Did you know the Jacksonville Young Christian Women’s Association opened its doors in 1911? Did you know that Eartha M.M. White was influential in directing the YWCA to support African American women? RSVP today!

Did you know the Jacksonville Young Christian Women’s Association opened its doors in 1911? Did you know that Eartha M.M. White was influential in directing the YWCA to support African American women? RSVP today!
Remember when the high school curriculum included a course in Civics? Do you recall learning about the courthouses of Duval County? If you daydreamed through your civics class, here’s your chance to hear about a unique part of Jacksonville’s history, straight from the mouth of someone who’s spent many decades in Jacksonville’s Halls of Justice.
Every citizen of Jacksonville has the opportunity to contribute to a lasting marker commemorating Jacksonville’s Bicentennial. Don’t be left out!
The James E. Merrill House Museum is full of interesting — and sometimes strange — items common to households in the Victorian era. Each month, Merrill House Museum Coordinator Nancy Gandy takes us on a tour of the two-story house, pointing out some of the oddities.
In partnership with the UNF Chapter of Phi Alpha Theta, the Jacksonville Historical Society invites you to attend a reception and conference, with presentations and panels from a variety of history-focused institutions on the First Coast.
Rising from the ashes of the Great Fire of 1901, Crowd’s Barbershop was a loose collection of boards and a tin roof, but his trade grew and his business portfolio expanded. Read more about this resilient businessman.
Office: Old St. Luke’s Hospital
314 Palmetto Street, Jacksonville 32202
(904) 665-0064
info@jaxhistory.org
Staff
Alan J. Bliss, Ph.D. - Chief Executive Officer
Kate A. Hallock - Chief of Staff / Communications Director
Twyla Rosenwinkel - Office Administrator
Georgia Pribanic - Librarian
Emily Cottrell - Interim Archivist
Sherrard Ceglia - Archives Assistant
Heather Sims Stine - Events Coordinator
Nancy Gandy - Merrill House Museum Coordinator
Justin P. Case - Oral Histories Coordinator
Bicentennial Bell Chairperson: Aaron Gibson-Evans