The former Cordova Street home of the St. Augustine Record has hit the market for $8.75 million, The Citizen has learned.
Built in 1906 and expanded in 1924, the distinctive structure housed the Old City’s hometown paper until its relocation in 2001, and was converted into apartments in 2003.
The building was last sold for $2 million in 2012, records show.
A company owned by Henry Flagler tapped prominent local architects Fred Ederich and F.A. Hollingsworth to design the Italian Revival-style structure that cost $25,000 to build at the dawn of the 20th century.
Set on .69 acres, the building spans 18,705 square feet and includes 38 parking spaces.
“This historic gem provides a unique canvas to shape the future of St. Augustine’s commercial landscape while honoring its rich past,” broker Zach Lemke of Market Force Commercial writes.
In touting the property’s potential uses, the listing notes that it could be converted into a brewery, hotel, or condos.
A 2012 Record story on the building’s prior sale features an interview with Anne Heyman, a longtime editor at the paper who passed away in 2021.
Heyman started working at the Record in 1962 and recalled the newsroom as a vibrant downtown presence.
She also recalled ghostly sightings of famed former head editor Nina Heyman.
“I never saw it myself, but there were plenty of people who saw the apparition of what was believed to be an old editor, Miss Nina (Hawkins), roaming the halls,” she said, according to the story. “There were a lot of reports of that kind of thing.”
Hawkins became editor in 1934 — the first woman to serve as chief of a daily publication in Florida history.
She served in the post until 1953, according to the piece
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Sadly, the flooding streets and the rising waters will just become more frequent. This wonderful building is only one of the coming casualties in historic Saint Augustine.
Don’t let Patel in his hands on it he will level It and build another crappy hotel on it he has enough of them here