Riverside and Avondale are two adjacent and closely associated neighborhoods, alternatively considered one continuous neighborhood, of Jacksonville, Florida. The area is primarily residential, but includes some commercial districts, including Five Points, the King Street District, and the Shoppes of Avondale.
Sculpture by C. Adrian Pillars in Memorial Park
The H. D. Smith House in Riverside
1487 Challen Avenue in Avondale
Riverside Church at Park and King in the King Street District
Neighborhoods of Jacksonville
There are more than 500 neighborhoods within the area of Jacksonville, Florida, the largest city in the contiguous United States by area. These include Downtown Jacksonville and surrounding neighborhoods. Additionally, greater Jacksonville is traditionally divided into several major sections with amorphous boundaries: Northside, Westside, Southside, and Arlington, as well as the Jacksonville Beaches.
San Marco Theatre
Stucco entrance sign to Lake Shore neighborhood, built in the mid-1920s
Stucco arch on Appleton Avenue, part of the entry gates to the Lake Shore neighborhood in Jacksonville, Florida