HISTORYA look inside the childhood home of Lynyrd Skynyrd's Ronnie, Donnie and Johnny Van ZantStaffFlorida Times-UnionThe Westside Jacksonville childhood home of Ronnie, Johnny, and Donnie Van Zant was named a Florida Heritage site in 2018.Bob Self/Florida Times-UnionOwner Todd Smith stands in the living room of the Van Zant family home, where the walls used to be covered with the gold records and awards of the Van Zant siblings. Smith bought the old 1970s Van Zant family home where Ronnie and Johnny Van Zant of Lynyrd Skynyrd and Donnie Van Zant of .38 Special all grew up.Bob Self/Florida Times-UnionCharles Harding walks around the exterior of the Van Zant family home on May 8, 2018.Bob Self/Florida Times-UnionThe kitchen of the Van Zant family home in need of restoration and renovation as seen in this picture from May 8, 2018.Bob Self/Florida Times-UnionTodd Smith stands in the living room of the 1970s vintage Van Zant family home, complete with an avocado-colored rotary phone.Bob Self/Florida Times-UnionProperty owner Todd Smith and Charles Harding look around the Van Zant family home on May 8, 2018.Bob Self/Florida Times-UnionProperty owner Todd Smith, left, and Charles Harding, right, who lives in a mobile home behind the Van Zant house and is helping with the renovation and restoration project, move a historic marker on Tuesday, May 8, 2018.Bob Self/Florida Times-UnionLynyrd Skynyrd artifacts and memorabilia collected by Todd Smith and Charles Harding are shown in the home.Bob Self/Florida Times-UnionCharles Harding holds his guitar autographed by band members connected to the Lynyrd Skynyrd band on Tuesday, May 8, 2018.Bob Self/Florida Times-UnionTodd Smith puts a tape into the functioning 8-track cassette player and turntable console complete with Lynyrd Skynyrd tapes. Plans were for these to be a part of the renovated Van Zant family home.Bob Self/Florida Times-UnionAnother photo of a functioning 8-track cassette player and turntable console complete with Lynyrd Skynyrd tapes that were to be a part of the renovated Van Zant family home.Bob Self/Florida Times-UnionCharles Harding holds his copy of the 1969 Lee High School yearbook with faculty member Leonard Skinner's photograph Tuesday, May 8, 2018. Skinner was the namesake of the Lynyrd Skynyrd band.Bob Self/Florida Times-UnionThe 1969 Lee High School yearbook photo of 'Donny Van Sandt', believed to be the photo and a misspelling of Donnie Van Zant, the lead singer and founder of .38 Special, Tuesday, May 8, 2018.Bob Self/Florida Times-UnionAn autographed page on Johnny Van Zant in the Van Zant Family Southern Music Scrapbook, Tuesday, May 8, 2018.Bob Self/Florida Times-UnionThe historic marker that was to be installed outside the Van Zant family home, Tuesday, May 8, 2018.Bob Self/Florida Times-Union