Andrew Anderson II was an American physician, philanthropist, mayor and benefactor of St. Augustine, Florida. Anderson commissioned multiple works of art to adorn a variety of public spaces in the cit
Andrew Anderson II at Markland: miniature Medici lion on left
Marble lion, one of a pair commissioned by Dr. Andrew Anderson for Bridge of Lions
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The Bridge of Lions is a double-leaf bascule bridge that spans the Intracoastal Waterway in St. Augustine, Florida, United States. A part of State Road A1A, it connects downtown St. Augustine to Anast
Andrew Anderson (St. Augustine, Florida)
…works of art to adorn a variety of public spaces in the city of St. Augustine, including the two Medici lion statues placed at the approach to the Bridge of Lions. Anderson was the son of New York physician Dr. Andrew Anderson I, an 1813 graduate of the New York College of Physicians and Surgeons. His father…
View of the bridge from Castillo de San Marcos in 2024
The original bridge to Anastasia Island, prior to the Bridge of Lions
The bridge's bascule draw span open for a ship
A Medici lion on the bridge, prior to renovation and relocation.