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The Plaza Building

Historic Landmark

 
 
The Plaza Building Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Brandon D Cross, August 17, 2019
1. The Plaza Building Marker
Inscription.
The
Plaza Building
First Built Circa 1863
By the Chief Surgeon of the Confederate Army.
Rebuilt circa 1902 after the Great Fire of 1901.
Restored 1985

This property has been placed on the
National Register of Historic Places
By the United States Department of the Interior

 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: ArchitectureScience & MedicineWar, US Civil.
 
Location. 30° 19.555′ N, 81° 39.173′ W. Marker is in Jacksonville, Florida, in Duval County. It is in Urban Core. It is at the intersection of E. Forsyth Street and N.Liberty Street, on the left when traveling east on E. Forsyth Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 353 E Forsythe Street, Jacksonville FL 32202, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Florida’s First Coast. It is also in the American South and on the Eastern Seaboard. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, a Gulf of Mexico state, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere.
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Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Duval County (about 400 feet away); Old Jacksonville Free Public Library (approx. Ό mile away); "The Great Endurance Run" (approx. Ό mile away); Seminole War Blockhouse Site (approx. Ό mile away); Immaculate Conception Church - 1907 (approx. Ό mile away); Florida Pharmacy Association (approx. 0.3 miles away); The Carling Hotel (approx. 0.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Jacksonville.
 
Other markers no longer nearby. Duval County's First Court (was about 300 feet away but has been permanently removed); Site of Cow Ford (was about 300 feet away but has been replaced with another marker now near it); Duval County Vietnam Memorial and Veterans Eternal Flame (was about 500 feet away but has been permanently removed); The Beginning (was about 600 feet away but has been
The Plaza Building Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Brandon D Cross, August 17, 2019
2. The Plaza Building Marker
permanently removed).
 
The Plaza Building image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Brandon D Cross, August 17, 2019
3. The Plaza Building
The Plaza Building Clock Plaque image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Brandon D Cross, August 17, 2019
4. The Plaza Building Clock Plaque
This Clock Is Dedicated To All Passersby
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on February 3, 2023. It was originally submitted on September 3, 2019, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida. This page has been viewed 575 times since then and 28 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on September 3, 2019, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.
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