Located at the intersection of Main and East Forsyth Streets the 17 story Lynch Building was built to house office and retail space in 1926. It was the second tallest building in Jacksonville when it was completed. It has since been converted to apartments and renamed 11-East for it’s address at 11 East Forsyth Street.
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The offices of William Cook Advertising on the 18th floor? Where they gave me a break to shoot something for $200.00? It all started then….thanks for the post…DB
Now there is a piece of Jacksonville history!
I miss being able to check the weather by looking at the sign on the top of the building.
Daryl is correct. That eventually became the American Heritage Life building and William Cook Advertising was on the 16th & 17th floors. That was my first job in advertising in 1983. Good memories.
Great picture! I was a Navy photographer during the Vietnam shindig and trained early on using a “view camera” to adjust the perspective on photos such as this.
Loyd came close to overdoing the perspective thing on this shot. Notice how top heavy the building looks.
I have stayed in Jax all these years, and even though I’m not a native, it is really great to reminisce and realize the stark changes over nearly 50 years.
Thank you, Bob, for this great work!
Salute!
I worked at AHL in 1984-85…my desk was at corner window where the flag was displayed, second floor