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Photographer: Cosmos Mariner
Taken: December 20, 2017
Caption: Tabby Wall
Additional Description:
The wall left of this plaque extending 15’ west is the only known example of a colonial tabby wall in St. Augustine. It has been covered to preserve and protect it. The end of the wall was left exposed to show its construction.

Tabby houses comprised 39% of the structures in the city in 1763 at the end of the first Spanish period. By 1788 only 5% remained.

Tabby, made of whole oyster shells, is the equivalent of modern poured concrete.

Preserved for Prosperity
by
Mr. & Mrs. Donald L. Bessey
2002
Submitted: December 21, 2017, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.
Database Locator Identification Number: p409341
File Size: 2.857 Megabytes

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