May 22nd The Dr. Peck House on St George Street

Dr. Peck House

Inscription. The stone walls of this building date from before 1750 and were part of a house owned by the Royal Treasurer late in the First Spanish Period. During the British Period it served for a time as the home of Governor John Moultrie. In 1837 Dr. Seth S. Peck purchased the house and rebuilt it using the old walls and adding the frame second-story. It remained in the Peck family until willed to the City in 1931. A generous grant from the Flagler Foundation permitted extensive restoration in 1968. Erected 1972 by St. Johns County Historical Commission in cooperation with Department of State. (Marker Number F-107.) Location. 29° 53.601′ N, 81° 18.768′ W. Marker is in St. Augustine, Florida, in Saint Johns County. Marker is on St. George Street, on the right when traveling north