Cuna Street

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Title

Cuna Street

Date Created

c. 1672

Type

This street dates back to the 17th Century during the First Spanish Period.

Description

Cuna Street is included in the “Colonial City Historic District,” also known as the “Town Plan Historic District” which includes evidence of European habitation back to c.1572, but the first urban city plan dates to 1596. The Colonial City Historic District includes the areas that were inhabited and enclosed within defensive walls for the Colonial Period (1565-1821).

Cuna Street is also a part of the “Restoration Area of St. Augustine,” a six-block section of the northern part of the Colonial City. This section of St. Augustine contains buildings from three centuries and was settled following the construction of the Castillo de San Marcos in 1672. This is the part of town settled by the Minorcans who fled Turnbull's Planation in the 1780s.

Cuna Street, intersecting both St. George Street and Avenida Menedez, was historically a mix of residential and commercial. Today, it continues to serve both purposes.  The Flagler College's Legacy gift store is located on the corner of St. George and Cuna streets.

Rights Holder

City of St. Augustine

Relation

Avenida Menendez intersect with the eastern terminus of Cuna Street.
Charlotte Street intersects Cuna Street.
Cuna Street deadends onto Cordova Street.
The Rodriguez House is Cuna Street.
St. George Street intersects Cuna Street.

Source

The following books, articles, websites, and photographers were used to find the above photographs or illustrations:

Map 1 (c.1770): Reynolds, Charles B. The Standard Guide: St. Augustine, East Coast, Indian River and Lake Worth. St. Augustine, FL: C.B. Reynolds, 1895.

Map 2 (1884): Bloomfield, Max. Bloomfield’s Illustrated Historical Guide, Embracing an Account of the Antiquities of St. Augustine, Florida (with map). To Which is Added a Condensed Guide of the St. John’s, Ocklawaha, Halifax, and Indian Rivers. St. Augustine, FL: Max Bloomfield, 1884.

Map 3 (1952): Vollbrecht, John L. St. Augustine’s Historical Heritage as Seen Today…With Historical Notes on the Oldest House. Photography by J. Carver Harris. Foreword by David R. Dunham. St. Augustine, FL: The Record Press/J. Carver Harris, 1952.

Photograph 1 (1960s): San Agustin Antiguo: The Restoration of Old St. Augustine, 1960-66. St. Augustine Historical, Restoration and Preservation Commission and St. Augustine Restoration, Inc., [1967].

Photograph 2 (2025): Zufelt, Holly. "Cuna Street." June 20, 2025.

The following books, articles, and/or websites were used to find information about this location:

Adams, William R. St. Augustine and St. Johns County: A Historical Guide. Pineapple Press, 2009.

Adams, William R., and Paul L. Weaver, III. Historic Places of St. Augustine and St. Johns County: A Visitor’s Guide. St. Augustine, FL: Southern Heritage Press, 1993.

Vollbrecht, John L. St. Augustine’s Historical Heritage as Seen Today…With Historical Notes on the Oldest House. Photography by J. Carver Harris. Foreword by David R. Dunham. St. Augustine, FL: The Record Press/J. Carver Harris, 1952.

Rights

Flagler College’s Rare Books, Floridiana & Institutional Repository are neither the original nor current copyright owner for the photographs. Please contact the publisher or source cited for each photograph to obtain a copy and/or permission to reproduce these items.

Is Referenced By

The following St. Augustine Fiction books feature this historic site as a location:

The Minorcan Yoke

Date Submitted

This record was last updated on September 30, 2025.

Citation

“Cuna Street,” St. Augustine Fiction, accessed May 17, 2026, https://staugustinefiction.omeka.net/items/show/317.

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