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 Public Library - St. Augustine, FL Posted by:  Rayman
N 29° 53.488 W 081° 18.696
17R E 469914 N 3306799
Another old building in St. Augustine, it has been the home of the city's public library since around 1900.
Waymark Code: WM5ZMW
Location: Florida, United States
Date Posted: 03/07/2009
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From Florida: A Guide to the Southernmost State in the St. Augustine points of interest section:
The PUBLIC LIBRARY (open 9:30-5:30 weekdays), 5 Aviles St., owned by the St. Augustine Library Association, is a two-story coquina and wood structure erected prior to 1785. When Florida was ceded to the United States the house was rented to Joseph J. Smith, member of the Florida supreme court, and here was born Edmund Kirby-Smith, last of the Confederate generals to surrender. The garden and fountain in the rear patio are framed by Romanesque arches. The library contains 14,500 volumes in addition to the Ammidown Genealogical Collection, and the Caldecott Collection of original drawings.
General Kirby sold the house in 1887 and it became a boarding house with offices. In 1895, John and Frances Wilson gave the lot and building to a private organization for use as a free public library. Today the building is still used as the St. Augustine Historical Society Research Library.
Book: Florida
Page Number(s) of Excerpt: 255
Year Originally Published: 1939
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