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3.5 Stars - 23 Opinions
955 Registry Boulevard, Suite 118, Saint Augustine, Florida, 32092, United States
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It sounds like the structure that is sitting is from the 1700s. Is there anything left of the 1575 home? There is a home in Maine, the John Bray House, that was built in 1662.
It is the Oldest House in Florida in the oldest European city in the United States and it has been continually occupied . Because there are other sites in the present day United States that are older, and some are European and some are not.
The laid back causal attitude of the town. Shopping is fun, just leave the charge cards at home. lol. The lighthouse was also very interesting to see. The people at the lighthouse are dressed in period clothing. Plus who wouldn't forget the climb up all those stairs. We stay at the Inn on Charlotte Street and it was our first b/b experience. We got the jacuzi room and had a balcony to gaze at the Manzatas bay. Very Nice...
In December 2001, we tried to anchor off the fort in St. Augustine as we had done in 2000, (it was undergoing renovation and you couldn't go into it), but while we could get our anchor to hold fine, there was a little fin keel boat which swung so wildly on the anchor that it swung around and hit us. We moved, but it looked like it was going to happen again with another boat, so we gave up and went in to the Municipal Marina.
This year (2003) when we went down, we saw that they have moved the channel markets out which reduces the area in which you can anchor. Our friends have now anchored on the green side of the channel (away from town) instead of on the red side.
There were about 36 boats anchored south (MM 779.5) of the bridge, but I don't care for that anchorage as well. The Municipal Marina will charge for using their dinghy dock. Dinghy dockage is $5.00 per day and not seven as I thought. ($25/week or $90/month) They say this includes amenities, which I guess are showers and trash disposal.
Internet connection is $1.50 per session which I thought was outrageous.
Spanish introduced tabby construction material to coastal Georgia and Florida. It is composed of sand, lime, oyster shell and water mixed into a cement-like mortar and poured into forms. The lime in tabby concrete was produced from burned oyster shells. The
In St. Augustine quarries coquina stone quickly overtook tabby as the primary construction material. Other areas, such as coastal Georgia, had no coquina, so tabby was used for construction into the 1890s.
In St. Augustine a small section of tabby wall exists along St. George St.
Tabby Wall
The wall left of this plaque extending 15' west is the only known example of a colonial tabby wall in St. Augustine. It has been covered to preserve and protect it. The end of the wall was left exposed to show its construction.
Tabby houses comprised 39% of the structures in the city in 1763 at the end of the first Spanish period. By 1788 only 5% remained.
Tabby, made of whole oyster shells, is the equivalent of modern poured concrete.
Preserved for prosperity by Mr. & Mrs. Donald L. Bessey 2002
My usual tip in America: public transportation is decidedly a joke in most of the USA. Few metros in city centers, a national bus system thats archaic and a national train system that is late, goes few places and frankly is an embarassment. In Florida its even worse than the 'norm'. Dispite a public voting mandate that bullet trains ply between Jacksonville/Orlando/Tampa/Miami..we are still waiting for any progress on that event. Miami does have a train that will get you a fair number of places..but the rest of Florida you have little choice but to rent a car.
Be served your meal in a tree house while you look out over the ocean. It really is a special place. The last two times I've eaten here I've had the "nutty fish" platter. It's a beautiful salad with fruit and some nut crusted fish with a fantastic dipping sauce. I highly recommend it!!
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