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The Salcedo House was a dwelling constructed in St. Augustine's First Spanish Period (1565–1763).By the end of this period the house belonged to Alfonsa de Avero. Avero, her sisters living nearby, and their families left St. Augustine with other Spaniards when Florida was transferred to the British with the 1763 Treaty of Paris.
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.
St. Augustine is the county seat of St. Johns County, Florida. [101] [102] The city of St. Augustine operates under a city commission government, specifically the commissioner-manager form, with an elected mayor, vice mayor, and city commission. Additionally, the government includes a city manager, city attorney, city clerk, and various city ...
Columbia Restaurant is a restaurant in Ybor City, Tampa, Florida. It is the oldest continuously operated restaurant in Florida, [2] as well as the oldest Spanish restaurant in the United States. [3] The 15 dining rooms cover 52,000 ft seating 1,700 customers. It is the largest Spanish restaurant in the world and occupies an entire city block.
St. Augustine, founded by Spain in 1565, is the oldest permanent European settlement on the mainland of North America, north of Mexico. Its long colonial history extends to 1822, when Spanish East Florida was annexed to the United States as part of the Florida Territory. The city core's street plan, with narrow streets, dates to the first ...
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The St. Augustine Historical Society acquired the property in 1934 and began efforts to preserve the building in the late 1940s. Structural beams were added to the interior and exterior, and a kitchen and bathroom were installed on the second floor. [9] The Historical Society sold it to the Historic St. Augustine Preservation Board in 1988. [10]
Commemorative plaque May 2019. Villa Zorayda (also known as the Zorayda Castle) is a house at 83 King Street in St. Augustine, Florida. [2] Built in 1883 by the eccentric Boston millionaire Franklin W. Smith as his winter home, [3] it was inspired by the 12th-century Moorish Alhambra Palace in Granada, Spain.