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Excerpt from 1885 birdseye view of St. Augustine, Florida, depicting the Lincolnville neighborhood. When Standard Oil magnate Henry Flagler came to St. Augustine in the 1880s, he redeveloped the city to serve as a "Winter Newport," a resort for the wealthy. His changes also affected Lincolnville.
The Gallegos House is located at 21 St. George Street in St. Augustine, Florida. It is a reconstructed property demonstrating a typical home of Florida's First Spanish Period (1565-1764). It is a reconstructed property demonstrating a typical home of Florida's First Spanish Period (1565-1764).
The Hotel Ponce de Leon, also known as The Ponce, was a luxury hotel in St. Augustine, Florida, built by millionaire developer and Standard Oil co-founder Henry M. Flagler. Built between 1885–1887, the winter resort opened in January 1888.
The Llambias House (also known as the Fernandez-Llambias House) is a historic house located at 31 Saint Francis Street in St. Augustine, Florida. Built sometime before 1763, it is one of the few houses in Florida to survive from the first period of Spanish Florida. It was designated a National Historic Landmark on April 15, 1970. [1]
In the same year, St. Augustine was transferred from Spanish to British ownership, and Jesse Fish was charged with finding a buyer for the lot. He sold it, along with the adjacent Rodriguez-Avero-Sanchez house, to Joseph Dyason in 1768. Prior to the sale, there were two small tabby houses on the lot, but they were demolished before the sale was ...
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.
Anderson had first arrived in St. Augustine with his wife and two daughters in 1829. A portion of the land east of the residence was sold by Dr. Andrew Anderson Jr., the son of Dr. Anderson Sr, in 1887 to Henry M. Flagler for construction of the Ponce de León Hotel. Dr. Anderson Jr. died in 1924.