![]() ![]() Courtesy of the Jacksonville Public Library Special Collections Department Sanborn Map illustrating A&P’s Southeastern headquarters on West Beaver Street. In 1938, the much larger Jacksonville Produce Market (original name) opened on the west side of the railyard, leading to the Duval Market’s decline and ultimate closure. With the REA operating much like today’s UPS, virtually everything was shipped from Honeymoon Yard including fruit, fish, flowers, bicycles, coffins, zoo animals, pets, racehorse’s motion picture film, anything and everything.īy early 1930s, the Duval Market & Association, a market featuring more than 40 vendors, a barbershop, coffee shop and restaurant opened adjacent to the REA on the east side of Honeymoon Yard. To serve the city’s new passenger depot, a railyard stretching nearly a mile in length was built between the depot and West Beaver Street.īy 1925, the land surrounding Honeymoon Yard had become home to a REA packaging facility, factories and mills due to several rail lines in the vicinity making the district efficient for the transportation of goods and shipping of raw materials. Seeing the need for a large single railroad terminal to serve the city, in 1893, Flagler established the Jacksonville Terminal Company on the banks of McCoys Creek in nearby LaVilla. Situated one mile west of Downtown Jacksonville, the market operates in a wholesale and industrial neighborhood that owes its existence to late 19th century railroad magnate Henry Flagler. Located in the Rail Yard District, the Jacksonville Farmers Market is the oldest in the state, with 80 years of continuous operation under its belt. Here you’ll find as many as 100 farmers and vendors selling seasonal, ethnic, organic, specialty and unique items such as fresh seafood, flowers, plants, honey boiled peanuts, syrups, gourmet dressings and even live goats and chickens throughout the year. Courtesy of the Jacksonville Farmers Market.Īttracting 25,000 people a week from all over the Southeast, the Jacksonville Farmers Market is a treasured tradition and unique in that it’s an actual working market with wholesale and retail operations taking place simultaneously. ![]()
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