Oldest School House, St. George Street, St. Augustine, FL, 1945

Subject: Schools & Universities
Card type: Linen
Date: c. 1945 (Linen)

Back of Oldest School House, St. George Street, St. Augustine, FL, 1945, c. 1945 linen postcard — Back

About this postcard

The Oldest School House stands behind a picket fence on St. George Street, a small weathered clapboard building with a shingled roof, its facade covered in blooming wisteria and fronted by flower beds. A painted banner reading "OLDEST SCHOOL HOUSE" hangs beside the gate. The house is presented as the oldest wooden schoolhouse, standing just within the old city gates in St. Augustine, known as the oldest city in the United States. A Spanish map of 1788 records the red cedar house "in fair condition," and the building was used in a recent exhibition as a contrast to modern school architecture. Its survival in the colonial quarter ties it to St. Augustine's long history under Spanish, British, and American flags.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

Dear Papa, well here we are on our way back. It won't be long before we are home. we are staying overnight here, and will be leaving Florida tomorrow. I'll keep letting you hear from me. Be seeing you soon. Love from all, Helen

PublisherFlorida Souvenir Co.

The Oldest School House, St. George Street, St. Augustine, Florida OLDEST SCHOOL HOUSE The Oldest City in the United States --- The Oldest wooden School House, under three flags stands on quaint Old St. George Street just within the Old City Gates. As evidence a Spanish map of 1788 shows this red cedar house "in fair condition". It has been used in recent exhibition as contrast to the most modern types of school architecture. POST CARD FLORIDA SOUVENIR CO., ST. AUGUSTINE, FLORIDA TICHNOR QUALITY VIEWS REG. U.S. PAT. OFF. MADE ONLY BY TICHNOR BROS., INC., BOSTON, MASS.

PostmarkedSAINT AUGUSTINE, FL, May 10, 1945

Addressed to

Mr. Chas. Ceely

2003 Waudhin St. Brooklyn, NY

Postcard record

Postmarked	May 10, 1945, SAINT AUGUSTINE, FL
Publisher	Florida Souvenir Co.
Series	16 60881
Condition	Very good
Place addressed	Mr. Chas. Ceely, 2003 Waudhin St., Brooklyn, NY
Place depicted	St. George Street, Oldest School House, St. Augustine, FL
Place depicted	St. Augustine, FL
Stamp	1c George Washington, green, issued 1938, perforated on all sides
Stamp	1c George Washington, green, perforated on all sides
Notes	Linen-textured stock with a white border; printed card numbers "16" (upper right) and "60881" (lower right); sign reading "OLDEST SCHOOL HOUSE" is printed within the image on the school house. Postmark: SAINT AUGUSTINE MAY 10 A 1945 FLA. Linen-texture divided-back card with white border; heavy brown foxing/staining across the address side; 1¢ green Washington stamp.

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Oldest School House, St. George Street, St. Augustine, FL, 1945, postcard, c. 1945. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/oldest-school-house-st-george-street-st-augustine-fl-1945. Accessed November 2, 2026.