Historic Downtown Jacksonville duplex draws community action after years of neglect

A group of community volunteers is taking matters into their own hands at a 118-year-old duplex sitting in neglect in downtown Jacksonville — and they want answers about who owns it and why.The historic property at 411 North Liberty Street, built in 1908, had couches, wooden boards, beds and garbage scattered around it before members of the social media page Rootin4Jax showed up to clean it out.“We said, hey, we see a problem in the community, so we decided to show up and take some action and report it to the city so that they are aware of it — to get something going, to do something about it,” said Jesse Jones, the creator of Rootin4Jax, a page dedicated to highlighting historic buildings and preservation in Jacksonville.Six complaints, one neglected propertyAccording to the city of Jacksonville, the property has racked up six complaints and case records in the last five years. Those complaints include overgrowth, trash and debris, an unsecured vacant structure, and unsafe structural