Lawton Leroy Pratt

Lawton Leroy Pratt (1886–1943) was an American businessman, mortician, and funeral director.

[1] Lawson Leroy Pratt was the second African American mortician licensed in Florida and began business in 1900.

It was designed by architect Joseph Haygood Blodgett, an African American who worked in Jacksonville.

The Florida Archives have a photo of L. L. Pratt Undertaking at 527 West Beaver Street, where the family lived upstairs and did business below.

[3] In 2021, a plan for adaptive reuse of the home with a conversion to apartments was proposed.