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Photograph of González-Alvarez House
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Gonzalez-Alvarez House

A National Historic Landmark. Built in 1723 (vernacular architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970. 7 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1937.

From the record

One of 51 National Register listings published here for St. Johns County · listed in 1970 · category: Building · built in 1723, vernacular architecture · a National Historic Landmark.

Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article

The listing

  • National Historic Landmark. The highest federal designation, held by about 2,600 places in the country against roughly 100,000 Register listings.
  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 2 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. 14 St. Francis St., St. Augustine, 32084
  • When was it listed? April 1970
  • Category. building
  • Census division. St. Augustine
  • When was it built? 1723
  • Architectural style. vernacular architecture
  • National Register reference number. 70000845 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Fires near this property

327 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 327 fires within 5 miles of Gonzalez-Alvarez House between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,369 acres in total. 48 started naturally. 47 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Equipment and vehicle use89
Natural48
Arson/incendiarism47
Missing data/not specified/undetermined44
Recreation and ceremony33
Misuse of fire by a minor28
Railroad operations and maintenance20
Debris and open burning12
Smoking4
Fireworks1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
8 September 2016Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceWINN DIXIE (55)
6 September 1999Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
6 September 1999Natural11 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
5 September 2020Natural2.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceSAN SEBASTIAN (55)
5 September 1993Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
3 September 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
27 September 1993Natural75 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
2 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.7 acresFlorida Forest ServiceN. WASHINGTON ST. (55)

Every fire recorded in St. Johns County

Mines and quarries near this property

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Gonzalez-Alvarez House: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Anastasia Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Mclead Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in St. Johns County

Maps showing this location

7 surveys

United States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the coordinate the National Park Service records for this property, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.

Listed places nearby

6 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Llambias Houseunder 500 feet1970
St. Augustine National Cemetery0.1 miles2016
O'Reilly House0.2 miles1974
Record Building0.2 miles2006
Ximenez-Fatio House0.2 miles1973
Stanbury Cottage0.2 miles2008

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 70000845 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
St. Johns CountyAll 51 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

  • Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
  • Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
  • How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
  • Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
  • Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.