Red Bank Plantation, Historic plantation house in Jacksonville, Florida.
Red Bank Plantation House is a two-story structure near Jacksonville built with handmade red clay bricks and displaying 19th-century construction methods. The building features traditional southern architecture with design elements typical of wealthy residences from that era.
This residence was constructed between 1854 and 1857 to replace an earlier wooden building and became an important landmark in the region. The Philips family, who owned the property through much of the 19th century, were influential figures in shaping the local area.
The name Red Bank was already in use by 1793, during Florida's second Spanish period, when Francisco Flora owned the land; it predates the 1854 house. Albert Gallatin Philips built the house with red clay bricks made by hand on the property, and the Philips family stayed after the Civil War, selling off the plantation land for development after his death in 1873.
The house stands at 1230 Greenridge Road in the Colonial Manor area of the San Marco neighborhood, south of downtown Jacksonville, not east of it. It is a private residence, so visitors view it from the street only. The front door was moved to face Greenridge Road in the 1920s, with a small porch added.
The house's front door originally faced away from Greenridge Road; in the 1920s it was moved to the opposite side and a small porch added. Between the 1920s and 1937 the building served as a restaurant, first the Candlewick Inn, then Johnson's Chicken House.
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