Everywhere you look in St. Augustine, history is looking right back at you. The list of historic places never ends in the beautiful 460-year-old city, and News4JAX anchor John Asebes visited a few on a tour around town.
A marker designating the historically Black neighborhood of Lincolnville is one of the first things you’ll see when you enter the community.A stroll through Lincolnville: Take a trip back in time in St.
Augustine’s historically Black neighborhood Read full article: A stroll through Lincolnville: Take a trip back in time in St. Augustine’s historically Black neighborhoodThe list of historic places never ends in the beautiful 460-year-old city.The beautifully maintained building made of native coquina stone was built in the 1700s.Anna, the last living member of the Peck family, donated the house to the city. Now, some of the money made from the gift shop goes to the Women’s Exchange of St. Augustine, which awards scholarship funds to women going back to school. “Typically, it is a single mother, or someone who has left a bad relationship or anyone who wants to further their education,” said Mary Jane Bradshaw with the Women’s Exchange. From St. George Street, I made my way over to the Governor’s House Cultural Center and Museum on King Street. Everywhere you look in St. Augustine, history is looking right back at you. The list of historic places never ends in the beautiful 460-year-old city.Billy Triay gave me a tour of the first floor, part of which is now an art gala and exhibit, a room that used to be where the mail was sorted, and where important law enforcement officials used to come and go. “For about 10 years, you had the FBI because of the movement of the mob down in Miami,” Triay explained.But my favorite part of the tour was a royal experience commemorating a visit from King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia of Spain in September 2015, as part of the city’s 450th-anniversary celebration. The view from the balcony of the Governor's House where King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia of Spain spoke in 2015.From my view on the balcony where the royal couple spoke, I could see Trinity Parish, my next stop. “We are the oldest Protestant church in the state of Florida, and we are open to everyone who wants to worship with us,” said Kay Puckett, who showed me the old pipe organ and the Tiffany windows originally donated to the church in 1905. The church was founded many years before that, in 1821, when Spain left the area, peaceably turning over the Spanish colonies of East and West Florida -- including St. Augustine -- to the United States.To this day, visitors fill the pews as the organs play, and some locals have been coming for years.John anchors at 9 a.m. on The Morning Show with Melanie Lawson and then jumps back into reporter mode after the show with the rest of the incredibly talented journalists at News4JAX.Ciara joined the News4JAX team in 2018 and now works as the Special Projects Producer where she specializes in issues surrounding Social Justice. Ciara’s passion for creating meaningful stories for her hometown of Jacksonville has earned her multiple awards.
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