Name/Title
The Oldest House, Key WestEntry/Object ID
1990.01.0020Description
Postcard of a two-story home with dormers. The caption reads, ‘The Oldest House, Key West, Florida - Built in 1825 Entirely of Cedar’. The description on the verso reads, ‘Built by Captain Coussins in 1825 on Whitehead Street, the oldest house in Key West was moved to its present location By Captain Watlington In 1832. It escaped the “Great Fire” in 1886 that wiped out all of its contemporaries.’Subject Place
City
Key WestState/Province
FloridaCountry
United States of AmericaContinent
North AmericaCounty
MonroeCollection
Postcard CollectionLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
PostcardNomenclature Sub-Class
Writing MediaNomenclature Class
Written Communication T&ENomenclature Category
Category 06: Tools & Equipment for Communication