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Above Title : Tift-Hemingway House , 907 Whitehead Street , Key West , Monroe County , FL Significance : The house possesses both architectural and historic interest . Built by Asa F . Tift , a prominent early settler who was active in the Confederate cause during the Civil War , the house is best known as the Key West residence of author Ernest Hemmingway . The house is constructed of native limestone and has a distinctive architectural character .
Opposite Page Top Title : Gonzalez-Alvarez House , 14 Saint Francis Street , Saint Augustine , St . Johns County , FL Significance : Early 18th century sections of the Gonzalez-Alvarez House make this structure one of the earliest remaining houses in St . Augustine .
Opposite Page Bottom Title : Gaspar Papy House , 36 Aviles Street , Saint Augustine , St . Johns County , FL Significance : The Gaspar Papy House is now part of a convent-school complex that occupies the block bounded by Aviles , Bridge , St . George , and Cadiz Streets . The historic Don Miguel de O ' Reilly House at 32 Aviles Street also is part of this complex . The Papy House , with its extensive twentieth-century interior alterations , is occasionally used as a residence for visiting priests .
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