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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVFD_warden-winter-home_St-Augustine-FL.html
The Warden Winter Home was built in 1887 for William G. Warden of Philadelphia. A partner with Henry Flagler and John D. Rockefeller in the Standard Oil Company, Warden was also the President of the St. Augustine Gas and Electric Light Company and…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVFC_fuente-de-los-ca-os-de-san-francisco_St-Augustine-FL.html
The set of masks that decorate this fountain was a gift to the City of St. Augustine by its sister city in Spain, the City of Avil, birthplace of Pedro Men?ndez, founder of St. Augustine in 1565.
Presented in 2005 to the people of St. Augustine…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVE7_the-cubo-line_St-Augustine-FL.html
Following the 1702 English siege of St. Augustine, the Spanish began construction of a defensive system to protect the Presidio. The Cubo Line, built in 1704 to safeguard the town's northern sector, was the first line of defense the Spanish raised…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVE6_los-floridanos_St-Augustine-FL.html
"Los Floridanos" referred to the children born to the Spanish settlers of St. Augustine during the First Spanish Period (1565-1763). Translated it means "The Floridians" and record of this title can be found in many Spanish Government documents, i…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVE4_santo-domingo-redoubt_St-Augustine-FL.html
The Infantry Regiment of Cuba was formed in 1786-1789 as a result of Spanish military reforms introduced in the second half of the 1700s. The Regiment consisted of three battalion. The First and Second Battalions were assigned to Havana and Santia…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVDO_santo-domingo-redoubt_St-Augustine-FL.html
In 1704, following the English siege of 1702, the Spanish built the Cubo Line to protect the town's northern sector. In the 1730s, they rebuilt the line in anticipation of an English attack from Georgia.
In 1808, a time of upheaval in the Span…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVCY_santo-domingo-redoubt_St-Augustine-FL.html
Historians and archaeologists consulted Colonial and Territorial Period documents to locate the site of the Santo Domingo Redoubt, which was also referred to at various times as the Tolomato Redoubt.
Archeological excavations of the Santo Domin…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVCX_santo-domingo-redoubt_St-Augustine-FL.html
Following the 1702 English siege of St. Augustine, the Spanish began construction of a system of peripheral fortifications to protect the town based on the principle of defense-in-depth.
Between 1704-1821, the Spanish completed the outworks of …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVC2_covered-way_St-Augustine-FL.html
The man-made hill around the fort, called the glacis (gla'sis), "covers" or protects this area from enemy fire. Capturing a fort's covered way usually involved a bloody assault.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVC0_u-s-shot-furnace_St-Augustine-FL.html
This structure is a hot shot furnace for heating cannon balls to be shot at wooden vessels and to set them on fire. It is part of the water battery built by the U.S. (1842-44) when this side of the moat was filled in and guns were mounted on the s…