South Jacksonville Grammar School - Jacksonville, FL
N 30° 18.658 W 081° 39.439
17R E 436800 N 3353427
The former South Jacksonville Grammar School, now The Lofts San Marco, is located at 1450 Flagler Avenue in Jacksonville, Florida.
Waymark Code: WM4K7G
Location: Florida, United States
Date Posted: 09/02/2008
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The following information about the South Jacksonville Grammar School comes from the
San Marco Preservation Society:
Architects Mark and Sheftall designed this 1917 Prairie Style school house with high ceilings, numerous windows and wide halls to accommodate the first through sixth grade students attending school here. It is one of the oldest extant buildings in the area and served its purpose for many years.
Although the San Marco Preservation Society states that this is a 1917 building, an engraving of the year 1916 is located above the main entrance to the old school.
This old school is now The Lofts San Marco, a residential live/work concept building. The following additional history of this historic school building is from The Lofts San Marco website:
Nineteenth-century ideas of the best educational environment included high ceilings, large classrooms and an abundance of light and fresh air. Victor Earl Mark and Leroy Sheftall, students of Henry J. Klutho, adhered to this theory in their design of the South Jacksonville Grammar School in 1916. Eventually, the building was put to administrative use by the Duval County School Board, which sold it in 2001 to siblings Barbara Cesery and Bill Cesery, renowned Jacksonville developers with a vision to create one of the city's first examples of the live/work concept. The structure has been accepted for a listing on the National Register of Historic Places in recognition of its educational and architectural significance.