William Bauer Collection of Architectural Drawings Relating to Jacksonville

Telfair Stockton and Co. was a prominent real estate development firm in Jacksonville and Duval County, Florida. The firm developed many prominent suburbs, including New Springfield, Avondale, and San Marco. Telfair Stockton was born in Quincy, Florida in 1860 to Colonel William Tennet Stockton and Julia Elizabeth Stockton (née Telfair). His first venture was a news and book store in Jacksonville, Florida, which he opened when he was 16 years old. He later became interested in real estate, became a junior partner in a Jacksonville firm and in 1902 bought out his partners and established the firm Stockton and Prudd. In 1910 the company was renamed Telfair Stockston and Co. He was elected a state legislator and in 1923 led consolidation efforts. His work contributed significantly to the metropolitan development of Jacksonville.

Victor Earl Mark (1876-1948) began training as an architect in Jacksonville, Florida, in 1907 under Henry John Klutho before starting his own firm with fellow apprentice Leeroy Sheftail in 1911. Together they designed many buildings throughout Jacksonville in popular styles of the time, including Bungalows, Mediterranean and Tudor Revival, and the Prairie School. Prominent buildings designed by V. Earl Mark in Jacksonville include the Masonic Temple, the Delgado Building, Robert E. Lee High School, Oxford Hall Apartments, and the B.F. Lee Theological Seminary.

Ivan H. Smith (1907-2000) received his BS in Architecture from the University of Florida in 1929, maintained a private architectural practice in Jacksonville, Florida from 1929 to 1943, and went on to become a founding member of the firm Reynolds, Smith and Hill in 1941. Over his career he designed many hospitals, armories, public buildings, school houses, churches, theaters, and residences throughout Florida. Notable designs include the Duval County Courthouse, the Florida State Capitol complex, the Jacksonville City Hall, and the Ben Hill Griffin Stadium. Smith was a fellow of the American Institute of Architects, received the A.I.A. Gold Medal in 1981 and was named a Distinguished Alumnus of the University of Florida in the same year.

Clyde Eugene Harris (1910-2010) received his BS in Architecture from the University of Florida in 1932 and apprenticed under Mellon C. Greeley before opening his own practice in 1938. Harris designed over 1,400 buildings during his career- primarily schools, churches, and residences throughout North Florida. Notable designs include the Timuquana Country Club, the Beau Rivage condominium complex, the River Shore Village in Jacksonville, the Grace Episcopal Church in Orange Park, and the original Florida welcome stations. In 2002 he received the Henry John Klutho lifetime achievement award from the Jacksonville chapter of the American Institute of Architects.

Abner Crump Hopkins (1903-1963) and Prentiss Huddleston (1909-1987) partnered to form the firm of Hopkins and Huddleston Architects in 1936. Hopkins was educated at Texas A and M before moving to Florida in 1926. Huddleston studied architecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), graduating in 1930 and worked for several architectural firms in Jacksonville and Gainesville, Florida before establishing Hopkins and Huddleston Architects. Hopkins' most prominent designs are the jail and courthouse in Nassau County, Florida, but also include grocery stores and supermarkets throughout southeast Florida, cold storage plants, bakeries, and warehouses. Huddleston's designs include the Student Activities Building at Florida A and M University, the Leon County Courthouse, and many schools, hospitals, and theaters throughout South Georgia and North Florida.