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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24M5_gonzalez-alvarez-house_St.-Augustine-FL.html
This building is significant because of the site's early Spanish Colonial history and architectural features that represent both Spanish periods and the British period. A significant restoration based in archaeological, documentary and physical ev…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24M4_tovar-house_St.-Augustine-FL.html
The characteristic site plan of Spanish Colonial architecture is evident in the Tovar House which is situated on the street edge and the property is enclosed with a solid wall. Rectangular window openings, a front balcony, and coquina stone constr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24M3_segui-kirby-smith-house_St.-Augustine-FL.html
The two-story coquina stone structure was built prior to 1800 to replace a two-story structure that had a rubble masonry first floor and wood frame second floor. Typical of Spanish Colonial site planning, the building is constructed on the street …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24M2_cathedral-basillica-of-st-augustine_St.-Augustine-FL.html
The Cathedral Basilica is a significant structure representing the oldest Roman Catholic parish in the United States, architectural designs by Mariano de la Rocque (1797) and James Renwick (following an 1887 fire), and the successes of historic pr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24M0_st-augustine-civic-center_St.-Augustine-FL.html
Like a restored masterpiece, the St. Augustine Visitor Information Center continues to do what it has done since the day it opened: Welcome visitors to St. Augustine.
It was the Junior Chamber of Commerce that first proposed the idea of a Civic…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24LZ_st-augustine-civic-center_St.-Augustine-FL.html
This building is associated with New Deal construction and significant for its architecture as an example of Mission Revival style applied to a civic building. Local coquina stone materials and the selection of prominent local architect Frederick …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24LB_hotel-alcazar_St.-Augustine-FL.html
The Hotel Alcazar was constructed by Henry Flagler, Standard Oil Company co-founder and developer of the Florida East Coast Railway. The Alcazar was part of a trio of Moorish and Spanish Renaissance Revival styled resorts that depicted Flagler's i…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM241R_casa-horruytiner_St.-Augustine-FL.html
Pedro Horruytiner y Pueyo was the first documented owner of this house, a member of a prominent Spanish family. Don Pedro Benedit Horruytiner and Don Luis de Horruytiner were governors of Florida during the First Spanish Period (1565-1763). It rem…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM23WS_marin-house_St.-Augustine-FL.html
Coquina stone was quarried on Anastasia Island for use as a construction material, and after the Castillo was completed the material became widely used for private homes as a superior alternative to wood frame construction. Francisco Marin, a Mino…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM23WR_canova-dow-and-canova-de-medicis-houses_St.-Augustine-FL.html
These two buildings, at 42 and 46 Bridge Street, are among the few Territorial Period buildings left in the city which represent the time period between 1821 and 1845. Antonio Canova purchased the property and built these structures for his sons. …