Formally organized on New Years Day 1883, SAHS is the oldest continuously operating museum and historical society in Florida.
In 1899, the society purchased the Vedder Museum on Bay Street where it exhibited historical and scientific curiosities until losing its holdings in the Saint Augustine Fire of 1914.
[2] SAHS publishes El Escribano: The St. Augustine Journal of History, as well as the Society's newsletter the East Florida Gazette.
The house is located at 14 Saint Francis Street and exhibits both Spanish and British colonial architectural details and styles.
[4] The SAHS Research Library at the Segui-Kirby Smith House specializes in the history of St. Augustine, colonial East Florida, and Saint Johns County.