F.E.C. Park - Jacksonville, Florida
Posted by: 
IceCreamMan
N 30° 18.000 W 081° 38.724
17R E 437940 N 3352204
An interesting park in Jacksonville.
Waymark Code: WM2V1Y
Location: Florida, United States
Date Posted: 12/23/2007
Views: 50
FEC Park resides in the San Marco section of South Jacksonville, in an area that comprised part of a plantation established around 1800 by early pioneer William Craig. The City of South Jacksonville, which existed as a separate municipality from 1907 to 1932, purchased the park site in 1929 from a firm owned by Brown Whatley and Joseph Davin, the premiers developers of South Jacksonville during the 1930?s. The privilege of naming the new park was accorded the South Jacksonville Woman?s Club, and its members chose the name Southside Athletic Field. Eventually the name was changed to FEC Park, in honor of the Florida East Coast Railroad, which maintained an extensive railroad yard and passenger depot in South Jacksonville for many years. The rail line passes adjacent to the park, which consists of a large open field with scattered oaks, sycamores, palms, and pines.
Name: F.E.C.
Street Location: 1620 Marco Place
Local Municipality: Jacksonville
State/Province, etc.: Florida
Country: United States
Web Site: [Web Link]
Memorial/Commemoration: It is named for Florida East Cost Railroad.
Date Established: 1929
Picnic Facilities: None
Recreational Facilities:
None
Monuments/Statues: no
Art (murals/sculpture, etc.): no
Fountains: no
Ponds/Lakes/Streams/Rivers/Beach: no
Special Events: occasional
Traditional Geocaches:
GCYX6H
GC1830T
are the only ones in the park that i found
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