Hotel Alcazar-Flagler Era, Built 1887-1889
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Markerman62
N 29° 53.490 W 081° 18.840
17R E 469682 N 3306804
Located at the front entrance to the Lightner Museum, 75 King St, St. Augustine, FL
Waymark Code: WMW837
Location: Florida, United States
Date Posted: 07/22/2017
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The Hotel Alcazar was constructed by Henry Flagler, Standard Oil Company co-founder and developer of the Florida East Coast Railway. The Alcazar was part of a trio of Moorish and Spanish Renaissance Revival styled resorts that depicted Flagler's ideal of a "Riviera" in St. Augustine. The building was designed by New York architecture firm Carreer and Hastings and constructed by McQuire and McDonald Company of St. Augustine using cast concrete with coquina shell aggregate and terra Cotta features. The hotel closed in 1932 and was purchased by O.C. Lightner in 1947 to exhibit his collections. The building now serves as the Lightner Museum and City Hall.
Listed in the national Register of Historic Places by the U.S. Department of the Interior
Marker Number: None
Date: None
County: St Johns
Marker Type: Plaque
Sponsored or placed by: City of St. Augustine
Website: Not listed
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