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 …
Hunter Makin started as an intern at the Governor's House Library during his Spring Semester 2022 at Flagler College. Makin calls the city of Winter Garden, Florida home during his summers and breaks, but Saint Augustine his second home during the school year. As a student at Flagler, Makin is pursuing a Bachelor of Arts …
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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 …
Continue reading Hot Off The Presses: Printing History At San Agustin Antíguo
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 …
Continue reading Unidentified: Looking For Names And Stories In The Archives
In 1764, Juan de Rivera lived at present-day 22 St. George Street. He was born around 1732 into a family of either Guale or Yamassee Native Americans from the nearby mission Nuestra Señora del Rosario de la Punta. His father was Pedro de Rivera and his mother María de la Cruz. Rivera followed in his …
We think the best part about the de la Puente map is that we're able to make connections not only between people and their homes, but between neighbors. On Friday, we explored the Rodriguez family and their home, and today we're heading just a few feet southeast to the Sanchez de Ortigosa family. Jose Sanchez …
Continue reading Vecinos en San Agustin (Neighbors in St. Augustine)
You may have walked up and down St. George Street countless times and never noticed the Rodriguez House, a petite structure unusually set far back from the road. It's nestled between the former Monk's Vineyard and the Spanish Dutch Convoy shop near the intersection of St. George and Cuna Streets. Though it's small in square …
Have you ever been to the Hyppo on St. George Street? Way before they were serving us all deliciously cold pops, it was the home of the Ortega family! If you've been following along this month, you know how vital the de la Puente map is to our understanding of Spanish colonial St. Augustine and …
Supermarkets and grocery stores play an important role in our communities. They keep us fed and supplied with everything we need and want. These days, we could not be more grateful for their essential work. So today let us take shopping trip back in time to one such store which once stood on St. George …
When archaeologists dig, they reveal centuries of lives and stories from a piece of land. The layers of history and dirt produce the foundation of the St. Augustine Historical Restoration and Preservation Commission's work. At sites - such as Oliveros House - we can see how stratified history can be in St. Augustine. So today, …
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