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In 1903, Jacksonville burned to the ground leaving the way for a new city to be born built using modern architectural style that included Prairie-Style homes which focused on cubism, the lack of ornate decorations and horizontal styling. ... Some of best examples of these embellishments came be found in the Ricker Residence which is now located on Oak Street in Jacksonville. ...
Jacksonville Architecture 3
According to Wood (1989), “The Prairie School architects sought a purely American architecture, using sweeping horizontal lines as a metaphor for the frontier spirit of the plains of the Midwest, which to them represented the ideal of democracy.
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