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Hotel Ponce de Leon, St. Augustine, FL, circa 1901

Subject
Hotels & Inns
Card type
Lithograph
Date
c. 1901 (Early)
Front of Hotel Ponce de Leon, St. Augustine, FL, circa 1901, c. 1901 lithograph postcard
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Back of Hotel Ponce de Leon, St. Augustine, FL, circa 1901, c. 1901 lithograph postcard
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Color view of the Hotel Ponce de Leon in St. Augustine, Florida, a large Spanish Renaissance-style resort with red tile roofs, two tall towers with conical red spires, and arcaded wings. In the foreground are formal gardens with palms, hedges, a small pond, and a sandy plaza with a horse-drawn carriage.

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PublisherRogero & Pomar
Hotel Ponce De Leon, St. Augustine, Fla. The Ponce De Leon is one of the front hotels forming the famous Alameda group, and is named after the discoverer of Florida, who landed near where St Augustine now is, on Easter Sunday 1512. The hotel is of Spanish architecture, built of shell concrete and ac- commodates over 1,000 guests. It is 520 feet long, faces 380 feet on the Alameda and covers nearly 5 acres. A turret rises 156 feet.
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PublisherRogero & Pomar
SeriesA-13522
ConditionGood
Place depictedSt. Augustine, FL
Place mentionedSt. Augustine, FL
PublisherSt. Augustine, FL
NotesThin white border at edges; color lithograph with visible halftone grain; light edge wear. No postmark, stamp, or address block; undivided back ('ADDRESS ONLY ON THIS SIDE'). Green-printed hotel description and stamp box; publisher imprint Rogero & Pomar, St. Augustine, Fla.; card number A-13522; dealer pencil notation 'E508 2 00' at top left. Front is a full-bleed color litho view of the Hotel Ponce De Leon.

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Hotel Ponce de Leon, St. Augustine, FL, circa 1901, postcard, c. 1901. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/hotel-ponce-de-leon-st-augustine-fl-circa-1901. Accessed November 2, 2026.