Barnett National Bank Building, Chicago School skyscraper in downtown Jacksonville, US

The Barnett National Bank Building is a Chicago School skyscraper in downtown Jacksonville stretching 18 floors with large windows and structured facades that emphasize vertical lines. Today the structure houses 107 residential units, commercial offices, a coffee shop, and a Chase Bank branch.

Architects Mowbray and Uffinger designed this structure in 1926 as the headquarters for Barnett National Bank, making it Jacksonville's tallest building until 1954. The building rose during a period of economic expansion in the city after years of recovery.

The building's name comes from Barnett Bank, the Jacksonville institution that commissioned it as its headquarters in 1926. After standing vacant and decaying in the 2000s, it now holds the University of North Florida Center for Entrepreneurship, 107 apartments, offices, Vagabond Coffee and a Chase Bank branch, so visitors pass through a former banking hall turned mixed-use building.

The building sits centrally in downtown Jacksonville at West Adams Street and is easy to reach. As a mixed-use development with residences and offices, it remains active throughout the day, and visitors can explore the interior or simply admire the facade from outside.

The building dates from 1926, so it postdates the Great Fire of 1901 by a quarter century. It was Jacksonville's tallest building until 1954, when the structure now called the Aetna Building surpassed it. A 2015 foreclosure complaint by Stache Investments claimed nearly $3.77 million owed; the Molasky Group then helped SouthEast Group reacquire and restore it.