Historic District in St. Augustine in St. Johns County, Florida — The American South (South Atlantic)
Gault Street
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Photographed by Gwendolyn Duncan, September 11, 2007
1. Gault Street Marker
Gault Street was one of the historically black residential streets in North City. Many residents worked at the Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind, the Fountain of Youth, laundries and ice plants that were once located in the area.
Three Victorian houses on the west side of the street were built in the 1880's. Most of the houses on the east side of the street were built in the 1920's by Henry Proctor, descendant of one of the famous free black families of colonial Florida whose story is told in the 1992 book Free Men in an Age of Servitude by Lee Warner.
Many Gault Street residents were active in the civil rights movement of the 1960's. When the Roberson family, of what was then 167 Gault Street, sent their sons to integrate previously all-white Fullerwood School, their home was firebombed. Only these brick steps remain as a landmark of the heroism of this family in the cause of equality.
Erected 2007 by The 40th Anniversary to Commemorate the Civil Rights Demonstrations, Inc.; presented by Northrop Grumman.
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African Americans • Civil Rights • Education
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Location. 29° 54.495′ N, 81° 19.036′ W. Marker is in St. Augustine, Florida, in St. Johns County. It is in the Historic District. It is on Gault Street near Dufferin Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 167 Gault Street, Saint Augustine FL 32084, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in First Coast and in Greater Jacksonville. It is also in the American South. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, a Gulf of Mexico state, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Fountain of Youth Archaeological Park (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); First Spanish Muster Site in Florida (about 400 feet away); The 1910 Mary Peck House (about 400 feet away); The Old St. Johns County Jail (about 500 feet away); Pedro Menιndez de Aviles (about 500 feet away); The Old Jail (about 500 feet away); Sheriffs Police Car (about 500 feet away); a different marker also named Fountain of Youth Archaeological Park (about 500 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in St. Augustine.
Also see . . . ACCORD Freedom Trail website. (Submitted on May 16, 2008, by Christopher Busta-Peck of Shaker Heights, Ohio.)
Photographed by Gwendolyn Duncan, September 11, 2007
2. Gault Street Marker
And the remaining steps mentioned in the marker text.
Photographed by Mrs. Shirley Williams-Galvin
3. Gault Street Marker
And the remains of the Roberson's firebombed home.
Photographed by Fred Brunson
4. Portrait near the Gault Street Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on February 25, 2025. It was originally submitted on May 4, 2008, by Gwendolyn Duncan of St. Augustine, Florida. This page has been viewed 9,864 times since then and 358 times this year. It was the Marker of the Week February 23, 2025. Photos: 1. submitted on May 4, 2008. 2. submitted on May 4, 2008, by Gwendolyn Duncan of St. Augustine, Florida. 3. submitted on May 5, 2008, by Gwendolyn Duncan of St. Augustine, Florida. 4. submitted on April 24, 2010, by Fred Brunson of Swan Lake, New York. • Christopher Busta-Peck was the editor who published this page.
