Flagler College formerly the Ponce de Leon Hotel at Twilight St. Augustine Florida #1
by Dawna Moore Photography
Title
Flagler College formerly the Ponce de Leon Hotel at Twilight St. Augustine Florida #1
Artist
Dawna Moore Photography
Medium
Photograph - Nature And Travel Photography
Description
Originally, the twin towers of the hotel were water storage tanks which contained 8,000 gallons each, providing running water for hotel guests (during World War II, one of the towers served as a brig when the hotel was occupied by the U.S. Coast Guard as a training center). The Ponce de Leon was the nation�s first major poured-in-place concrete structure and, thanks to the Edison Electric Company, which had as its secretary-treasurer the architect Thomas Hastings' brother Frank, was one of the first buildings in the nation to have electricity.
Uploaded
February 22nd, 2015
Embed
Share