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The building was designed and constructed by the P.J. Pauley Jail Building and Manufacturing Company of St. Louis, Missouri in 1891. Its construction was financed by Henry Flagler, who struck a deal with the county for $10,000 because the former jail building stood on land that Flagler needed for the construction of his Ponce de León Hotel. [2]
Incorporated as St. Augustine's Normal School and Collegiate Institute on July 19, 1867, St. Augustine's opened on January 13, 1868, with Jacob Brinton Smith as its first principal. [12] The first classes were held at the state fairgrounds in a former army barrack donated by Major General Oliver Otis Howard , the head of the Freedmen's Bureau ...
Eastern terminus of Hypoluxo Road: Lantana: 216.445: 348.334: Ocean Avenue east: Former SR 812: 216.606: 348.594: Lantana Road west to I-95: Eastern terminus of Lantana Road and unsigned CR 812: 216.945: 349.139: SR 5 north (Federal Highway) Northern end of SR 5 concurrency; southern end of SR 805 concurrency; northbound exit and southbound ...
St. Aug’s vowed to “appeal to a higher authority” after losing its accreditation appeal, and has resorted to a fund-raising scheme that is, frankly, beneath its dignity: a Go-Fund Me page.
University of Florida Historic St. Augustine, Inc. (UFHSA) is located at 48 King Street in St. Augustine, Florida (the location of Government House).University of Florida encourages UFHSA to preserve and interpret state owned properties in St. Augustine that will in turn satisfy and support state needs of professionals in historic preservation, archaeology, cultural resources management ...
On History Channel's hit show "Pawn Stars," a man came in to sell a 1907 Saint-Gaudens double eagle $20 gold coin. The coins are extremely rare, and some of them have sold for more than $1 million ...
Flagler returned to St. Augustine in 1885 and made Smith an offer. If Smith could raise $50,000, Flagler would invest $150,000 and they would build a hotel together. Smith couldn't come up with the funds, [ 7 ] so Flagler began construction of the 540-room Ponce de León Hotel by himself, spending several times his original estimate.
In March 1958 a group from St. Augustine asked Florida Governor LeRoy Collins for the creation of a historic preservation program for the city's historic downtown. On June 11, 1959, House Bill 774 was signed into law, establishing the St. Augustine Historical Restoration and Preservation Commission and giving it $150,000 of state funds to begin ...