Then and Now: The City Gates
The Old City Gates, originally constructed in 1739, have endured while the City has changed around them. View their history here.
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The city gates c. 1975 undergoing preservation maintenance by NPS.
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The city gates as they appeared during federal occupation of St. Augustine during the American Civil War.
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Early lithographed postcard of St. Augustine's Old City Gates.
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City gates looking north toward William Warden's summer home.
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The City Gates from south looking northwest.
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Romantic engraving by Henry Fern, 1872
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The City Gates in 1881 showing the San Marco Hotel just beyond
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The City Gates as they Stand today with the Castillo de San Marcos in the background.
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Looking Northward towards Ripley's Museum, the old Warden mansion.
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The Gates looking South into the city.
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The City Gates with the San Marco hotel, one of the greatest wooden hotels in Florida.
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c. 1880's photograph probably taken from the roof of the seven story San Marco Hotel.
