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Location of St. Johns County in Florida. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in St. Johns County, Florida. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in St. Johns County, Florida, United States. The locations of National Register properties ...
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]
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.
Jesse Fish (1724 or 1726–1790) was a shipmaster, [1] merchant, and realtor who lived in St. Augustine, Florida under both Spanish and British rule, and is infamous in the town's history to this day. He was a schemer involved in contraband trade and illegal real estate deals, and operated as a slaver, smuggler, and usurer.
The González-Jones House is a historic home built during the First Spanish Period (1565–1763) in Saint Augustine, Florida. It is located at 56 Marine Street , one block north of the González–Alvarez House (14 Saint Francis) and the Saint Francis Barracks (82 Marine).
State Road 312 begins at the intersection between SR 207 and SR 312, where SR 207 continues northeast into central St. Augustine. About 0.4 miles (0.64 km) east of the western terminus, SR 312 passes over the Florida East Coast Railway main line via an overpass. one mile (1.6 km) from the western terminus, SR 312 intersects U.S. Route 1 (US 1), with SR 312 continuing a few blocks east through ...
The Historic St. Augustine Preservation Board reconstructed the Wells Print Shop in 1968 on Cuna Street. The original Wells printing press owned by William and John was located on Treasury Lane. The all-wooden shop was constructed using board-and- batten building method, which the British settlers in St. Augustine preferred for its quick ...
Gallows Bay may refer to: Gallows Bay, Christiansted, United States Virgin Islands; Gallows Bay, Oranjestad, Netherlands Antilles This page was last edited on 28 ...