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Gonzalez
- Alvarez House
Location
of sign - 14 St. Francis Street in St. Augustine Florida.
Photo
taken- December 2008
Photo
courtesy of Jimmy Wayne
Text
of sign:
Gonzalez
- Alvarez House
(The
Oldest House)
For
more than three centuries this site has been occupied by St.
Augustinians. Beginning about 1650, a succession of thatched
wooden
structures were their homes. This coquina stone house was built soon
after the English burned St. Augustine in 1702, and
originally
was a one -story rectangle with two rooms. As times changed during
the Spanish, British and American occupations, a
wooden
second story, an off-street porch, and other features were added.
Preserved by the St. Augustine Historical Society since
1918,
the house became a registered national landmark in 1970.
Sponsored
by The St. Johns County Historical Commission In Cooperation With
the Department of State
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