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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2E6A_cordova-hotel-county-courthouse_St.-Augustine-FL.html
Cordova Hotel/County Courthouse. . Designed and built by Franklin W. Smith, the Casa Monica Hotel opened in January 1888. The medieval Spanish style structure was one of the earliest multi-storied buildings in the United States constructed of pour…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DKB_the-old-senator_St.-Augustine-FL.html
The Old Senator. . This magnificent LIVE OAK is one of the most remarkable trees in North America, reputed to be well over 600 years old, and thus surviving as though silent witness to that dramatic moment in 1513 when Juan Ponce de Leon finally d…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2D3S_the-city-gate_St.-Augustine-FL.html
The City Gate. Ironbound Doors Closed the Passage. For strength and beauty, the gateway in this palm log defense line was built of white-plastered stone, with red-roofed towers (1808).
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2D1Y_defense-in-depth-capas-de-defensas_St.-Augustine-FL.html
Defense in Depth, also, Capas de defensas. Castillo de San Marcos National Monument. Defense in Depth (English). Enemy troops would have encountered an obstacle course of rising slopes, low walls, and ditches before reaching the Castillo's walls.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2D1X_under-continuous-attack-bajo-ataques-continuos_St.-Augustine-FL.html
Under Continuous Attack, also, Bajo ataques continuos. Castillo de San Marcos National Monument. Under Continuous Attack (English). Castillo de San Marcos has been under attack since construction began in 1672. Enemy gunfire assaulted these walls…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CZU_st-augustine-national-cemetery_St.-Augustine-FL.html
St. Augustine National Cemetery. . . Civil War St. Augustine . Florida seceded from the Union in January 1861. Confederate troops then captured Fort Marion, which was built in St. Augustine in the late 1600s as Castillo de San Marcos. By early …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CZT_a-national-cemetery-system_St.-Augustine-FL.html
A National Cemetery System. . . Civil War Dead . An estimated 700,000 Union and Confederate soldiers died in the Civil War between April 1861 and April 1865. As the death toll rose, the U.S. government struggled with the urgent but unplanned ne…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CZK_castillo-de-san-marcos_St.-Augustine-FL.html
Castillo de San Marcos. Castillo de San Marcos National Monument. Castillo de San Marcos (English). Explore the oldest masonry fort in the continental United States. For hundreds of years Castillo de San Marcos has watched over St. Augustine. Fro…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CYP_the-historic-st-augustine-seawall_St.-Augustine-FL.html
The Historic St. Augustine Seawall. . The Seawall in St. Augustine History. St. Augustine's history has been shaped by the sea since its founding in 1565. Over the centuries, colonial explorers, pirates, and seafaring merchants have found their w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CYO_old-world-showdown-reyes-y-fe_St.-Augustine-FL.html
Old World Showdown (English). One of the first colonial conflicts between European nations happened near here in 1565. Spain had already claimed Florida when France established Fort Caroline near present-day Jacksonville. This French outpost thre…