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Camp appeared to have a successful practice in Athens with many of his residential designs being featured in the
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Continuing his business practice of selling stock plans, one of his contemporaries in
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In addition to the Old Duval High School (1907-1908), other more revival style buildings designed by Camp include the 1905 -06 addition to the
Florida National Bank Building, Fire Station # 2 (1909), and the Springfield Methodist Church. He also designed the Jones Brothers Furniture Store
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Jacksonville. Camp is also recognized as one of the first architects in Jacksonville outside of Henry John Klutho that was utilizing the avant-garde
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