Casa Monica Hotel at Twilight St. Augustine Florida is a photograph by Dawna Moore Photography which was uploaded on February 22nd, 2015.
Casa Monica Hotel at Twilight St. Augustine Florida
In February 1962, St. Johns County Commission voted to purchase the former Casa Monica Hotel for $250,000 USD for use as the St. Johns County... more
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Casa Monica Hotel at Twilight St. Augustine Florida
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Dawna Moore Photography
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Photograph - Nature And Travel Photography
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In February 1962, St. Johns County Commission voted to purchase the former Casa Monica Hotel for $250,000 USD for use as the St. Johns County Courthouse. In 1964 the lobby of the then-vacant hotel was used to house police dogs that were used against civil rights demonstrators during St. Augustine's greatest modern historic event: the mass campaign led by Dr. Martin Luther King and Dr. Robert Hayling that led directly to the passage of the landmark Civil Rights Act of 1964. Dr. King went on to receive the Nobel Peace Prize a few months later. The renovation took over 6 years to complete. It was finally dedicated as a courthouse in May 1968, and filled that role until the 1990s, housing government offices and archives as well as courtrooms.
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February 22nd, 2015
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