Osceola capture site considered for National Register. (St. Augustine Report)

From former Mayor George Gardner's St. Augustine Report, news that there may be some new historic sites in the National Register of Historic Places.  

The historic sites could be included in the St. Augustine National Historical Park and National Seashore.  They include the place where in 1837, during the administration of President Martin van Buren, the United States Army knowingly violated the Laws of War by capturing Osceola under a flag of truce:

Osceola capture site considered for National Register

aaThe site of Seminole War Chief Osceola’s capture in 1837 is among places St. Johns County government officials have approved for potential nomination to the National Register of Historic Places. aaThe site off Deer Chase Drive was featured in the St. Augustine Reportin 2017.  aaOnly a foliage shrouded coquina post remains today of a marker which once carried the notice, "OSCEOLA captured on this spot while under the protection of a flag of truce, Oct. 26th, 1837." aaKyle Doney, Deputy Executive Director of the Seminole tribe’s Native Learning Center in Hollywood, noted in a letter to County Commissioner Paul Waldron in 2017, “The site is not well kept and there is no marker, but it has incredible significance to our people and the history of Florida.” aaOther sites under consideration:  Nease House, 3171 Coastal Highway - Allen Nease was a major force in reforestation and conservation in Florida. His house was built in the 1950s with hardwoods he harvested from his property and had shaped at a sawmill in Spuds, according to the county, which owns the property. Alpine Groves Park, 2060 State Road 13 - Already designated a county landmark, the site “is a fairly intact example of an 1800s orange grove, which were once very popular in Florida, lending to area names such as Fruit Cove, Mandarin, and Orange Park,” say county historians. Old Spanish Chimney and Well, the southeast corner of Old Beach Road and Riviera Street - historians believe these are the remains of a coquina chimney for quarry barracks that “housed the quarry overseer, master masons, and stonecutters who were involved in the construction of the Castillo de San Marcos.”  aaThe sites will undergo state review for eligibility before they can be nominated to the National Register.