The reopening of the Jacksonville Fire Museum has hit another setback, adding to years of delays that have already cost taxpayers millions of dollars.
Last month, Action News Jax’s Ben Becker exposed structural problems with the building.
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Now, an Action News Jax investigation has uncovered a failed historic preservation review, Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) compliance questions, and the reason the museum lost its historic designation in the first place.
Historic designation lost after building relocation
The Jacksonville Fire Museum is intended to anchor a museum district at the Shipyards with the USS Orleck and MOSH (Museum of Science and History).
Action News Jax has learned the building recently failed to regain a spot on the National Register of Historic Places, a designation that could have helped reopen the museum for the first time since 2015…