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In 1874, the city of St. Augustine, Florida opened a "subscription library". The library was called the St. Augustine Free Public Library, located at 12 Aviles Street [2] in downtown St. Augustine, Florida, now known as the Segui-Kirby Smith House. It currently serves as a research library for the Saint Augustine Historical Society. [3]
The couple helped form the St. Augustine Library Association and gave the building to a private organization to be used as a free public library, where it remained from 1874 until the 1980s. [6] Since it was integrated into the public library system in 1977, the library was moved to the main branch of St Johns County Public Library System when ...
The Alma Jordan Library [1] at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Trinidad and Tobago, was named after UWI librarian Dr. Alma Jordan in 2012. [2] [3] The four-storied library is located on the St. Augustine Campus of the UWI. It is the largest of the libraries in the St Augustine Campus libraries network, with approximately 600,000 ...
The library system, which serves Florida's twelve public universities, is one of the largest in the world, with more than 18 million items. [2] Though each campus library is separate, they share a reciprocal borrowing agreement known as the Florida Distance Learning Initiative, signed on February 9, 1999.
The Proctor Library was built in 1994-95, replacing the demolished home of artist Felix de Crano, which had been the last classic Shingle Style house in St. Augustine. [9] The library's collection contains approximately 102,047 printed volumes, 212,689 electronic books, 4,180 audiovisual items, 630 periodicals, and 5 newspapers, as well as ...
Governor's House Library is managed jointly by UF Historic St. Augustine, Inc., and the UF George A. Smathers Libraries with the mission of preserving and providing access to the historical resources that enhance our understanding and appreciation of the St. Augustine's built heritage. Primarily created by a defunct state agency, the Historic ...
The Abbott Tract Historic District is a 33 acres (13 ha) historic district in St. Augustine, Florida. It is bounded by Matanzas Bay, Pine, San Marco, and Shenandoah Avenues. On July 21, 1983, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. It contains 124 contributing buildings. [1] It is a 17 block area. [2]
St. Johns County listings at Florida's Office of Cultural and Historical Programs at Florida's Office of Cultural and Historical Programs; Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. FL-123, "Don Miguelde O'Reilly House, 32 Aviles Street, Saint Augustine, St. Johns County, FL", 8 photos, 3 measured drawings, 8 data pages, supplemental material