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Historic Resources Survey MaMayportyport VVillage,illage, FloridaFlorida Including: Architectural Design Guidelines, Folklore, & Traditions Submitted by Godard Design Associates, Inc. Jacksonville Beach, Florida to City of Jacksonville Planning & Development Department Historic Resources Survey - Mayport Village Historic Resources Survey of the Mayport Village Jacksonville, Florida including Architectural Design Guidelines, Folklore, & Traditions Submitted by Godard Design Associates, Inc. Jacksonville Beach, Florida to The City of Jacksonville Planning & Development Department June 30, 2000 Historic Resources Survey - Mayport Village i Table of Contents ACKNOWLEDGMENTS .............................................................................................................................................................. 2 SURVEY CRITERIA......................................................................................................................................................................... 3 SURVEY METHODOLOGY ......................................................................................................................................................4 ITRODUCTION TO THE SURVEY FINDINGS .............................................................................................................. 7 Additional Structures and Sites ..................................................................................................................................................................... 15 Cemeteries .......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 16 Endnotes ............................................................................................................................................................................................................... 17 DEVELOPMENTAL HISTORY OF THE MAYPORT VILLAGE .......................................................................... 18 INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 18 PREHISTORY OF THE MAYPORT AREA ...................................................................................................................................... 19 COLONIAL PERIOD (1565 - 1821) ......................................................................................................................................................... 20 THE ANTEBELLUM AND CIVIL WAR PERIODS (1821 - 1865).............................................................................................. 23 RECONSTRUCTION TO THE TWENTIETH CENTURY ..................................................................................................... 27 MAYPORT DURING THE TWENTIETH CENTURY ................................................................................................................ 31 ENDNOTES .................................................................................................................................................................................................... 43 Inventory of Previously Surveyed Structures ....................................................................................................................................51 Inventory of Surveyed Structures ..........................................................................................................................................................51 Inventory of Surveyed Sites ................................................................................................................................................................... 53 RECOMMENDATIONS ............................................................................................................................................................. 54 Summary of Recommendations .................................................................................................................................................................... 54 Definitions ......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 55 Jacksonville’s Preservation Legacy .............................................................................................................................................................. 56 The Importance of Historic Preservation to Jacksonville ..................................................................................................................... 56 A)Actions the City Can Undertake ........................................................................................................................................................... 58 B)Private and Voluntary Financial and Legal Techniques ...................................................................................................................... 60 C)Federal Financial Incentives and Programs ........................................................................................................................................... 61 D)State Incentives and Programs ................................................................................................................................................................. 62 E)Private Actions ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 62 DESIGN GUIDELINES ............................................................................................................................................................... 65 Local Historic Preservation Resources and Suppliers ............................................................................................................................ 65 Maintenance and Rehabilitation of Historic Buildings........................................................................................................................... 66 The Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Rehabilitation ............................................................................................................... 67 Secretary of the Interior’s Guidelines for Rehabilitating Historic Buildings .................................................................................. 70 Design Guides for the Mayport Village ......................................................................................................................................73 New Construction ................................................................................................................................................. 73 Height ........................................................................................................................................................................... 74 Width............................................................................................................................................................................. 74 Setback.......................................................................................................................................................................... 75 Proportion of openings ............................................................................................................................................. 75 Horizontal Rhythms ................................................................................................................................................. 75 Roof forms...................................................................................................................................................................76 Materials .......................................................................................................................................................................76 Rehabilitation................................................................................................................................77 (Cont.) ii Historic Resources Survey - Mayport Village FOUNDATIONS AND INFILL ............................................................................................................................................................. 77 EXTERIOR FABRIC - WOOD ................................................................................................................................................................. 78 EXTERIOR FABRIC - MASONRY ........................................................................................................................................................ 80 EXTERIOR FABRIC: COLOR ................................................................................................................................................................ 83 DOORS AND ENTRANCES .................................................................................................................................................................. 84 WINDOWS/AWNINGS/SHUTTERS ............................................................................................................................................... 85 PORCHES, PORTE COCHERE, AND GARAGES......................................................................................................................