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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WOW_la-floridas-el-camino-real-historical_St.-Augustine-FL.html
In the 1600s, Spanish Florida's Royal Road connected St. Augustine with the missions of North Florida.
From the time St. Augustine was established in 1565, Spanish military and religious authorities began extending their reach beyond the town lim…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WJD_nelmar-terrace-historic-district-historical_St.-Augustine-FL.html
(side 1)
The Nelmar Terrace area has been the site of portions of a Timucuan Indian village, a plantation under British Governor James Grant in the 1770s, and parcels of Spanish land grants after 1784. From 1844-1869 the area was the southern par…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WG6_st-augustine-on-anastasia-island-historical_St.-Augustine-FL.html
St. Augustine, the oldest European-settled city in the United States, was located on Anastasia Island from 1566 until 1572. Spanish settlers had founded the city on the west shore of the Matanzas River on Sept. 8, 1565. They built homes and a fort…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WG5_remnant-of-rodriguez-arsian-house-historical_St.-Augustine-FL.html
These low stone walls are the remnants of a building constructed during the First Spanish Period (1513-1763) from native rock known as coquina. The building belonged to Antonio Rodriquez Arsian, a soldier whose family lived in St. Augustine for se…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WED_anderson-cottage-historical_St.-Augustine-FL.html
By the year 1870, a widowed Clarissa Fairbanks Anderson had built on her property, known as "Markland," a gable-roofed, frame "winter cottage" for guests.
In 1885, her son, Dr. Andrew Anderson, Jr., sold part of the property…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WEC_the-powder-house-lot-st-johns-county-historical_St.-Augustine-FL.html
(north side)
The Powder House Lot
In 1797-1800, the Spanish built on this site a coquina structure with tile roof and masonry fence, to store 100,000 pounds of gunpowder. A smaller structure was also built to serve as guard post. Each redoubt …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WDQ_fort-san-diego-historical_Ponte-Vedra-Beach-FL.html
In 1736 Diego de Espinosa owned a cattle ranch on Diego Plains, a flat, open area east of here.
For protection against Indians, his house was surrounded by a 15-foot high palisade with two bastions at opposite corners.
Manned later by Spanish s…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RC5_nuestra-senora-de-los-remedios_Saint-Augustine-FL.html
On this site, the City Archaeology Program uncovered remains of the west wall of the late 16th century church, Los Remedios, which served as the parish church of St. Augustine from 1572 until 1702.
Burned by Francis Drake in 1586 and rebuilt, L…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RC4_orange-street-school_Saint-Augustine-FL.html
St. Augustine High and Grade School opened in October 1910, with an enrollment of more than 400 students in grades 1-12. The new public school, billed locally as "the finest in Florida," was the inspiration of W.S.M. Pinkham, Mayor of St. Augustin…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RBZ_the-plaza-building_Saint-Augustine-FL.html
Built in 1888. Originally housed The Surprise Store, "The largest and leading Department Store on Florida's East Coast". In 1934 it became The Plaza Hotel. From 1949-1986 it was the home of Potter's Wax Museum.