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Creation Date
6-15-2009
Building Name
Gonzalez-Alvarez House
Description
Gonzalez-Alvarez House Sign, St Augustine, Fl.
This marker is outside the Gonzalez -Alvarez House, which is one of the oldest house in St Augustine and the state of Florida. This was built between 1702-1727. National Register of Historic Places #70000845
The text on the marker reads as :
Gonzalez-Alvarez House (The Oldest House)
" For more than three centuries this site has been occupied by St. Augustinians. Beginning about 1650, a succession of thatched wooden structures were their homes. This coquina stone house was built soon after the English burned St. Augustine in 1702, and originally was a one-story rectangle with two rooms. As times changed during the Spanish, British and American occupations, a wooden second story, an off-street porch, and other features were added. Preserved by St. Augustine Historical Society since 1918, the house became a registered national landmark in 1970."
Sponsored by the St. Johns County Historical Commission in cooperation with the Department of State.
Historical marker raised by: [Florida Department Of State] [Saint Johns County Historical Commission]
Latitude, Longitude
29.88802500, -81.30996944
Recommended Citation
George Lansing Taylor, Jr. "Gonzalez-Alvarez House Sign, St. Augustine, FL." (2009). Image Collection. #70000845. University of North Florida, Thomas G. Carpenter Library Special Collections and Archives. UNF Digital Commons, https://digitalcommons.unf.edu/historical_architecture_main/3203/
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