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Oldest School House, St. George Street, St. Augustine, Florida, circa 1940

Subject
Schools & Universities
Card type
Linen
Date
c. 1930 (White Border)
Front of Oldest School House, St. George Street, St. Augustine, Florida, circa 1940, c. 1930 linen postcard
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Back of Oldest School House, St. George Street, St. Augustine, Florida, circa 1940, c. 1930 linen postcard
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About this postcard

A small weathered clapboard house with a shingled roof and a chimney stands behind a picket fence on St. George Street, its walls draped in purple wisteria and its yard bright with flowers; a banner reading "OLDEST SCHOOL HOUSE" hangs from poles at the right. The building is presented as the oldest schoolhouse in St. Augustine, the Spanish-founded settlement of 1565 that bills itself as the oldest continuously occupied European city in the United States. The structure is a popular early-20th-century tourist stop in the city's restored colonial quarter.

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PublisherTichnor
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 PLACE ONE CENT STAMP HERE MADE IN U. S. A. TICHNOR QUALITY VIEWS
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PublisherTichnor
Series60881
ConditionVery good
Place depictedSt. George Street, St. Augustine, FL
Place mentionedSt. Augustine, FL
NotesLinen-textured stock with a white border; card number 16 at upper right and 60881 at lower right. No postmark; unused divided-back linen postcard. Printed descriptive text at left, "POST CARD" heading with one-cent stamp box ("MADE IN U.S.A.") and "TICHNOR QUALITY VIEWS" along the divider. Light age toning/soiling, no damage.

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Oldest School House, St. George Street, St. Augustine, Florida, circa 1940, postcard, c. 1930. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/oldest-school-house-st-george-street-st-augustine-florida-ci. Accessed October 24, 2026.