Comments on: Rest in Peace: Bayard, Florida

By: Linda

Linda — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 03:23:13 +0000

I have been thinking about Bayard for a week now wanting to go back and visit the old antique store. Somehow I stumbled on your website. It saddens me to hear all this is gone. I just knew that was the old post office.I lived and grew up on Baymeadows rd. when it was a single lane dirt rd and didn’t cross Philips highway or Goodbys creek to San jose Blvd. I was told my grandmother used to live in Bayard a short time when she was a young girl but I’m not really sure. Sad to see so much history leaving. I’ll have to drive that way and see the changes. Althought I’d probably cry.

By: Tia Nevitt

Tia Nevitt — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 22:17:18 +0000

I love that this post is still attracting comments almost 2 years later! There’s a lot of knowledge accumulating in this post.

I’m surprised that the building with the posts was a post office! I was sure it was a house because of the swing set.

By: Neil Targonski

Neil Targonski — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 17:45:56 +0000

Yes this was Steve’s trucks stop who was my grandfather Steve Targonski…I still live in Bayard, and some of the old homes are still there. My family were the 1st settlers in bayard, and have built almost everything there… The old building with all the posts in front was the old post office…

By: Tia Nevitt

Tia Nevitt — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 09:59:09 +0000

Oh, yes–we walk all through that “antique mall” but I forgot to get pictures of them.

I really need to do another one of these posts. I was getting a picture of an old hotel north of Jacksonville once when an old man–who must have owned the place–started yelling at me!

By: jane milles

jane milles — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 02:23:42 +0000

Loved your pics….I am a Mandarin resident for over 20 yrs and remember all those buildings…ironically I was in Bayard yesterday at the old bungelows from the 30′s that now serve the communities as antigue shops! I peeked into one cottages bathroom and manthat was an old sight!

By: Tia Nevitt

Tia Nevitt — Sat, 26 Feb 2011 19:01:09 +0000

Thank you!

By: Priscilla West

Priscilla West — Sat, 26 Feb 2011 17:49:44 +0000

Malcolm,
My mom and dad said they believe the name of the truck stop was Steve’s Truck Stop.
Priscilla

By: Tia Nevitt

Tia Nevitt — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 21:48:19 +0000

I don’t know. I didn’t live in this area back then.

By: Malcolm Main

Malcolm Main — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 17:20:21 +0000

What was the name of the truck stop in Bayard during the seventies?

By: Ray Dominey

Ray Dominey — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 15:59:46 +0000

Hi, I am very interested in obtaining digital images of anything Bayard.

Can you help with this request?

Thanks,

Ray