Last updated: April 16, 2021
Place
MacKay-Allen-Sumner House
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Visitors today will only find ruins, but an elegant two-story duplex with tabby walls once stood here. Evidence of two wine cellars was discovered, as well as elegant brick and wood detailing.
Archeologists feel certain that the house was destroyed by fire, perhaps the Great Town Fire of 1758. On the ground floor a layer of ashes that contained charred lumber was found, as well as blobs of melted window glass, and fragments of many bottles, jugs, and crocks.
The house may have been built by Captain James MacKay, Frederica's commanding officer during Oglethorpe's attack on Spanish St. Augustine in 1743. Earlier residents on this lot included Will Allen, a beaker; and Thomas Sumner, a carpenter.
Archeologists feel certain that the house was destroyed by fire, perhaps the Great Town Fire of 1758. On the ground floor a layer of ashes that contained charred lumber was found, as well as blobs of melted window glass, and fragments of many bottles, jugs, and crocks.
The house may have been built by Captain James MacKay, Frederica's commanding officer during Oglethorpe's attack on Spanish St. Augustine in 1743. Earlier residents on this lot included Will Allen, a beaker; and Thomas Sumner, a carpenter.