Inside the abandoned Richmond Hotel

Built in 1909, the Richmond Hotel was once one of the finest hotels in Downtown Jacksonville for African-Americans during the Jim Crow era. Featuring 48 upper floor rooms, its famed guests included Duke Ellington, Cab Calloway, Ella Fitzgerald and Billy Holiday. The Richmond closed for good in the early 1970s, following desegregation. Today, its street level retail spaces are occupied by Delo Studios, an art gallery, meeting and event space. However, the building's former hotel rooms have largely sat empty and untouched over the past four decades. Here's a peak inside a space where time has remained still.

Published September 28, 2017
Ennis Davis

DeLo Studio is located in the ground floor retail space of the former Richmond Hotel Building at 420 Broad Street. DeLo serves as a 5,000 square foot art gallery and a photography studio and is also available for rent as a meeting and event space.

Images are courtesy of DeLo Studios, for more information visit DeLo Studio