Hendricks Avenue
Hendricks Avenue served as the spine of the streetcar line through South Jacksonville. Its centralized location meant every South Jacksonville resident was within a 10-minute walk of high frequency transit service into Jacksonville. While the opening of the streetcar line resulted in great growth throughout the corridor, its tracks predated the 1924 opening by ten years. In 1914, this corridor was a part of the Jacksonville & St. Augustine Public Service Corporation’s abandoned 40-mile interurban electric railroad line between South Jacksonville and St. Augustine. Prior to the project’s failure, six miles of infrastructure was completed, leading south from South Jacksonville. A major reason the South Jacksonville Municipal Railway was implemented for an affordable price was due to it taking advantage of the failed project’s completed infrastructure. Today, Hendricks is lined with historic structures developed during the South Jacksonville Municipal Railway’s 12 year run.
The former South Jacksonville city hall
An example of a building with street level retail and upper level residential uses along the old car line route through San Marco.
