Orange Street
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Creator
Title
Orange Street
Date Created
c. 1572
Date Modified
c.1704
1808
Type
This may be one of the original streets in St. Augustine or it may date to the 1670s.
Description
Orange Street forms the north border of 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) although the current location for the Cubo Line with the City Gates opening onto Orange Street at the top of St. George Street only dates to c.1704 and the current coquina gates to 1808.
Whether Orange Street dates back to the 16th century cannot be determined definitively, because Orange Street is also the northern edge of the "Restoration Area of St. Augustine," a six-block section of the northern part of the colonial city. This part of St. Augustine was settled following the construction of the Castillo de San Marcos in 1672.
Posing for pictures in front of the Old City Gates on Orange Street was long a must for tourists to St. Augustine.
Between 1889 and 1892, St. Francis Street was one of the streets that was paved with wood blocks. After 1892, asphalt began to be used to pave St. Augustine's streets.
Whether Orange Street dates back to the 16th century cannot be determined definitively, because Orange Street is also the northern edge of the "Restoration Area of St. Augustine," a six-block section of the northern part of the colonial city. This part of St. Augustine was settled following the construction of the Castillo de San Marcos in 1672.
Posing for pictures in front of the Old City Gates on Orange Street was long a must for tourists to St. Augustine.
Between 1889 and 1892, St. Francis Street was one of the streets that was paved with wood blocks. After 1892, asphalt began to be used to pave St. Augustine's streets.
Rights Holder
City of St. Augustine
Relation
The City Gates are located on the intersection of San Marco Avenue and Orange Street.
Cordova Street deadends onto Orange Street.
The Orange Street School is located on Orange Street.
San Marco Avenue/S. Castillo Drive intersects with the eastern terminus of Orange Street.
The northern end of St. George Street deadends onto Orange Street.
Source
The following books, articles, websites, and photographers were used to find the above photographs or illustrations:
Map 1 (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 2 (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 (c.1910s): Bowen, Beth Rogero, and the St. Augustine Historical Society. St. Augustine in the Gilded Age. Acadia Publishing, 2008.
Photograph 2 (1993): 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.
Photograph 3 (2025): Zufelt, Holly. "Orange 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, Inc., 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.
Graham, Thomas. Mr. Flagler’s St. Augustine. Univ. of Florida Press, 2014
Map 1 (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 2 (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 (c.1910s): Bowen, Beth Rogero, and the St. Augustine Historical Society. St. Augustine in the Gilded Age. Acadia Publishing, 2008.
Photograph 2 (1993): 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.
Photograph 3 (2025): Zufelt, Holly. "Orange 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, Inc., 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.
Graham, Thomas. Mr. Flagler’s St. Augustine. Univ. of Florida Press, 2014
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:
Always the Vampire
A Golden Sorrow
One Summer in the Old Town
Always the Vampire
A Golden Sorrow
One Summer in the Old Town
Date Submitted
This record was last updated on October 20, 2025.
Collection
Citation
The Spanish, “Orange Street,” St. Augustine Fiction, accessed June 12, 2026, https://staugustinefiction.omeka.net/items/show/367.