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Sisters of Saint Joseph honored for restoring Saint Benedict the Moor Schoolhouse
Summary
On April 28, 2025, the St. Augustine City Commission presented the Adelaide Sanchez Award for Historic Preservation and Restoration to the Sisters of Saint Joseph for their work to restore and repurpose the Saint Benedict the Moor Schoolhouse in Lincolnville, a building listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The Sisters of Saint Joseph received the Adelaide Sanchez Award for Historic Preservation and Restoration from the St. Augustine City Commission on April 28, 2025, in recognition of the congregation’s multi-year effort to restore and repurpose the Saint Benedict the Moor Schoolhouse in Lincolnville.
The award, presented by a city official during the commission’s April meeting, honors work that preserves St. Augustine’s historic resources and commemorates Adelaide Sanchez, a native journalist whose estate funds the prize. The schoolhouse restoration was completed and the building reopened in March 2024; the commission’s citation reads “Adelaide Sanchez Award for Historic Preservation and Restoration presented to Sisters of Saint Joseph by the Saint Augustine City Commission on 04/28/2025.”
Adelaide Sanchez, a native of St. Augustine who worked for the St. Augustine Record from 1930 to 1943…
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