Dr. Guy and family moved to St. Augustine, Florida from Boston in September 1919.
Shortly after arriving, Dr. Guy rented office space on the 3rd floor of the Jefferson Theatre Building in downtown St. Augustine. The theatre was located on the corner of Cordova and Cathedral Place, the address listed as 60 Cathedral Place. This building was across the street, just East of the opulent Ponce De Leon Hotel, and across the downtown plaza from the Alcazar Hotel.
The second floor of the theatre building was occupied by the Freemasons. The third floor was professional offices. Dr. Guy’s office, number 34, was shared with Dr.Potter and V. L. Speissegger. The Speisseggers were a family of druggists in town.
One of the Speissegger drug stores was in corner of the Jefferson Theatre right on the corner of Cordova and Cathedral Place. In the picture above, the sign for “Drugs” is clearly seen over the entrance. Heading North up Cordova for a number of blocks was the original Speissegger drugstore. This is now the perennial tourist attraction known as The Old Drugstore.
Over the next few years Dr. Guy moved his practice to different offices around the town square, ultimately locating on the ground floor of his home at 52 Central Avenue in the Lincolnville district. Central Avenue is now Martin Luther King, Jr. Avenue.
Dr. Guy early on made connections with Florida Normal and Industrial Institute, a black college West of town on Holmes Boulevard. There he taught first aid classes, and a number of the faculty became life-long friends, patients, and companions on his spiritual path.