One of the oldest buildings in the Maxwell House production facility in Downtown Jacksonville was recently demolished by parent company Kraft Heinz.
The structure in Maxwell House’s complex at 735 E. Bay St. was built in 1926. It was the easternmost facility along East Bay Street just past a bridge over Hogans Creek.
“The building was no longer in use nor structurally sound; as such, we removed it,” a Kraft Heinz spokesperson wrote an emailed statement. “As of now, we don’t have anything planned for this property.”
Helena Parola, director of the city of Jacksonville’s Planning Department, wrote in a statement the property was not within a National Register Historic District, nor was it a locally designated historic landmark…