1. A downtown building is named for the man pictured on the upper left.
Who is he?
a. Don Zell
b. Claude Yates
c. Ed Ball
2. It’s the City Hall at St. James. Why “St. James?”
a. It originally was part of the First Baptist Church and James was their patron saint.
b. Hemming Plaza once was called St. James Park, so named because the St. James Hotel was there.
c. It was designed by Arthur Saint James, father of actress Susan Saint James.
3. Many ex-mayors are honored with named buildings. Which one of these doesn’t have his name anywhere?
a. Ed Austin
b. Lou Ritter
c. Haydon Burns
4. Each of these have a bridge named in his honor. One
wasn’t an elected official. Which one?
a. Napoleon Broward
b. John Alsop
c. Arthur Sollee
5. Charles Sawyer’s name is on the JTA station off Riverside Avenue. Identify him with the last three pictures on the left.
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Quiz answers:
1. a. Zell is a local stockbroker who has been a leader in the Florida Community College Foundation for 20 years. Yates was head of Southern Bell (now BellSouth) here and his name is on both the Riverside YMCA building and the tax collector’s building on Forsyth Street. Ed Ball was the behind-the-scenes power at the Florida National Bank.
2. b. The park was renamed for Charles Hemming, a Civil War veteran who donated a monument to the park.
3. b. Austin’s name is on a building at the port; Burns’ name is on the downtown library.
4. c. Sollee was director of the forerunner to the Jacksonville Transportation Authority. Broward was the county sheriff and later the state’s governor. Alsop was a city commissioner and a state legislator.
5. a. The others are b. Florida Bank President Charles Hughes and c. Baptist Health Vice President Hugh Greene.