A Look Inside Duval Laundry Today
Clothes left behind in a closet located in the plant’s old office building.
Natural light illuminates a portion of the main laundry plant.
A mezzanine level view of the main laundry plant.
Looking at East 9th Street from inside the old main laundry plant.
Relics left behind 28 years after the plant’s closure.
An old elevator shaft in the main plant building. Dating back to 1915, the two-story brick building is the oldest portion of the plant.
*This space was once the site of Duval Laundry’s dry cleaning operation. *
*This cold storage warehouse was used to store fur during the plant’s operational area. After the business closed, the fur store accounts were taken over by DeLuxe Laundry and Dry Cleaners. *
*The north portion of the plant was the site of Duval Laundry’s pressing facilities. *
*Old machinery remains in the plant’s former boiler room. *
After the plant closed, various tenants, including an auto repair shop, leased various warehouses in the old industrial complex.
A look into the front door of the laundry plant’s old partially collapsed machine shop located in the rear of the property.
An exterior review of the old machine shop.
An exterior view of the former truck repair shop building.
A classic Volkswagen Beetle hidden in a portion of the old truck repair shop.
A 1952 Sanborn map of the Duval Laundry Company. | Jacksonville Public Library
The former Duval Laundry building is located at the intersection of East 9th and Walnut streets in Historic Springfield.
Editorial by Ennis Davis, AICP. Contact Ennis at edavis@moderncities.com