10 of Jax's Most Endangered Historic Places

3. Florida Baptist Convention Building
218 W. Church Street



Visibly crumbling, this building was the last downtown Jacksonville office building designed by Henry J. Klutho.  Completed in 1925, it was also the first office facility to be constructed and owned by a state Baptist organization. A few months ago, it appeared that revival would be on its way with FSCJ's dreams of adding dorms downtown. However, after a few months of investigation, FSCJ shifted their focus to another downtown site, leaving this building's future in search of a new savior.



4. Ford Motor Company Assembly Plant
Wambolt Street at the St. Johns River



Florida has never been known for being a major player in the automobile industry but Jacksonville was once home to a Ford Assembly plant that employed 800 people during the 1920s. Churning out 200 Model-T's a day, Jacksonville's assembly plant was designed by famed industrial architect Albert Kahn and is built on a quay extending 800 feet into the St. Johns River.  Massive in size and disconnected from the downtown core by the Mathews Bridge and Commodore Point Expressways, the assembly plant quietly awaits a new use large enough to fill its expansive size.