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Markland (St. Augustine, Florida)
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Markland is a historic mansion
in St. Augustine
, Florida
. Construction on the original part of the coquina
shellstone mansion was begun by New York doctor Andrew Anderson Sr. in 1839 just prior to his death in a yellow fever epidemic. Anderson had first arrived in St. Augustine with his wife and two daughters in 1829.
A portion of the land to the east of the house was sold to Henry M. Flagler, by the son of Dr. Anderson, also a doctor; Dr. Andrew Anderson
, for construction of the Ponce de León Hotel
in 1887. Dr. Anderson died in 1924, the house was purchased by the mayor of St. Augustine, Herbert E. Wolfe who sold it to Flagler College
in 1966."
The house is located at 102 King Street, down the street from the hotel which is at 74 King Street. The Markland House, still owned today by Flagler College, was added to the U.S.
National Register of Historic Places
on December 6, 1978.
Mansion
A mansion is a very large dwelling house. U.S. real estate brokers define a mansion as a dwelling of over . A traditional European mansion was defined as a house which contained a ballroom and tens of bedrooms...
in St. Augustine
St. Augustine, Florida
St. Augustine is a city in the northeast section of Florida and the county seat of St. Johns County, Florida, United States. Founded in 1565 by Spanish explorer and admiral Pedro Menéndez de Avilés, it is the oldest continuously occupied European-established city and port in the continental United...
, Florida
Florida
Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...
. Construction on the original part of the coquina
Coquina
Coquina is a sedimentary rock that is composed either wholly or almost entirely of the transported, abraded, and mechanically sorted fragments of the shells of either molluscs, trilobites, brachiopods, or other invertebrates. For a sediment to be considered to be a coquina, the average size of the...
shellstone mansion was begun by New York doctor Andrew Anderson Sr. in 1839 just prior to his death in a yellow fever epidemic. Anderson had first arrived in St. Augustine with his wife and two daughters in 1829.
A portion of the land to the east of the house was sold to Henry M. Flagler, by the son of Dr. Anderson, also a doctor; Dr. Andrew Anderson
Andrew Anderson (St. Augustine, Florida)
Dr. Andrew Anderson II was a physician, philanthropist, mayor and benefactor of St. Augustine, Florida. Anderson commissioned multiple works of art to adorn a variety of public spaces in the City of St...
, for construction of the Ponce de León Hotel
Ponce de León Hotel
The Ponce de León Hotel was an exclusive hotel in St. Augustine, Florida, built by millionaire developer and Standard Oil co-founder Henry M. Flagler and completed in 1888. The Hotel Ponce de Leon was designed in the Spanish Renaissance style by the New York architects John Carrere and Thomas...
in 1887. Dr. Anderson died in 1924, the house was purchased by the mayor of St. Augustine, Herbert E. Wolfe who sold it to Flagler College
Flagler College
Flagler College, is a private four-year liberal arts college in St. Augustine, Florida, USA and celebrated its 40th anniversary in 2008.The college has been named in recent years by US News & World Report as one of the southeast region's best comprehensive liberal arts colleges, and is included on...
in 1966."
The house is located at 102 King Street, down the street from the hotel which is at 74 King Street. The Markland House, still owned today by Flagler College, was added to the U.S.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
on December 6, 1978.