The Oldest School House
In the Oldest City
of the United States

Front Cover:

This is a very interesting book about Saint Augustine, Florida, touted by the book to be built by the Spaniards long before the Revolutionary War. The soft cover book was published in 1939 by William Frasier. The book measures 6 inches by 9 inches and contains 16 pages. The cover is firmly attached. The book has sustained some water damage. The pages are all separate and readable. They are slightly warped and spotted. This is mainly cosmetic. The pages show no signs of rips or tears. Exceptions noted, this is a good, readable copy.


Copyright


Top Left: The Oldest House, on St. Francis Street
Bottom Left: Driveway in Beautiful Fountain of Youth Park on Magnolia Avenue, North of City Gates
Top Right: Rear view of Oldest School House, taken from the garden back of the old Kitchen
Bottom Right: Patio of the Old Spanish Treasury on St. George and Treasury Streets


Various Personages:
  • King Philip Second of Spain who ordered the founding of San Augstin de la Florida
  • Christopher Gadsen, delegate to the first Colonial Congress and member of the first Continental Congress
  • General William Jenkins Worth, fought in the War of 1812 at close of which he was appointed Superintendent of the US Military Academy at West Point
  • Prince Achille Murat, a nephew of Napoleon who owned a plantation south of Saint Augustine


    • Back cover - Pictorial map showing points of interest in Old St. Augustine

    Excerpt:
    On the Oldest White Man’s Road
    The road by which this Oldest School House stands is the oldest permanent path made by white men north of Mexico. Much of Saint Augustine’s history is intimately linked to this long traveled highway. It is fitting to describe its part in the development of the Oldest City as an introduction to the period when the Old School House was new.

    When the Spaniards Came
    This high ground Indian trail became a white man’s road with the arrival of Spanish soldiers in 1565, thirty-four years before the first English settlers landed at Jamestown and fifty-five years before the Mayflower anchored off Plymouth Rock. Even earlier than this the location had been visited by Spaniards. In 1513 Juan Ponce de Leon first sighted the coast close to the harbor here. It was he who gave the harbor entrance the name Bara de la Florida shown on old Spanish maps. During the five days which he remained at his first landing place there can be little doubt that his men passed this way in their explorations...
    End excerpt

    Price: $15.00
    Please contact us for Shipping Costs

    Please contact us for further information at:

    milhousbooks@wowway.com, Thank you for your inquiry!

    Charles or Jean Milhous
    (216) 402-6587
    Milhous Books
    P.O. Box 25791
    Garfield Heights, Ohio 44125

    Sales Terms

    To see more books please visit Milhous Books Main Page