Garcia-Dummett House, Block 52, Lot 10

Garcia-Dummett House, Block 52, Lot 10

Architecture

The house was built as a residence for Gaspar Garcia and Spanish characteristics are still evident including how the building relates to the street edge and the coquina stone building material protected under a stucco finish. Later, a third floor with mansard roof was added thus characterizing the building as Second Empire Style.The building was converted into a boarding house after the death of Colonel Henry Thomas Dummett by daughters Anna and Sara. With the growth of St. Augustine in the 1800s many buildings acquired similar decorative detailing such as turned posts and porch brackets on the balconies. Today, the house operates as St. Francis Inn.

State Photographic Archives, Strozier Library, Florida State University

Ca. 1900

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Print Photograph

English

Garcia-Dummett House

279 St. George Street

St. Augustine

Florida

U.S.A.