Oldest Wooden Schoolhouse in United States (Saint Augustine, Florida) | interesting place

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The Oldest Wooden School House is a wooden structure near the city gates of St. Augustine, Florida. It is reportedly the oldest wooden school building in the United States. The exact date of construction is unknown, but it first appears on tax records in 1716.
The house is encircled by a large chain, placed there in 1937, to help anchor it to the ground in case of a hurricane. The walls are made of bald cypress and red cedar which are held together by wooden pins and iron spikes but it has had recent maintenance such as a new roof among other fixes.
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Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oldest_Wooden_Schoolhouse
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Coordinates:   29°53'50"N   81°18'48"W

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  • Photo courtesy of me, taken in July 2006.
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