Memorial Home Community Historic District

  • Also Known As: Penney Retirement Community

  • Vicinity: Roughly bounded by FL 16, Caroline Blvd., Wilbanks Ave, and Studio Rd
  • Travel Genus: Sight
  • Sight Category: Historic District

Memorial Home Community Historic District is located in the Town of Penney Farms in Clay County, Florida. The district covering 60 acres contains 27 contributing resources, including a church, apartment buildings, a planned and landscaped community site which includes a golf course, and a pump house. Ranging in height from one to three stories, the apartments and church are in the Late Gothic Revival, French Norman Style, and an inn is in the Colonial Revival Style. The period of historical significance is between 1926 and 1948. Although some buildings have been altered with the addition of porches and room extensions, modern windows and new roof surfaces, they retain a high degree of architectural integrity. A non-contributing modern building is located on the golf course. - NRHP, 13 December 1999


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Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
James Cash Penney Significant name
1927/00/00 James Cash Penney Benefactor Most buildings in the French Norman Style are built by 1927
1927/00/00 Alan Balch Mills Architect Most buildings in the French Norman Style are built by 1927
1940/00/00

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Particulars for Memorial Home Community Historic District:
Architectural Style American Colonial Revival
Area of Significance Architecture
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Area of Significance Community Planning and Development
Criteria Exemplar
Architectural Style French Norman Revival
Sight Category Historic District
Historic Use Hotel
Architectural Style Late Gothic Revival
Criteria Person
Historic Use Religious Property
Area of Significance Social History
Historic Use Sport Facility



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration: 3rd February 1999

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name: Memorial Home Community Historic District
Registry Address: Roughly bounded by FL 16, Caroline Blvd., Wilbanks Ave., and Studio Rd.
Registry Number: 99000047
Resource Type: District
Owner: Private
Architect: Mills, Alan B.
Architectural Style: Late gothic revival, Colonial revival
Attribute: French Norman Revival
Area in Acres: 60
Contributing Buildings: 24
Non-Contributing Buildings: 1
Contributing Sites: 1
Contributing Structures: 2
Other Certification: Date received-pending nomination
Certification: Listed in the National Register
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: Local
Area of Significance: Social history, Architecture, Community Planning and Development
Applicable Criteria: Event, Architecture-Engineering, Person
Criteria Consideration: Religious property
Significant Year: 1927, 1940
Associated People: Penny, J.C.
Historic Function: Domestic, Religion, Recreation and Culture
Historic Sub-Function: Religious structure, Sport facility, Hotel
Current Function: Recreation and Culture, Domestic, Religion
Current Sub-Function: Hotel Religious structure Sport facility

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