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Its long colonial history extends to 1822, when Spanish East Florida was annexed to the United States as part of the Florida Territory. The city core's street plan, with narrow streets, dates to the first period of Spanish control, which ended in 1763 with the cession of Florida to Great Britain. Britain returned Florida to Spain in 1784.
[1] [2] The library was first located in the U.S. Customs house, now known as the Government House at 48 King St, St. Augustine, FL. Its second location, at 12 Aviles Street in St. Augustine, Florida, is the building currently known as the Segui-Kirby Smith House and still stands as a Research Library for the Saint Augustine Historical Society.
The community was established after the American Civil War in 1866. Freedmen (and women) Peter Sanks, Matilda Papy, Harriet Weedman, Miles Hancock, Israel McKenzie, Aaron DuPont and Tom Solana leased land for $1.00 a year on what was then the west bank of Maria Sanchez Creek, across from the developed part of St. Augustine.
The St. Augustine Restoration Inc. decided to take on reconstructing the Rodríguez House in the late 1960s using funds donated by Edward Ball of Jacksonville, Florida. [2] During the time of St. Augustine's downtown living history museum, San Agustín Antiguo, this structure was used to house craft demonstrations such as pottery making. [3 ...
The González–Álvarez House is located in a residential area south of downtown St. Augustine, on the north side of St. Francis Street between Charlotte and Marine Streets. It is a two-story structure, its first floor built of coquina and its upper level framed in wood with a clapboarded exterior. It is covered by a hip roof finished with ...
St. Johns County listings at Florida's Office of Cultural and Historical Programs; Rodriguez-Avero-Sanchez House; Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. FL-126, "Rodriguez-Avero-Sanchez House, 52 Saint George Street, Saint Augustine, St. Johns, FL", 7 photos, 3 measured drawings, 16 data pages, supplemental material
The house was interpreted as a representation of a wealthy St. Augustine family. The Ribera House Garden became the first formal garden in the restored downtown area. There was a dedication ceremony to open the garden in early May 1968. The president of the Florida Federation of Garden Clubs, Inc., Carroll O. Griffin, presided over the ceremony.