downtown JACKSONVILLE compliments of the ... ADVERTISING COMMITTEE CITY OF JACKSONVILLE. FLORIDA CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAU 133 W. Monroe St. in Hemming Park This guide to Jacksonville ond the many the ease of a native . and loving it just as delights it holds in store has been compiled to much! Take any questions this guide does not make your way about the city easier. With its answer to the friendly staff of the Tourist & help you will soon be going about town with Convention Bureau. The sweeping arm of the north-flowing St. Johns River has embraced some of the very JACKSONVILLE earliest and most exciting American history. At Fort Caroline where Jean Ribault's Hugue­ the City of Pleasant Memories nots landed, the first Protestant white woman set up housekeeping and the first white child The largest deep-water port in the South was born in '¥hat is now the United States. Atlantic • .• one of the largest hansportation Here the first battle between white races for centers in the South ... the principal gateway the possession of our country was fought . to the Florida peninsula . big in industry all of it preceeding Plymouth Rock by almost . big in commerce • . big in heart- This one hundred years! On Ft. George Island, the is Jacksonville. Kingsley Plantation was the scene of slave trading and the old slave quarters still stand. The cosmopolitan character of our industry A short drive to the north is Fernandina Beach, and culture, the hospitality of the deep South, once the home port of pirate ships. The sunken ond the friendliness of a happy people odd up skeletons of some of these are buried in the to o worm welcome for every visitor. waters just off shore. To the south is St. Here you'll find a vast store of entertain­ Augustine, the nation's oldest city. Many of ment, of fun and frolic and outdoor sports; these sites are State Parks with swimming, theatres, parks, playgrounds, exotic sub-tropic fishing, camping and picnic facilities. gardens; and a wide variety of fishing in quiet A short ride from downtown via one segment lakes and inland waterways. You'll thrill to of Jacksonville's superb expressway system and "The Sport of Quee ns," greyhound racing, a you are relaxing at the world's finest beaches. nitely event in Jacksonville. Thirty miles of sun-warmed sand and cool, refreshing surf plus one of the few remaining Few sporting thrills compare with the sudden Boardwalks on the Atlantic Coast offer fun strike of deep-sea gamesters and the deep-sea in the sun to delight the entire family. fishing in our area takes second place to none. Jacksonville ... with sunny skies ond cool Some of the best game fishing to be found Atlantic breezes . .. offers the most memorable anywhere. vocation of your life! downtown JACKSONVILLE TO FIND ANY OF THE PLACES LISTED NOTE THE NUMBER PRECEDING THE NAME AND LOCATE THE NUMBER ON MAP. BLOCK NUMBERING Main Street divodes East and West. Bay Street divides North and South. • OUTSIDE OF MAP AREA WEST STATE STREET EAST STAT AIRLINES TICKET OFFICES ---------- 8-22 Eastern Air Lines, Hotel Robert Meyer; 218 S. Hogan St. I!oR~ 8 Delta Airlines, Hotel Robert Meyer BALL PARK 8 Mackey Airlines; Robert Meyer Hotel 8 National Airlines, Hotel Robert Meyer, 241 W. Farsytt. St. liiS- Southern Airways, lmeson Airport 44 United Airlines; Florida Bonk 61dg.; W. Adams at Hogan AUTOMOBILE RENTALS 10 Americor Rental Systems, 310 W. Monroe St. 18 Avis Rent a Car, 240 W . Monroe 84 Ball U-Drive System, Inc., 72 4 Pearl St. 52 Budget Rent-A-Car, 1 S Julia St. 85 George L. Seaman Auto Rentals, 420 W . Adams St. 86 Hertx Driv-Ur-Self System, 304 Pearl St. 87 National Car Rentals, 112 Julia St. • AUTOMOBILE CLUBS A.A.A., 4403 Beach Blvd. BANKS 46 Duval Federal Savings and Loan Assn., 1 Sa. Laura St. 26 Atlantic National Bonk, Hogan and Forsytt. Sts. 28 Barnett Notional Bonk, Lauro between W. Adams and W . Forsyth Sts. 83 Central Notional Bank, 404 Julia St. 14 Federal Reserve Bonk, 515 Julio St. 89 First Bank & Trust Co., 231 E. Forsyth St. 7 First Federal Sovongs & Loon, 300 W . Adams St. 44 Florida National Bank Bldg., W. Adams at Hogan 93 Jacksonville Notional Bonk; S 1 West Forsyth St. 1 S Security Federal Savings & loon, Independent life Bldg. 64 Title and Trust Ca. af Florida, 200 E. Forsyth St. BUS STATIONS & INFORMATION 3 Greyhound Bus Station, 1 0 N. Pearl St. 33 City Bus Information Booth, Monroe and Laura Sts. 2 Beach and Navy Bus Station, Clay and Adams Sts. 2 Troilways Bus Station, Cloy and Adams Sts. CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE MUNICIPAL PARKING 13 Jacksonville Area Chamber of Commerce, 604 Hogan St. c State Chamber of Commerce, 80S 7 Expressway 1,1.1 CHURCHES (Downtown Only) (!) 36 Baptist-First Baptist Church, S 17 Hagan St. 57 Catholic-Church of the Immaculate Conception, ~ 1 21 E. Duval Street v, 11 Christian-First Christian Church, S 10 Julia St. -z. 70 Episcopal- St. John's Cathedral, Market & E. Duval Sts. 4. 39 Greek-Greek Orthodox Church, 731 Laura St. ~ 69 Methodist- First Methodist Church, earner E. Duval and Newnan Sts. ..,>_, 31 Methodist-Snyder Memorial Methodist Church, ~~ 226 Laura St. '(l"' 58 Presbyterian-First Presbyterian Church, -<.s-0 118 E. Monroe St. Jewish-Jacksonville Jewish Center Synagogue; v"' 205 West Third Street. Christian Scientist-First Church of Christ Scientist, 1116 Laura St. FRATERNAL ORGANIZATIONS American Leg ian Post No. 88, 1525 LaSalle St. 43 Elks Club, 207 Laura St. 63 Alcoholics Anonymous, 111 E. Bay 40 Moose, Loyal Order of, 27 W . Ashley 66 Morocco Temple, A.A.O.N.M.S., 219 Newnan St. 67 Odd Fellows Club, 220 E. Monroe St. 73 Odd Fellows Hall, 125 Market St. HOTELS * Knights af Columbus, 1501 Hendricks Ave. Scottish Rite Bodies, 965 Hubbard St. VFW Post 1689,711 Durand St. @ AMBASSADOR @GEORGE WASHINGTON @ ROBERT MEYER 92 Masonic Grand Lodge F & AM; Monroe and Ocean Sts. @ARAGON @MAYFLOWER @SEMINOLE CONTINUE LISTINGS ON NEXT PAGE @FLORIDAN ®ROOSEVELT Seminole Bldg., 122 W. Forsyth St. RAILWAY CITY TICKET OFFICES Shultz Bldg., 118 W . Adams St. AND TERMINAL 4 Florida Times-Union, 1 Riverside Ave. 64 Title and Trust Bldg., 200 E. Forsyth St. S Atlantic Coast Line, 500 Water St. 4 Jacksonville Journal, 1 Riverside Ave. 81 400 Building, Pearl & East Ashley Sts. 6 Joke's News-Stand, 116 Julio St. (out of town 20 Gulf Life Complex 21 Seaboard Air Line, 218 W . Forsyth St. papers) Southern; 621 E. Bay St. Union Terminal Station, Bay and Lee Sts. OFFICE BUILDINGS RECREATION AND SERVICE CLUBS SO American Heritage Bldg.; 11 E. Forsyth St. S Atlantic Coast Line Bldg., 500 Water St. 23 Lutheran Service Center, 19 W. Forsyth St. 26 Atlantic National Bank Bldg., 121 W. Forsyth St. Recreation Dept. (City of Jacksonville) 28 Barnett Bank Bldg., 114 W. Adams St. 1245 E. Adams St., Jacksonville Baseball Club 22 Buckman Building, 206 West Forsyth St. Greater Jacksonville Fair, 1245 East Adams St. 53 Clark Bldg., 305 Main St. 54 Salvation Army, 21 East Church St. 62 Consolidated Bldg., 118 E. Bay St. 17 Travelers' Aid Society, 237 W . Forsyth St. 16 Exchange Bldg., 218 W. Adams St. 42 USO, 318 N. Ocean. 9 Federal Bldg., 311 W. Monroe St. Y.M.C.A., 221 Riverside Ave. 61 Florida Theatre Bldg., 128 E. Forsyth St. 72 Y. W.C.A.,325 E. Duval St. 44 Florida National Bank Bldg., W. Adams at Hogan Gator Bowl, 1350 East Duval St. 25 Florida Title Bldg., 11 0 W . Forsyth St. PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND Jacksonville Coliseum, 1145 E. Adams St. 37 Gulf Life Bldg., 125 W . Church St. MISCELLANEOUS 55 Senior Center, 14 E. Church St. 30 Greenleaf Bldg., 208 Laura St. 90 Civic Auditorium, 300 Water St. 12 Guaranty Life Bldg., 137 East Forsyth St. 71 Armory, 851 Market St. 7 First Federal Savings, 300 W . Adams 51 City Hall, 220 E. Bay St. 15 Independent Life, Duval and Julia Sts. TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE OFFICES 77 Duval County Court House, 330 E. Bay St. 95 Jacobs Bldg., 435 W. Church St. 77 Criminal Court, 330 E. Bay St. 41 Western Union Telegraph, 510 Hogan St. 7 4 Lanier Bldg., 1 07 Market St. 47 Florida State Employment Service; 21 S Market St. 82 Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph, 65 Law Exchange Bldg., 238 E. Forsyth St. 401 W. Church St. 59 library, Adams and Ocean Sts. 17 O'Reilly Bldg., 237 W . Forsyth St. 88 Gator Bowl Association; American Heritage Bldg.; 29 Professional Bldg., 126 W. Adams St. Room 803 THEATRES (Downtown Only) Prudential Insurance Bldg., So. Jacksonville 80 Florida Gas Company; 29 E. Adams St. 77 Public School Administration, County Court House 32 Convention and Visitors Bureau, Hemming Park 45 Center, 32 W . Adams St. 68 Red Feather Bldg., 314 Market St. 19 Friendship Fountain, world's largest, ond 48 Empress, 18 E. Forsyth St. 35 St. James Bldg., 117 W. Duval St. Downtown Marina 61 Florida, 134 E. Forsyth St. 91 Universal Marion Bldg.; W. Ashley at Main 75 Baptist Memorial Hospital 49 Imperial, 26 E. Forsyth St. 76 Prudential South-Central Home Office .