While the south end of St. George Street appears to be newer than the north end, most of the buildings on the north end were actually built relatively recently. Many colonial-style buildings were built as part of an authentic restoration and reconstruction project taken on by the St. Augustine Historical Restoration and Preservation Commission in the 1960’s. The purpose of this project was to recreate the streetscape of St. Augustine in the colonial era, and most of the buildings were reconstructed on top of the original foundations found during archaeological excavations. Some of these structures were museums, and others housed commercial businesses, just as they do today, but only three of them operate in the same capacity as they did in the 1960’s. Those buildings are the Spanish Bakery (in the Salcedo Kitchen) Tedi’s Ice Cream (in the Benet House) and the Spanish Military Hospital (in the William Watson House).
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