Have you ever stopped by Tedi's Olde Tyme Ice Cream on St. George Street? Long before serving sweet treats, the site was home to the Benet family and their store. Let us take a scoop into the past of 65 St. George Street. Located on the southeast corner of Cuna and St. George Streets, the …
Extra, extra! Read all about it! Today, we have a piece of news that is not so hot off the presses. To be exact this story is over 50 years old: The printing pressed used by the Historic St. Augustine Preservation Board from the 1960s until 1990s is a replica! The Board's shop built the …
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Images in Governor's House Library's collection reveal the faces of those responsible for the excavations and reconstruction of colonial St. Augustine between the 1960s and 1980s - many of which were Black men. The Historic St. Augustine Preservation Board hired general laborers to systematically recover foundations and source building materials - enabling the restoration and …
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Just across the Matanzas River from downtown St. Augustine is Anastasia Island. Today, we know it as a sprawling, lively spot for businesses, tourist attractions, beaches, and residential area. But just 100 years ago, the island was very different. D.P. Davis (Florida Memory) David Paul "D.P." Davis was a Tampa land developer already well known …
Today, many old neighborhoods make up the city of St. Augustine. Each one contains stories and characteristics obtained over generations of inhabitation - first by the Timucua and more recently by us. Join us in exploring one such neighborhood - known as the Model Land Company Historic District. A twenty-block neighborhood located between Cordova, King, …
The Ramones once sang, "Well, I don't care about history..." Lucky for you all, we do! While the Ramones head to rock-n-roll high school, let us crack open our history books to learn about St. Augustine High and Grade School at 40 Orange Street - also known as Orange Street School. St. Augustine High and …
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Today, we are checking-into the past at the Casa Monica Hotel. The Moorish and Spanish Baroque Revival structure - located at 95 Cordova Street - first opened its doors to guests in 1888. Unlike the neighboring Flagler-era hotels, this building still operates as a hotel today - making it one of the oldest hotels in …
St. Augustine's Visitor Information Center - at 10 West Castillo Drive - greets thousands of tourists every year. As they enter the one-story structure's arcaded porch, the visitors step back in time - not into the 1500s, but rather the 1930s. Originally known as the Civic Center, the building began welcoming guests to St. Augustine …
Today, Lake Maria Sanchez is a lake located at the southern end of Lincolnville and St. Augustine's peninsula. We know a lake may not sound too exciting in a state full of waterways, but did you know this lake wasn't always a lake? Also, who was Maria Sanchez? (The answer is not the professional tennis …
Over 100,000 years ago, the St. Johns River formed as Florida's peninsula took shape. Starting as trapped ocean water, the river eventually became over 300 miles long and a vital part of life. Its freshwater flows northwards from marshes in today's Indian River County to the Atlantic Ocean in present-day Jacksonville. Humans began to call …
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