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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMW3C_st-augustine-sea-wall_St-Augustine-FL.html
This portion of the St. Augustine sea wall, extending from King Street to the south end of St. Francis Barracks, was constructed during the period 1833 to 1844. The coquina wall with granite top served as protection for the homes and businesses on…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMW1A_mission-nombre-de-dios_St-Augustine-FL.html
On this site, September 8, 1565, Pedro Men?ndez de Avil landed with a band of settlers to found St. Augustine, first permanent Christian settlement in the United States. Father Francisco L?pez de Mendoza Grajales, Spanish diocesan Priest, offered …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMW17_surfside-dance-hall-and-bathhouse_St-Augustine-FL.html
Here from the early 1900s stood Surfside "Casino." Casinos did not offer gambling - they were entertainment centers. Surfside was built as part of the Capo family resort destination of 165 acres. The yacht Pauline II ferried visitors from St. Augu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMW0Y_the-francis-and-mary-usina-bridge_St-Augustine-FL.html
Named in honor of the St. Augustine and North Beach civic leaders, Francis E. and Mary Borum Usina.
Just as the bridge spans the North River to connect the St. Augustine mainland with Vilano and North Beach, so too the Usinas were strong links …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVWI_sentinels-of-the-coast_St-Augustine-FL.html
Since early times, coastal towers were important in the defense of St. Augustine. From the wooden lookout here in 1586, Spanish sentries warned of approaching English raiders under Sir Francis Drake. Later the tower was built of stone. It served d…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVWH_davis-shores_St-Augustine-FL.html
Until the 1920s the northwest corner of Anastasia Island was a swampy lowland with occasional peaks of high ground. In 1925, wealthy Florida land developer D.P. Davis purchased the lowlands and raised them in a massive 1,500 acre dredge and fill o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVWG_tolomato-indian-village_St-Augustine-FL.html
A 1737 map of the city of St. Augustine describes the site of Tolomato Cemetery as "the church and village of Tolomato, an Indian village served by Franciscan priests." The Tolomato Indians were Guale refugees fleeing attacks on their mission vill…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVWF_tolomato-cemetery_St-Augustine-FL.html
During the First Spanish Period, prior to 1763, this site was occupied by the Christian Indian village of Tolomato, with its chapel and burying ground served by Franciscan missionaries. The village was abandoned when Great Britain acquired Florida…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVOV_the-rosario-defense-line_St-Augustine-FL.html
The Rosario Defense LineThis earthen embankment re-creates a section of the defense wall that protected Spanish St. Augustine against attack in the 1700s. After crossing the natural moat on the outside of the wall formed by Maria S?nchez Creek (no…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVOT_grace-united-methodist-church_St-Augustine-FL.html
Grace United Methodist Church is a reminder of the tremendous physical impact Henry M. Flagler had on St. Augustine. This complex of structures resulted from a compromise between Flagler and the congregation of Olivet Church. That group of norther…