Lackawanna in Jacksonville in Duval County, Florida — The American South (South Atlantic)

McCoys Creek Improvement Project

Photographed by Tim Fillmon, August 9, 2022

1. McCoys Creek Improvement Project Marker

Inscription. The McCoys Creek Improvement Project was a civic and transportation plan developed by Jacksonville City Engineer Joseph E. Craig in 1928. At the time, the McCoys Creek area was a breeding ground for mosquito-borne illnesses. Developed to reduce hazards and to control flooding at the railroad yard north of South Myrtle Avenue, the McCoys Creek Improvement Project was also intended to foster economic development and beautify the area with increased green space. The project included paving McCoys Creek Boulevard, straightening the creek, and constructing eight bridges (Edison, Fitzgerald, Hollybrook, King, McCoys Creek, Smith, South Myrtle, and Stockton) in the North Riverside neighborhood between 1929-1940. The project was influenced by the City Beautiful Movement, an architecture and planning initiative aimed at improving the infrastructure of city centers. The movement originated in response to poor conditions in metropolitan areas where tenement housing resulted in overcrowding and sanitation problems. Additionally, the City Beautiful Movement focused on limiting health hazards by increasing access to clean water supplies

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and sanitary sewage disposal.

Erected 2020 by Florida Department of Transportation District 2, and the Florida Department of State. (Marker Number F-1114.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Bridges & Viaducts • Environment • Roads & Vehicles • Waterways & Vessels. A significant historical year for this entry is 1928.

Location. 30° 19.377′ N, 81° 42.054′ W. Marker is in Jacksonville, Florida, in Duval County. It is in Lackawanna. It is at the intersection of Edison Avenue and Cherokee Street, on the right when traveling west on Edison Avenue. Marker is located at the Edison Street Bridge over McCoys Creek. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Jacksonville FL 32254, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in 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.

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

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

Photographed by Tim Fillmon, August 9, 2022

2. McCoys Creek Improvement Project Marker

Looking west toward Cherokee Street.

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Murrary Hill (approx. 1.3 miles away); Birth of the Allman Brothers Band (approx. 1.3 miles away); Riverside Avondale Historic District (approx. 1.3 miles away); Cheney/Cummer/Schneider House (approx. 1.3 miles away); Don Pedro Menendez de Aviles (approx. 1½ miles away); United States Railroad Administration Locomotive (approx. 1.6 miles away); Centennial Hall Edward Waters College (approx. 1.8 miles away); The Line of Intrenchments (approx. 1.8 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Jacksonville.

Another marker is no longer nearby. United States Railroad Administration Locomotive (was approx. 1.6 miles away but has been reported to have been replaced with another marker now near it).

Also see . . . McCoys Creek Restoration. (Submitted on September 3, 2022, by Tim Fillmon of Webster, Florida.)

Credits. This page was last revised on August 4, 2023. It was originally submitted on September 3, 2022, by Tim Fillmon of Webster, Florida. This page has been viewed 689 times since then and 39 times this year. Last updated on August 2, 2023, by Nik Panos of Hilliard, Florida. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on September 3, 2022, by Tim Fillmon of Webster, Florida. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.