Foundation approved for Fire Museum relocation

Hygema House Movers will transport the Downtown riverfront structure to Shipyards West.


The Jacksonville Fire Museum is moving to make was for Jaguars owner Shad Khan's Four Seasons hotel development.
The Jacksonville Fire Museum is moving to make was for Jaguars owner Shad Khan's Four Seasons hotel development.
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The city approved a permit Feb. 16 for Hygema House Movers Inc. to build a foundation for the Jacksonville Fire Museum at 620 E. Bay St. at a cost of $370,000.

Contractor Hygema House Movers Inc. also will move the two-story, 4,800-square-foot museum from 1406 Gator Bowl Blvd. to the new 1.1-acre site at a cost of $1.23 million. That permit is in review.

The museum is moving a short distance from the Kids Campus to Shipyards West, both along the Downtown Northbank along the St. Johns River.

The city plans for Shipyards West to become a park and museum destination.

It would allow Jacksonville Jaguars owner Shad Khan to break ground on his proposed $321 million Four Seasons hotel-anchored development that the city agreed could be developed on the 8-acre Kids Kampus site.

The Jacksonville Fire Museum is moving to this area east of the unfinished Berkman Plaza II along Bay Street. (Google)
The Jacksonville Fire Museum is moving to this area east of the unfinished Berkman Plaza II along Bay Street. (Google)

 

 

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