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  2. St. Augustine, Florida - Wikipedia

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    The first European known to have explored the coasts of Florida was the Spanish explorer and governor of Puerto Rico, Juan Ponce de León, who likely ventured in 1513 as far north as the vicinity of the future St. Augustine, naming the peninsula he believed to be an island "La Florida" and claiming it for the Spanish crown.

  3. History of St. Augustine, Florida - Wikipedia

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    Pedro Menéndez de Avilés. The first European known to have explored the coasts of Florida was the Spanish explorer and governor of Puerto Rico, Juan Ponce de León, who likely ventured in 1513 as far north as the vicinity of the future St. Augustine, naming the peninsula he believed to be an island "La Florida" and claiming it for the Spanish crown.

  4. National Register of Historic Places listings in St. Johns ...

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    Location of St. Johns County in Florida. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in St. Johns County, Florida. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in St. Johns County, Florida, United States. The locations of National Register properties ...

  5. List of the oldest buildings in Florida - Wikipedia

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    St. Augustine 1750 House Segui-Smith House: St. Augustine 1754 House St. Francis Barracks: St. Augustine 1755 Religious/Military O'Reilly House: St. Augustine 1760-1785 House Rodriguez-Avero-Sanchez House: St. Augustine 1762 House Llambias House: St. Augustine Before 1763 House González-Jones House: St. Augustine Before 1763 House Lindsley ...

  6. Castillo de San Marcos - Wikipedia

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    The Saint Augustine Blues, a militia unit formed in St. Augustine, were enrolled into the Confederate Army at Ft. Marion on August 5, 1861. They were assigned to the recently organized Third Florida Infantry as its Company B. More than a dozen former members of the St. Augustine Blues are buried in a row at the city's Tolomato Cemetery. Men ...

  7. St. Johns County, Florida - Wikipedia

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    St. Johns County is a county in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of Florida.As of the 2020 United States census, its population was 273,425. [1] The county seat and most populous incorporated city is St. Augustine, although the nearby community, St. Johns, has a higher population. [2]

  8. González–Álvarez House - Wikipedia

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    St. Johns County markers; Oldest House Museum Complex at Florida's Historic A1A Coastal Scenic Byway; Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. FL-138, "Gonzalez-Alvarez House, 14 Saint Francis Street, Saint Augustine, St. Johns County, FL", 14 photos, 21 measured drawings, 37 data pages

  9. Ximenez-Fatio House - Wikipedia

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    This era in St. Augustine's history — after Florida was ceded to the United States in 1821 and well before the grand Flagler hotels opened in the second half of the 1880s — was the beginning of tourism in Florida. By 1834, there were six boarding houses in the city. [24] More would open in the years ahead.