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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMV36_pirate-attacks_St-Augustine-FL.html
Before the construction of the Castillo, the people of St. Augustine were periodically raided by pirates. Since the town was never prosperous anyway, the loss of what little there was meant hard times and near starvation for all.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMV35_ramp_St-Augustine-FL.html
This stairway, probably constructed between 1752 and 1756, replaced a smooth incline used to haul guns to the top of the fort.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMV1V_castillo-de-san-marcos-national-monument_St-Augustine-FL.html
This Spanish fort, begun in 1672, stood firm against English attacks and helped Spain to hold Florida for many years. During the American Revolution, it was a British stronghold. Later it became a battery in the U.S. coastal defense system.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMR9Q_81-bridge-street_St-Augustine-FL.html
This Victorian house in the historic Lincolnville neighborhood (founded by freed slaves after the Civil War) became a civil rights landmark in 1964. It was a gathering place for people in the movement, where they could meet, rest, seek solace, and…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMR9P_former-st-johns-county-jail_St-Augustine-FL.html
This building, designed by architect F. A. Hollingsworth, opened in 1953 as the St. Johns County Jail, replacing an earlier jail building on San Marco Avenue that subsequently became a tourist attraction. A decade later, this building played a pro…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMR9M_10-hildreth-drive_St-Augustine-FL.html
Fullerwood School was built in 1927 and is the only example in St. Augustine of the work of noted architect A. Ten Eyck Brown (1878-1940), famed for his courthouses, banks, and city halls in New Orleans, Miami and Atlanta. His name is on the corne…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMR9L_650-julia-street_St-Augustine-FL.html
This house was built in 2008 by Habitat for Humanity for one of the Ancient City's civil rights heroes, Audrey Nell Edwards. Along with JoeAnn Anderson Ulmer, Samuel White, and Willie Carl Singleton, she was one of the "St. Augustine Four." As you…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMR9K_262-west-king-street_St-Augustine-FL.html
Leo C. Chase, Sr., who had previously managed the Huff Funeral Home in Lincolnville, opened one of the oldest businesses in St. Augustine, this funeral home in 1955. His son, Arnett Chase, took over after his father's death in 1977. Another son, L…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMR91_102-m-l-king-avenue_St-Augustine-FL.html
This area in the heart of Lincolnville was associated with black education for nearly a century. This lot was the site of the Presbyterian Parochial and Industrial School, headed by Rev. James H. Cooper. It was demolished in 1940 and the grounds b…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMR90_94-south-street_St-Augustine-FL.html
This has been the home to the Whites, one of the outstanding families active in the 1963-1964 civil rights movement in St. Augustine. Parents James (a decorated Buffalo Soldier from World War II) and Hattie Lee White both took part in demonstratio…