Bronson in Levy County, Florida — The American South (South Atlantic)

Dr. James M. Jackson Home

Photographed by Tim Fillmon, July 26, 2022

1. Dr. James M. Jackson Home Marker

Inscription. Constructed in the 1880s, this frame vernacular building was the residence of Dr. James Middleton Jackson and his wife, Mary Glenn (née Shands). Around 1846, the Jackson and Shands families migrated to Hamilton County, Florida, from Chester County, South Carolina. Jackson graduated from the Medical College of New Orleans (now Tulane University), and the couple married in 1858. Jackson enlisted in the Confederate Army in 1863 to serve as a surgeon in Captain E.J. Lutterloh’s company. In 1866, their son, James M. Jackson Jr, was born in White Springs, and the family moved to Bronson shortly thereafter. For more than 50 years, Dr. Jackson cared for the people of Levy County, not only as their physician, but also as a member of the Levy County School Board and County Commission. Mary came from a family who worked long and hard to bring health care to north central Florida. James Jr followed in his father's footsteps and graduated from Bellevue Hospital Medical College in New York. He set up practice in Miami in 1896, and upon his death in 1924, Miami City Hospital was renamed Jackson Memorial Hospital in his honor. The Jackson

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home was relocated to this site in 1998, and serves as the Town Hall of Bronson.

Erected 2020 by The Town of Bronson, the Levy County Historical Society, Inc., and the Florida Department of State. (Marker Number F-1108.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Architecture • Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical year for this entry is 1880.

Location. 29° 26.568′ N, 82° 38.023′ W. Marker is in Bronson, Florida, in Levy County. It is on Oak Street just south of U.S. Alt 27, on the right when traveling north. Marker is located in front of the Bronson Town Hall. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 650 Oak Street, Bronson FL 32621, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in North Florida.

It is also in the American South

and on the Gulf Coast.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the Confederate States of America,

Photographed by Tim Fillmon, July 26, 2022

2. Dr. James M. Jackson Home Marker

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 9 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Bethlehem Methodist Episcopal Cemetery (approx. 8½ miles away); The Wilson Robinson Memorial Pavilion (approx. 8.6 miles away); Bethlehem Presbyterian Church (approx. 8.9 miles away); Archer Veterans (approx. 9 miles away); Archer School Gymnasium (approx. 9 miles away); David Levy Yulee and Cotton Wood Plantation (approx. 9.1 miles away); Thomas Gilbert Pearson (approx. 9.1 miles away); Archer (approx. 9.1 miles away).

Also see . . . Bronson Historic Homestead. (Submitted on July 27, 2022, by Tim Fillmon of Webster, Florida.)

Credits. This page was last revised on July 27, 2022. It was originally submitted on July 27, 2022, by Tim Fillmon of Webster, Florida. This page has been viewed 626 times since then and 35 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on July 27, 2022, by Tim Fillmon of Webster, Florida.