The 52nd annual Home Tour presented by The Historic Collective is set for April 11-12, 2026. The annual event is a fundraiser for one of the nation’s original neighborhood advocacy organizations, Riverside Avondale Preservation, and invites visitors on a curated tour of a handful of the city’s most beautiful private homes.
Below, get a sneak peek of the homes on this year’s tour, as well as ticket information and details about the Home Tour Twilight Party on Thursday, April 9.
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1954 Greenwood Avenue
Featured Home & Twilight Party Host
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Making its debut on the Home Tour after a stunning renovation, this home bridges classic and modern styles.
The brick-clad Tudor sits on a small block surrounded by Morningside and Richmond Streets with views of Fishweir Creek and the St. Johns River. The home, built in 1934, shows traits of Tudor Revival style. Its main structure features a steeply pitched side gabled roof and its entrance consists of three layered front gables balanced towards the east side of the home.
Design features of the home include stunning chandeliers and light fixtures, glass fireplace, and technology throughout the home in contrast to the historic exterior. Oversized rooms make this space perfect for entertaining guests and the large kitchen is inviting for large gatherings. Clean granite walls and massive kitchen island hide all appliances and outlets adding to the clean minimal look throughout the house.
1526 Copeland Street
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This three-story wood-frame residence was built within two years following Jacksonville’s Great Fire of 1901. With architecture that exhibits traits of both Queen Anne and Colonial Revival styles, the home embodies many of the design characteristics of buildings constructed in the Riverside area between 1901-1918.
RAP relocated the home in 1980, one block west of its original site at 1605 Goodwin Street.
The home’s recent renovations include a new kitchen, pantry and powder bath, as well as an updated foyer floor. The backyard has been completely renewed with new sod, landscaping, new pavers under the pergola and stone walkways.
1855 Ingleside Avenue
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Previously featured in RAP’s 27th Annual Home Tour, this home on Ingleside Ave. with Mediterranean Revival features is back to charm us again.
The home is nestled on the corner of Hedrick and Ingleside and was built in 1922 for S.R. Smith. The permit for this home and its 1843 Ingleside garage apartment was issued for just $9,500. The home features massive pillars, barrel tile roof, arched entries, and a wrought-iron stairwell that gives it its Mediterranean charm.
The house has been in good hands throughout its history and the current homeowners have updated the rails and balusters on their foyer staircase with traditional wood. In their kitchen, they’ve updated the cabinets, installed new countertops, and replaced the travertine with hardwood flooring.
2345 Riverside Avenue
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This Colonial Revival was once threatened by commercial zoning and development on Riverside Avenue, but still stands in its original location thanks to dedicated preservation efforts.
The facade displays typical Colonial Revival elements, including decorative window muntins in the dormer and the symmetry of the Doric columns that frame the entryway. The columns carry over to the porte cochere, an important element of the architecture of this home. By the 1920’s, automobiles had become commonplace, and the porte cochere offered shelter for passengers getting out of the car before the driver proceeded down the driveway to the garage.
2755 Oak Street
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This one-and-a-half-story bungalow was built in 1909 (or a few years earlier) and in 1976, it was the first house to display one of RAP’s “Restoration In Progress” banners, which started as a project of the American Bicentennial.
This bungalow retains its original architectural charm and features a broad shed dormer and a four-bay veranda decorated with scroll-sawn brackets on the porch posts. Guests will be surprised to see the massive hidden backyard, and see photos from the early days of this old home’s story.
During the Home Tour, guests will have the opportunity to view artworks by artist and Avondale resident, Ashley Woodson Bailey.
3555 Randall Street
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This three-bedroom, two-bath bungalow boasts many features that have been updated over the decades, all while maintaining its classic aesthetics, including high ceilings that allow the multitude of cased windows to bathe the rooms in sunlight. The backyard is enhanced by a wraparound wooden deck that overlooks a pool and a spa the owners installed after purchasing the home in August 2023. The garage has been given a second life as a pool house.
The homeowners worked hard to stay true to the original style of the house and they milled the outdoor siding and new interior trim to match that in the rest of the house. In the new master suite, Home Tour guests will find heart pine floors constructed with logs dredged from the St Mary’s River that were crafted into boards to specifically match the rest of the 100 year-old pine floors in the other bedrooms.
3583 Hedrick Street
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This home reflects a refined early Colonial Revival style with its symmetrical brick facade, central hall layout, and formal pedimented entry.
After purchasing the home in January 2021, the homeowners partnered with Centerbeam Construction to thoughtfully update the interior while honoring its historic character. Major improvements included new electrical and plumbing systems and a transformative two-story rear addition featuring a mudroom and half-bath, creating better flow between the main living spaces and kitchen.
2257 Ernest Street
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Under the stewardship of a fourth-generation homeowner, this bungalow was built in 1923 and offers unique features such as a coquino concrete foundation, chimney, and continuous patio. This gable has a ventilation/window grouping with a Palladian treatment, typical of many bungalows in the area. Tuscan columns on coquino piers and the turned concrete balustrade make this home stand out on Ernest St.
The current homeowner has completed an 11-year restoration of the property since obtaining the title from his uncle in 2014, including taking the house down to its studs and rebuilding everything.
1829 Powell Place
New Construction
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More information to come on this property!
2114 Oak Street
CovingtonAlsina
Art House hosted by Jacksonville Artists Guild
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This frame vernacular was under construction during the Great Fire of 1901 for William M. Angas, an attorney and president of the Land Mortgage Bank of Florida. Its original entrance faced Riverside Avenue. It had a large front yard facing the St. Johns River and a grand front entry.
Transitioned in 2000 to “The Inn at Oak Street,” a bed and breakfast, then-owners Tina Musico and Robert Eagle shifted the home’s entire wraparound porch and front entrance to Oak Street to help welcome guests. Musico and Eagle’s goal in the two-year long renovation was to bring the home as close to its former self as possible.The biggest challenge in this was that the home had no surviving images from its early days. Musico and Eagle worked to re-create pieces of this once grand mansion from the scraps of baseboards, window and door mouldings, and the railings and balusters they found while stripping this home back to its studs.
Today, 2114 Oak Street takes on a new life in the hands of Ann Covington who owns and operates CovingtonAlsina, a financial planning firm. Ann currently serves as Chair of the Board of Trustees of Historic Annapolis (Maryland) and she is invested in historic preservation. She has extensive experience renovating older homes and this project allows her to combine her passion for rehabilitation with her business.
1100 Stockton Street
Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd
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Sitting majestically between Forbes and Park streets, this year marks the fifth year that the Church of the Good Shepherd has been a featured property on the Home Tour.
Good Shepherd’s five-building campus is an architectural landmark that reflects the late Gothic Revival style and the Episcopal Church’s commitment to community and history. The well-known Good Shepherd pool boasts gothic leaded-glass clerestory windows and terra cotta, beige and eggshell tilework. It was donated to the church by Ada Cummer, the mother-in-law of Ninah Cummer of the Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens, in memory of her grandchildren for the enjoyment of the citizens of Jacksonville.
In addition to all its rich history, several new improvements have been made to Good Shepherd’s campus in the last year, including the addition of a new echo division to the church’s Skinner organ, made possible by local philanthropist John Parkyn.
Tickets
Tickets are $25 in advance and $30 the day of the event (April 11 or 12). Each ticket includes one-time admission into each participating private residence on either Saturday OR Sunday. In addition to the tour, the weekend features a number of special events including guided bike tours, and the Art House, a pop-up gallery hosted by the Jacksonville Artists Guild.
GARDEN TOUR TICKET BUNDLE: Bundle a ticket to the Home Tour and RAP’s 6th Annual Garden Tour on Saturday, May 9 and save $5.
Twilight Party presented by Good Condition
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This year’s Twilight Party presented by Good Condition will take place at 1954 Greenwood Avenue in the Arden section of the Avondale historic district. With views of the St. Johns River and Fishweir Creek, the homeowner is excited to invite you into his home and learn more about the extensive renovations recently completed.
Guests will enjoy celebratory drinks, hors d’oeuvres from Biscotti’s and light music to kick off RAP’s biggest event of the year! Mingle with neighbors and friends as you enjoy this immaculate backyard transformation which maintains the mature live oak shade trees that define the space with modern touches. An in-ground heated swimming pool was added with a large patio and terracing.