Oldest House Museum Complex, Richard Twine

Saint Augustine, Florida
February 11th, 2021

Located at 14 St. Francis Street, the Oldest House Museum Complex is owned and managed by the St. Augustine Historical Society. The house is a reflection of the Spanish, British, and American occupation periods. For more information, please visit: St. Augustine Historical Society. 

Artifact I:

Inside of lower level, 

The building's lower level represents the First Spanish Colonial period. 

Artifact II:

Unidentified Woman, Richard Twine

Richard Twine was a photographer who had his studio at 62 Washington Street. The surviving pictures capture Lincolnville in the early 1920s. 

Exterior I:

 Llambias House

Exterior II:

Tovar House

In Conversation:

Palace Market, Lincolnville

Source: Richard Twine

This photograph is from the Palace Market, a grocery store in Lincolnville owned by Frank Butler. The picture is by Richard Twine who had his studio nearby and portrayed the success and glory of Lincolnville at the time. 

Llambias House

Source: Florida Memory

This is an image of the Llambias House in 1952, before restorations. 

ENG 202 Connection:

"I could recall feeling relief at seeing the house, feeling that I had come home. And having to stop and correct myself that I was in an alien, dangerous place."

-Kindred, (190), Octavia E. Butler

Although in the context of this novel Dana is in a dangerous place in the plantation house she is describing, one can explore the feeling of home and belonging a building can provide. The long history of the Llambias and Tovar houses demonstrates, that even if one is in an unforgiving space, time, and habit can provide the feeling of home Dana describes. 

Creative Component:

This collage contains a picture of photographer Richard Twine, the artist whose work demonstrates the life and vibrancy of Lincolnville. Also shown are pictures and artifacts from the Tovar and Llambias Houses as they did not fit before. It is important to include them as they form a part of history that is usually not thought about.