Comments on: L.D. Taylor and the History of Taylor Manor https://evelazarus.com/l-d-taylor-and-the-history-of-taylor-manor/ Mon, 23 Mar 2026 02:26:10 +0000 hourly 1 By: Geri Mickler https://evelazarus.com/l-d-taylor-and-the-history-of-taylor-manor/#comment-47010 Mon, 24 Jan 2022 02:19:10 +0000 http://blog.evelazarus.com/?p=1649#comment-47010 In reply to Property Assistant.

I remember driving by the taylor mansion on forest circle in jacksonville, Fl while a group of boys scouted around the house. It was vacant for a while. Im not sure if it was on the river or across the street from the river. My husband said he went into it at one time.

]]> By: Property Assistant https://evelazarus.com/l-d-taylor-and-the-history-of-taylor-manor/#comment-5130 Sun, 29 Dec 2019 05:29:15 +0000 http://blog.evelazarus.com/?p=1649#comment-5130 will someone please express the stories of the haunted Taylor Manor and why the history has been erased off the internet?

]]> By: Walter Mulligan and other BC Characters | Every House Has a Story https://evelazarus.com/l-d-taylor-and-the-history-of-taylor-manor/#comment-160 Tue, 25 Sep 2012 19:15:58 +0000 http://blog.evelazarus.com/?p=1649#comment-160 […] LD Taylor is the most elected mayor in Vancouver’s history, winning nine elections, losing seven, and serving eight terms between 1910 and 1934.  He looks like a nerdy little man in his trademark red tie and owlish glasses, but he was actually a bigamist and flamboyant risk taker.  In 1905, he bought the Vancouver World newspaper from Sara McLagan, sister of Samuel Maclure and built the Sun Tower. LD supported an eight-hour work day and women’s suffrage, and during his watch he oversaw the opening of YVR and the Burrard Street bridge. He had a relaxed approach to gambling, bootlegging and prostitution. He once told a reporter that he didn’t believe that it was the mayor’s job to make Vancouver a “Sunday school town.” […]

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