Category History

19 Apr

The DUUUVAL House Story: How an IRS Auction Created Jacksonville’s Community Venue

Every Jacksonville landmark has an origin story. The DUUUVAL House has one that starts at an IRS tax auction. Located at 1611 East Duval Street in Jacksonville, Florida, just steps from EverBank Stadium, the property went to auction through the Internal Revenue Service after a prior owner’s tax obligations. Jacksonville attorney John M. Phillips acquired […]

28 Oct

Okay – So What Does “Duuuval” Even Mean?

HISTORY OF THE DUUUVAL HOUSE Okay – So What Does “Duuuval” Even Mean? In 1968, there was a city-county consolidation of the City of Jacksonville and its surrounding county, Duval County, Florida. With that, Jacksonville became the largest city in the continental United States with over 840 square miles. Duval comes from William Pope DuVal (1784-1854), the first […]

24 Mar

A Lucky Find

History of the Duuuval House A Lucky Find? People always ask how we found the house. So many people have told me they have tried to buy it for decades. I credit twitter. The last occupants listed it on Zillow for $300,000. While extravagantly priced in its condition at the time, this caused […]

23 Mar

The Auction

HISTORY OF THE DUUUVAL HOUSE The Auction. After learning about the IRS Auction, the first thing was due diligence. What other liens would we be responsible for? How bad was it inside? How much over minimum bid would it go? The Duval House was up for IRS Auction on March 22, 2018. When […]

22 Mar

After the Auction

HISTORY OF THE DUUUVAL HOUSE After the Auction After the auction, we went to the house. No one appeared to live there, but there were clear signs of use. We knew it was used during football season. We knocked on the next door landscape company’s door. They were disappointed they hadn’t shown up at the […]