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Gonzalez-Alvarez House - The Oldest House FL173 Print E-mail

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 the 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.

St. Francis St., St. Augustine, Saint Johns County Florida

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