Lenape Bar Abandoned in Jacksonville

Lenape Bar Abandoned in Jacksonville

The Lenape Bar was a LaVilla hotspot in Jacksonville between the 1920s and 1940s. It hosted performances by Ray Charles and other important artists who toured Florida between the 1920s and 1950s. Jazz artists who performed at the Ritz Theatre or Knights of Pythias Hall’s dance club often retired to the Lenape Bar after their sets in the late 1930s. Louis Armstrong stayed in the Wynn Hotel located on the second floor of the building in the 1920s. This is how the building appeared in 2009. The nearby Ritz Theatre, a movie palace built in 1929, has been renovated and houses the Historic Ritz Theatre and Museum.

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Jacksonville, Florida