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Constitucion ObeliskThe thirty-foot-tall Constitución monument, located in the western section of the Plaza, was erected in 1813 to celebrate Spain’s short-lived…
North BeachLocated between the Atlantic Ocean and the Tolomato River, south of what was known as Grant’s Villa in the British Period is a stretch of barrier…
Seguí-Kirby Smith HouseIn 1786, Bernardo and Agueda Villalonga Seguì purchased this lot with only a small house of stone and wood on it. In either the year 1788 or 1805,…
Spanish Military Hospital MuseumThis building dates to 1966 as a reconstruction by the St. Augustine Historical Restoration and Preservation Commission, with assistance from the…
Rattlesnake IslandRattlesnake Island is a naturally occurring island on the eastern side of the Matanzas River. Just after the Spanish landing in Florida in 1569, a…
Old Slave Market**There has been a long historical debate over whether or not slaves were ever sold in the old market. There are vocal proponents on both sides with…
Maria Sanchez CreekThis creek first appeared and was named on the Antonio Arredondo map of 1737. There is no definitive answer of who this lake is named after. It used…
AfricaPreviously a site for orange groves and Native American villages, Lincolnville is a historically black neighborhood founded in 1866 by the freed…
King StreetKing Street originally ran from the waterfront to what is today Cordova Street, and based on the British map of the 1770s, continued past the city…
Atlantic BoulevardAs early as 1903 there was talk of building a coastal highway for automobiles from Jacksonville to Miami. As automobiles became more popular, the ease…