St. Johns

20 historical markers in Florida

Black Catholic Heritage

St. Augustine, FL

This block of property owned by the Catholic Church contains three historic buildings that embody an important part of African American...

Cathedral Of St. Augustine

St. Augustine, FL

The parish of St. Augustine, which dates from the celebration of a mass on September 8, 1565, by the Spaniard Pedro Menedez and his men,...

Evergreen Cemetery

St. Augustine, FL

Established in 1884 outside the city limits when St. Augustine closed its small urban graveyards due to overcrowding, Evergreen became...

First Spanish Muster Site In Florida

St. Augustine, FL

The first muster of Spanish militiamen in the newly-established presidio (fortified encampment) of St. Augustine took place in September...

Fort San Diego (diego Plains)

Ponte Vedra Beach, FL

In 1736 Diego de Espinosa owned a cattle ranch on Diego Plains, a flat, open area east of here.

Grace United Methodist Church

St. Augustine, FL

Grace United Methodist Church is a reminder of the tremendous physical impact Henry M. Flagler had on St. Augustine.

Lincolnville Historic District

St. Augustine, FL

Once the site of Indian Villages, colonial plantations and orange groves, Lincolnville began as a settlement of emancipated slaves in 1866.

Old Spanish Chimney And Well

St. Augustine, FL

These ruins are all that remain of what was probably a Spanish barracks which housed the quarry overseer, master masons, and stonecutters...

Orange Street School

St. Augustine, FL

St. Augustine High and Grade School opened on October, with an enrollment of more than 400 students in Grades 1-12.

Remnant Of Rodriguez Arsian House

St. Augustine, FL

These low stone walls are the remnants of a building constructed during the First Spanish Period (1513-1763) from native rock known as...

Sanksville Cemetery

St. Augustine, FL

This cemetery was most likely established after the Civil War to serve the settlement of Bakersville.

Segui-Kirby Smith House

St. Augustine, FL

The Segui-Kirby Smith House is one of only 36 Spanish Colonial houses remaining in St. Augustine.

Solla-Carcaba Cigar Factory

St. Augustine, FL

The Solla-Carcaba Cigar Factory, completed in 1909, is the last remnant in St. Augustine of the cigar industry, whose local origins date...

Spanish Dragoon Barracks

St. Augustine, FL

A first Spanish period two-story coquina, shingle roofed structure, 33' x 19', erected on the east side of this lot became the barracks...

St. Augustine Alligator Farm

St. Augustine, FL

The St. Augustine Alligator Farm is one of the oldest continuously operated attractions created specifically for the purpose of...

The 1886 Old Drugstore

St. Augustine, FL

Before the construction of this two-story wood frame structure in 1886, this site marked the intersection of the Cubo and Rosario lines,...

The Ximenez-Fatio House

St. Augustine, FL

This two-story coquina house and detached kitchen was built for Spanish merchant Andres Ximenez ca.

Villa Zorayda

St. Augustine, FL

The Villa Zorayda was constructed in 1883 as the winter home of Franklin Smith, a Boston millionaire who was so impressed by the...

Warden Winter Home

St. Augustine, FL

The Warden Winter Home was built in 1887 for William G. Warden of Philadelphia.

Zora Neale Hurston

St. Augustine, FL

Noted author Zora Neale Hurston (1891-1960) rented a room in this house in 1942.

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