Government House: National Significance
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Markerman62
N 29° 53.544 W 081° 18.778
17R E 469782 N 3306903
One of several markers about the Government House.
Waymark Code: WMK6YE
Location: Florida, United States
Date Posted: 02/21/2014
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Government House is nationally significant as the first known Federal government restoration of a historic building to accommodate modern governmental functions. Today's Government House was restored and enlarged in 1935-1937 by the U.S. Treasury Department on the site where a succession of colonial seats of government once stood.
Image captions:
Background-The whitewashed coquina governor's mansion with a crenellated tower was the colonial seat of government ca. 1713-1821.
Upper right-The east balcony and south gallery of the "Post Office" (now "Government House"), reconstructed in the St. Augustine colonial style, were photographed by Frances Benjamin Johnston in 1936 for the Carnegie Institution of Washington, D.C.
Marker Number: 0
Date: None
County: St Johns
Marker Type: Plaque
Sponsored or placed by: University of Florida Historic St. Augustine, Inc.
Website: [Web Link]
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