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"Calle Real"

The Spanish laid-out the street system of St. Augustine in the First Spanish Period. They did not give streets formal names, but rather referred to…

"Ripio" of Juan de Muros

Originally built in mid-1700s, the Luciano de Herrera House is located at 58 Charlotte Street. The house was built during the First Spanish Period for…

Africa

Previously a site for orange groves and Native American villages, Lincolnville is a historically black neighborhood founded in 1866 by the freed…

Alcazar Hotel

Opened on December 25, 1888, the Alcazar is the sister hotel to Henry Flagler's Hotel Ponce de Leon. It was designed by the same architects, and…

Alicia Hospital

Advocated by Henry Flagler starting in 1888 was the need for proper medical care in St. Augustine. The St. Augustine Hospital Assocation, under the…

Ancient City Beach

Butler Beach started as a response to whites-only spaces in St. Augustine. Frank B. Butler, the person the beach is named after, was a black…

Anderson Cottage

1870 marks the year Clarissa Fairbanks Anderson began construction on the Anderson Cottage, built for guests visiting during the winter. Dr. Anderson,…

Atlantic Boulevard

As early as 1903 there was talk of building a coastal highway for automobiles from Jacksonville to Miami. As automobiles became more popular, the ease…

Bay Street

The original portion of this street runs from the Castillo to the St. Francis Barrack's. During the settling of St. Augustine, building on the land…

Beachcomber Restaurant

Beachcomber, a restaurant on A Street in St. Augustine Beach, originally opened in the 1940s in a wood shack for beachgoers to grab food without…