Show U. U S. S NOW USES OLD PALACE Mansion Used by Spanish Governor of St. St Augustine for Years Now Nowa a Customs House I Set among tropical trees through which one gets a glimpse of the shimmering shim mering bay beyond the sea wall and be beside t the e cathedral with Its quaint Moorish belfry stands the old Spanish governors governor's mansion now OW used as post postoffice postoffice postoffice office and customs house at St. St Augustine Augus Augus- tine Fla The palace was built In 1603 by Gonzalo Mendez Mendes and purchased by the king king- of Spain as a dwelling for the Spanish governor general ener l. l For years the flag of ot Spin floated over St. St Augustine and then from 1763 1703 to 1783 the British occupied the city and It was the colors of at Great Britain that waved In the gentle breeze that was wafted from Matanzas bay Again Spain came Into possession of Florida and It was not until Ju July y 10 1821 that the United States acquired the tho land of Ponce de do Leon and since that date the Stars and Stripes have Waved over the quaint old to D De Detroit troit News Newil I |