postmodernist Discourse. Philosophy & Rhetoric, pp.183–194. characterized by skepticism toward the " grand narratives" of moderni ...

. Ben Thompson (demolished in 2020) * 1990 The Avenues * 2005

St. Johns Town Center The St. Johns Town Center is an upscale super-regional open-air mall in southeast Jacksonville, Florida. It opened its doors on March 18, 2005 with over 167 stores, many of which were new to the Jacksonville market at the time. The mall is locate ...

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County Courthouse A courthouse or court house is a building that is home to a local court of law and often the regional county government as well, although this is not the case in some larger cities. The term is common in North America. In most other English-spe ...

(destroyed in 1901) * 1902

, Rutledge Holmes (demolished) * 1909 Godbold Building, Chicago school/

(Originally the YMCA Building) * 1912 St. James Building, Chicago school/

* 1913 The Criminal Court Building,

(demolished in 1968) * 1924 Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta Jacksonville Branch,

, Henrietta Cuttino Dozier and A. Ten Eyck Brown * 1933 Ed Austin Building,

PWA Moderne The Art Deco style, which originated in France just before World War I, had an important impact on architecture and design in the United States in the 1920s and 1930s. The most famous examples are the skyscrapers of New York City including the Em ...

Stripped Classicism Stripped Classicism (or "Starved Classicism" or "Grecian Moderne") Jstor is primarily a 20th-century Classical architecture, classicist architectural style stripped of most or all Ornament (art), ornamentation, frequently employed by governmen ...

, Marsh & Saxelbye (originally the United States Federal Courthouse) * 1952 Fire and Rescue Headquarters Building,

, (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 Edward Ball Building, International Style (originally the

Florida National Bank Florida National Bank (FNB), founded in 1905, was the second largest commercial bank in Florida. Florida National Group was acquired in 1990 by First Union Corporation, which was renamed Wachovia in 2001; Wachovia was subsequently acquired by Wel ...

Building) * 1966 Charles E. Bennett Federal Building,

/ Mid-century modern, Reynolds, Smith & Hills * 1977 Jacksonville Sheriff's Office Headquarters,

, William Morgan * 2002

Bryan Simpson United States Courthouse The Bryan Simpson United States Courthouse is a courthouse and U.S. federal government facility in Jacksonville, Florida. It houses: *The United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida, Jacksonville Division, and corresponding off ...

, Kemp, Bunch & Jackson * 2012

Duval County Courthouse The Duval County Courthouse is the local courthouse for Duval County, Florida. It houses courtrooms and judges from the Duval County and Fourth Judicial Circuit Court of Florida, Fourth Judicial Circuit Courts. The new facility is located Downtown ...

, Kemp, Bunch & Jackson File:Yates Building, Jacksonville.JPG, Yates Building File:FL-Jacksonville 1933 Ref.jpg, Ed Austin Building File:CityHAEast.jpg, City Hall Annex File:Frbjax.jpg,

Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department The Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department (JFRD) provides fire protection and emergency medical services for Jacksonville, Florida, as well as all unincorporated areas of Duval County. According to a list of the thirty largest fire departmen ...

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Education

* 1905 Carnegie Library,

* 1916

Centennial Hall Centennial Hall (german: Jahrhunderthalle) may refer to: in Canada * Centennial Hall (London, Ontario), London, Ontario, Canada * Centennial Concert Hall, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada * Saskatoon Centennial Auditorium, former name of TCU Place in ...

Howells & Stokes Howells & Stokes was an American architectural firm founded in 1897 by John Mead Howells and Isaac Newton Phelps Stokes. The firm dissolved in 1917. Howells & Stokes designed, among other structures, St. Paul's Chapel at Columbia University; Wo ...

* 1925

Bolles School The Bolles School is an American private college preparatory day and boarding school in Jacksonville, Florida. It has a lower school (including pre-kindergarten), a middle school, and a high school, spread across four campuses around the Jackson ...

, Marsh & Saxelbye * 1974 J. Henry Gooding Building on the

Jacksonville University Jacksonville University (JU) is a private university in Jacksonville, Florida. Located in the city's Arlington (Jacksonville), Arlington district, the school was founded in 1934 as a two-year college and was known as Jacksonville Junior College u ...

campus,

, Kemp, Bunch & Jackson * 2005 Main Library Building,

Robert A. M. Stern Robert Arthur Morton Stern, usually credited as Robert A. M. Stern (born May 23, 1939), is a New York City–based architect, educator, and author. He is the founding partner of the architecture firm, Robert A.M. Stern Architects, also known a ...

* 2009 University of North Florida Student Union,

Green Green is the color between cyan and yellow on the visible spectrum. It is evoked by light which has a dominant wavelength of roughly 495570 Nanometre, nm. In subtractive color systems, used in painting and color printing, it is created by ...

, Rink Design File:Carnegie_Library_Jacksonville.jpg, Carnegie Library File:Jax FL Waters College Admin Bldg sq pano02.jpg,

Edward Waters College Edward Waters University is a private Christian historically Black university in Jacksonville, Florida. It was founded in 1866 by members of the African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME Church) as a school to educate freedmen and their children. ...

File:JU campus Gooding.jpg, Gooding Building on the

Campus File:Jacksonville Main Library 2008.jpg,

Jacksonville Public Library The Jacksonville Public Library is the public library system of Jacksonville, Florida. It primarily serves Jacksonville and Duval County, and is also used by the neighboring Baker, Nassau, Clay, and St. Johns Counties. It is one of the larges ...

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University of North Florida The University of North Florida (UNF) is a public research university in Jacksonville, Florida. It is part of the State University System of Florida and is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Sch ...

Student Union

Museums

Cummer Museum, Jacksonville, FL, US (02)

Jacksonville is home to a variety of museums of varied styles. Completed in 1921, the

Karpeles Manuscript Library Museum The Karpeles Manuscript Library Museums are a private collection of more than a million manuscripts and documents in the United States, the largest such collection in the world. It was founded in 1983 by California real estate magnates David Kar ...

is a

building originally constructed for the Church of Christian Scientist. It was designed by the local architecture firm Marsh & Saxelbye. Also designed by Marsh & Saxelbye, the

Museum of Contemporary Art Jacksonville The Museum of Contemporary Art Jacksonville, also known as MOCA Jacksonville, is a contemporary art museum in Jacksonville, Florida, funded and operated as a "cultural institute" of the University of North Florida. One of the largest contemporary ...

was originally built in 1931 for the Western Union Telegraph Company, and stands as one of Jacksonville's best examples of

in architecture. Another example of Art Deco is the

Cummer Museum of Art and Gardens The Cummer Museum of Art and Gardens is a museum located in Jacksonville, Florida. It was founded in 1961 after the death of Ninah Cummer, who bequeathed her gardens and personal art collection to the new museum. The Cummer Museum has since expa ...

. Completed in 1961, the fine arts museum was designed by Saxelby & Powell. Constructed in 1965, the Jacksonville Art Museum was predecessor of what is now the Museum of Contemporary Art Jacksonville. Designed by

, the building is located in the Midtown Centre office complex. Originally built in 1969 as the Jacksonville Children's Museum, William Morgan's

designed museum currently houses the Museum of Science and History. File:Jax FL Karpeles Library Museum05.jpg,

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File:Jax FL Museum of SH pano01.jpg, Museum of Science and History

Houses of worship

* 1883 St. George Episcopal Church,

Carpenter Gothic Carpenter Gothic, also sometimes called Carpenter's Gothic or Rural Gothic, is a North American architectural style-designation for an application of Gothic Revival architectural detailing and picturesque massing applied to wooden structures ...

, Robert Sands Schuyler * 1887 St. Andrew's Episcopal Church,

Gothic Revival Gothic Revival (also referred to as Victorian Gothic, neo-Gothic, or Gothick) is an architectural movement that began in the late 1740s in England. The movement gained momentum and expanded in the first half of the 19th century, as increasingly ...

, Robert Sands Schuyler * 1903

Snyder Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church Snyder Memorial Methodist Church, originally known as Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church, is a historic 1903 church in Jacksonville, Florida. It is located at 226 North Laura Street in Duval County (on the historic corner of Laura and Monroe stree ...

, Late Gothic Revival, J. H. W. Hawkins * 1904 Bethel Church,

Greek Revival The Greek Revival was an architectural movement which began in the middle of the 18th century but which particularly flourished in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, predominantly in northern Europe and the United States and Canada, but ...

Romanesque Revival Romanesque Revival (or Neo-Romanesque) is a style of building employed beginning in the mid-19th century inspired by the 11th- and 12th-century Romanesque architecture. Unlike the historic Romanesque style, Romanesque Revival buildings tended to ...

, M. H. Hubbard * 1905 Mount Zion AME Church,

, Francis J. Norton and J. B. Carr & Co. * 1906 St. John's Cathedral,

, Snelling and Potter * 1910 Basilica of the Immaculate Conception, Late Gothic Revival, M. H. Hubbard * 1917 Our Lady of the Angels Catholic Church, Late Gothic Revival * 1927

Riverside Baptist Church The Riverside Baptist Church (RBC) is a Baptist church located in Jacksonville, Florida, at 2650 Park Street in the Riverside neighborhood. It is affiliated with the Association of Welcoming and Affirming Baptists, Alliance of Baptists and ...

Addison Mizner Addison Cairns Mizner (December 12, 1872 – February 5, 1933) was an American architect whose Mediterranean Revival and Spanish Colonial Revival style interpretations left an indelible stamp on South Florida, where it continues to inspire archit ...

* 1967

St. Paul's by-the-Sea Episcopal Church St. Paul's by-the-Sea Episcopal Church is an Episcopal Church (United States), Episcopal church in Jacksonville Beach, Florida. The first church to be established in the Jacksonville Beaches, it dates to 1887 with the construction of its original ...

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Cultural architecture

Entertainment venues

The city host a number of music and performance venues, most notably the

Florida Theatre The Florida Theatre is a historic American movie theater located in Jacksonville, Florida. Opened in April 1927, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places on November 4, 1982. On April 18, 2012, the AIA's Florida Chapter plac ...

. Designed by local architect

, the

style theater opened in 1927. Benjamin designed a number of other local venues, including the

style Riverside Theatre in 1927 and the

style San Marco Theatre in 1939. Designed by Jefferson Davis Powell in 1929, the Ritz Theatre is another local example of Art Deco architecture in Jacksonville entertainment venues. The Mid-century modern

Jacksonville Coliseum The Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Coliseum (originally and still commonly known as the Jacksonville Coliseum) was a multi-purpose arena located in Jacksonville, Florida. Built in 1960 and known as "northern Florida's most historic concert venue ...

was built in 1960 and designed by A. Eugene Cellar and George Ryad Fisher. Demolished in 2003, the building exhibited what is now coined as

Googie architecture Googie architecture ( ) is a type of futurist architecture influenced by car culture, Jet aircraft, jets, the Atomic Age and the Space Age. It originated in Southern California from the Streamline Moderne architecture of the 1930s, and was pop ...

. Built in the International Style in 1962, the

Times-Union Center for the Performing Arts The Jacksonville Center for the Performing Arts (JCPA) (originally the Civic Auditorium and previously known as the Times Union Center) is a performing arts center located in Jacksonville, Florida. Situated along the Riverbank, the venue is know ...

is one of many examples of buildings designed locally by the firm of Kemp, Bunch & Jackson. The newest addition to the local entertainment venue stock is the Populous designed

Daily's Place Daily's Place is an amphitheater in Downtown Jacksonville, Florida. The venue is connected to the south end of TIAA Bank Field and shares space with a "flex field" indoor practice facility for the Jacksonville Jaguars. It opened in May 2017 and ...

. Completed in 2017, the venue is attached to the southern edge of

Everbank Field TIAA Bank Field is an American football stadium located in Jacksonville, Florida, that primarily serves as the home facility of the Jacksonville Jaguars of the National Football League (NFL) and the headquarters of the professional wrestling prom ...

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Sports venues

Jacksonville is home to several major sports venues, most notably

EverBank Field TIAA Bank Field is an American football stadium located in Jacksonville, Florida, that primarily serves as the home facility of the Jacksonville Jaguars of the National Football League (NFL) and the headquarters of the professional wrestling prom ...

, home stadium facility of the

Jacksonville Jaguars The Jacksonville Jaguars are a professional American football team based in Jacksonville, Florida. The Jaguars compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the American Football Conference (AFC) South division. The team play ...

of the

National Football League The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league that consists of 32 teams, divided equally between the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC). The NFL is one of the ...

(NFL). Completed in 1995, it was designed by the architecture firm HOK Sport. Opening in 2003, the

styled

Baseball Grounds of Jacksonville 121 Financial Ballpark (originally the Baseball Grounds of Jacksonville) is a baseball park in Jacksonville, Florida. It is the home stadium of the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp Minor League Baseball team, who play in the International League. The ...

and

Veterans Memorial Arena VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena (originally Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena) is a multi-purpose arena located in Jacksonville, Florida. It currently serves as the home arena of the Jacksonville Icemen of the ECHL, the Jacksonville Giants o ...

were both designed by the architecture firm Populous. File:EverBank1.jpg,

File:Baseball Grounds of Jacksonville.JPG,

File:Jacksonville_Veterans_Memorial_Arena.JPG,

Transportation architecture

* 1895 Flagler Depot (partially demolished in 1918) * 1919

Union Station A union station (also known as a union terminal, a joint station in Europe, and a joint-use station in Japan) is a railway station at which the tracks and facilities are shared by two or more separate railway companies, allowing passengers to ...

, Beaux-arts, Kenneth M. Murchison and W.B.W. Howe * 1968 Original Jacksonville International Airport Terminal * 2005

Jacksonville International Airport Jacksonville International Airport is a civil-military public airport 13 miles (21 km) north of Downtown Jacksonville, in Duval County, Florida. It is owned and operated by the Jacksonville Aviation Authority. History Construction star ...

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File:PrimeOsborneCenterJAX.JPG, Jacksonville Terminal File:Hemmingplazastation.JPG,

Hemming Park station James Weldon Johnson Park station (formerly Hemming Park station) is a Jacksonville Skyway monorail station in Jacksonville, Florida. It is located on Hogan Street between Duval Street and Monroe Street in Downtown Jacksonville. The station is ad ...

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Acosta Bridge The St. Elmo W. Acosta Bridge spans the St. Johns River in Jacksonville, Florida on a fixed span. It is named for City Councilman St. Elmo W. Acosta, who convinced voters to approve a $950,000 bond issue for the original bridge at the site. ...

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Dames Point Bridge The Dames Point Bridge (officially the Napoleon Bonaparte Broward Bridge) is a cable-stayed bridge over the St. Johns River in Jacksonville, Florida on the Interstate 295 East Beltway. Construction began in 1985 and was completed in 1989. The m ...

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Fuller Warren Bridge The Fuller Warren Bridge is the prestressed-concrete girder bridge that carries Interstate 95 (I-95) across the St. Johns River in Jacksonville, Florida. The current structure was finished in October 2002, replacing the original bascul ...

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Hart Bridge The Isaiah David Hart Bridge is a truss bridge that spans the St. Johns River in Jacksonville, Florida. It carries U.S. Route 1 Alternate (US 1 Alt.) and State Road 228 (SR 228). It is named after Isaiah Hart, the founder o ...

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Parks and historic sites

* 1564

Fort Caroline Fort Caroline was an attempted French colonial settlement in Florida, located on the banks of the St. Johns River in present-day Duval County. It was established under the leadership of René Goulaine de Laudonnière on 22 June, 1564, follow ...

(destroyed in 1568; reconstructed in late 20th century) * 1797

* 1852 Old City Cemetery * 1857 Hemming Park (originally City Park) * 1878 Old St. Luke's Hospital 314 North Palmetto * 1899

Klutho Park Henry J. Klutho Park is an public park, located between downtown Jacksonville, Florida and the historic neighborhood of Springfield. It is part of a network of parks that parallel Hogans Creek, Klutho Park being the largest. Klutho Park is hom ...

(originally Springfield Park) * 1919 Memorial Park,

Olmsted Brothers The Olmsted Brothers company was a landscape architectural firm in the United States, established in 1898 by brothers John Charles Olmsted (1852–1920) and Frederick Law Olmsted Jr. (1870–1957), sons of the landscape architect Frederick Law ...

and

* 1947

American Red Cross Volunteer Life Saving Corps Station American Red Cross Volunteer Life Saving Corps Station is a National Historic Site (United States), national historic site located at 2 Ocean Front North, Jacksonville Beach, Florida in Duval County, Florida, Duval County. The building, constructed ...

Art Moderne Streamline Moderne is an international style of Art Deco architecture and design that emerged in the 1930s. Inspired by aerodynamic design, it emphasized curving forms, long horizontal lines, and sometimes nautical elements. In industrial design ...

, Jefferson Davis Powell * 1965

Friendship Fountain Friendship Fountain is a large fountain in Jacksonville, Florida. It is in St. Johns River Park (also known as Friendship Fountain Park) at the west end of Downtown Jacksonville's Southbank Riverwalk attraction. The world's largest and tallest fou ...

, Mid-century modern,

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File:OldStLukesJax.PNG, Old St. Luke Hospital File:Memorial Day 2014 v2.jpg,

Tallest buildings

The 10 tallest standard structures: Chronology of the tallest buildings in Jacksonville:

Accolades

"Florida Architecture: 100 places, 100 years", compiled by the Florida chapter of the

American Institute of Architects The American Institute of Architects (AIA) is a professional organization for architects in the United States. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., the AIA offers education, government advocacy, community redevelopment, and public outreach to su ...

Styles and schools

Jacksonville architects used many design styles and belonged to a variety of architectural schools. Below is a list of those styles and schools. * American Four-Square *

/ Moderne * Beaux-Arts *

Brutalism Brutalist architecture is an architectural style that emerged during the 1950s in the United Kingdom, among the reconstruction projects of the post-war era. Brutalist buildings are characterised by Minimalism (art), minimalist constructions th ...

* Chicago School (also known as Commercial Style) *Classical Revival (also known as

Neoclassical architecture Neoclassical architecture is an architectural style produced by the Neoclassical movement that began in the mid-18th century in Italy and France. It became one of the most prominent architectural styles in the Western world. The prevailing style ...

) *

*Craftsman (also known as

American Craftsman American Craftsman is an American domestic architectural style, inspired by the Arts and Crafts movement, which included interior design, landscape design, applied arts, and decorative arts, beginning in the last years of the 19th century. Its ...

) *

Dutch Colonial Dutch Colonial is a style of domestic architecture, primarily characterized by gambrel roofs having curved eaves along the length of the house. Modern versions built in the early 20th century are more accurately referred to as "Dutch Colonial Re ...

* Eastlake/Stick *

International International is an adjective (also used as a noun) meaning "between nations". International may also refer to: Music Albums * ''International'' (Kevin Michael album), 2011 * ''International'' (New Order album), 2002 * ''International'' (The T ...

Modern Modern may refer to: History * Modern history ** Early Modern period ** Late Modern period *** 18th century *** 19th century *** 20th century ** Contemporary history * Moderns, a faction of Freemasonry that existed in the 18th century Phil ...

* Queen Anne *Renaissance Revival (also known as

Neo-Renaissance Renaissance Revival architecture (sometimes referred to as "Neo-Renaissance") is a group of 19th century architectural revival styles which were neither Greek Revival nor Gothic Revival but which instead drew inspiration from a wide range o ...

) *

Shotgun A shotgun (also known as a scattergun, or historically as a fowling piece) is a long gun, long-barreled firearm designed to shoot a straight-walled cartridge (firearms), cartridge known as a shotshell, which usually discharges numerous small p ...

*Spanish Revival (also known as

) *

References

External links

Jacksonville Planning and Development Dept.America Institute of Architecture - Jacksonville
{{DEFAULTSORT:Architecture of Jacksonville Jacksonville, Florida Jacksonville, Florida-related lists Buildings and structures in Jacksonville, Florida

Prominent architects

Residential architecture

Houses A house is a single-unit residential building. It may range in complexity from a rudimentary hut to a complex structure of wood, masonry, concrete or other material, outfitted with plumbing, electrical, and heating, ventilation, and air condi ...

Apartments and condominiums

Commercial architecture

Places of business

Hotels

Shopping centers

Education

Museums

Houses of worship

Cultural architecture

Entertainment venues

Sports venues

Transportation architecture

Parks and historic sites

Tallest buildings

Accolades

Styles and schools

See also

References

Further reading

External links