Historic building near Cummer Museum will be demolished, due to termites

It was built in 1927, but it probably won't be around much longer.

We've learned the Women's Club of Jacksonville on Riverside Avenue will have to be demolished, after an apparent termite infestation.

That's according to the Cummer Museum's Executive Director Hope McMath. She tells us they've spent the last nine months working with scientists and engineers to find some sort of alternative, but they've decided it will need to come down.

McMath says the museum isn't the only one dealing with this problem.

"It turns out, historic districts throughout the country, really in the southeast, have been dealing with this and it's very destructive," McMath tells our partner Action News Jax.

That means the museum's plan to renovate the building and turn it into a place for lectures and concerts won't be happening.

They're now working with the state on the demolition, but there's still no exact date on when that will happen.