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Historic Jacksonville funeral home torn down after devastating fire
Building had stood for more than 100 years in Downtown Jacksonville
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Days after a massive fire tore through a historic building in Downtown Jacksonville, crews tore down the old funeral home Wednesday morning.
Intense flames could be seen from blocks away on Saturday as more than 140 firefighters battled the blaze in the abandoned Moulton and Kyle Funeral Home on Union Street. They kept the fire from spreading to nearby buildings, including a 7-Eleven next door.
In one hour, the building, which held 107 years of history, was destroyed and the roof and second floor had collapsed.
A two-story brick edifice that has faced West Union Street for 107 years came tumbling down Wednesday morning, demolished by the city after a huge fire gutted the former funeral home late Saturday.
Jacksonville s inspection division took only a day to approve an emergency demolition order for the abandoned Moulton & Kyle Funeral Home downtown, then crews from J. B. Coxwell Contracting began pulling the charred brick walls down early Wednesday.
The fire in the building near North Laura Street was reported about 5:30 p.m. Saturday, police said. The blaze required 110 firefighters to extinguish it as it gutted the interior of the building, shuttered in 2013, then the roof and second story collapsed.
02:19 PM EST Share Contractor J.B. Coxwell Contracting Inc. applied to the city to raze the historic building that burned in a weekend fire.
Contractor J.B. Coxwell Contracting Inc. applied to the city Jan. 12 for a permit to demolish the fire-destroyed historic Moulton and Kyle Funeral Home at 17 W. Union St. Downtown.
Jacksonville-based Coxwell requested the permit for emergency demolition of the two-story, 9,272-square-foot unused structure, which was built in 1914.
Robert J. Peeples Jr. owns the building. He is director of Peeples Funeral Services Inc. He bought the Moulton and Kyle property in 1992, property records show.
Jacksonville Daily Record news partner News4Jax.com reported the state fire marshal is investigating the fire that destroyed the 107-year-old building Jan. 9. It reported more than 140 firefighters and several engines battled the blaze into the night.
Building in downtown fire was on Jacksonville Historical Society s list of endangered historic structures
The CEO of the Historical Society said the Society chose to put it on the list because it was abandoned and neglected. Author: Kailey Tracy Updated: 11:14 PM EST January 10, 2021
JACKSONVILLE BEACH, Fla. The CEO of the Jacksonville Historical Society said he was disappointed to see the building housing the former Moulton and Kyle Funeral Home burn down Saturday, but he said he wasn t surprised.
CEO Alan Bliss said the building, that was more than a century old, was on the Society s list of endangered historic structures in Jacksonville in 2020. Bliss said there are a few reasons a building could qualify as endangered.