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  2. History of St. Augustine, Florida - Wikipedia

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    [131] [132] Historic Excelsior School, built in 1925 as the first public high school for blacks in St. Augustine, [133] has been adapted as the city's first museum of African-American history. In 2011, the St. Augustine Foot Soldiers Monument, a commemoration of participants in the civil rights movement, was dedicated in the downtown plaza a ...

  3. St. Augustine Town Plan Historic District - Wikipedia

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    St. Augustine, founded by Spain in 1565, is the oldest permanent European settlement on the mainland of North America, north of Mexico. Its long colonial history extends to 1822, when Spanish East Florida was annexed to the United States as part of the Florida Territory. The city core's street plan, with narrow streets, dates to the first ...

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

  6. St. Augustine Historical Society - Wikipedia

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    The St. Augustine Historical Society (SAHS) is a membership organization committed to the preservation and interpretation of historically significant structures, artifacts, and documentary materials related to St. Augustine, Florida. Formally organized on New Years Day 1883, SAHS is the oldest continuously operating museum and historical ...

  7. Inaugural St. Augustine History Festival slated for May 11-15

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    The St. Augustine History Festival, which takes place in May, will feature re-enactments, historical research on St. Augustine families, art and more.

  8. St. Johns County, Florida - Wikipedia

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    St. Johns County's history begins in 1821, when Colonel Robert Butler received Spanish East Florida from Captain-General Colonel José M. Coppinger.Butler represented Major General Andrew Jackson, federal military commissioner for the Florida provinces (las Floridas) with the powers of governor, exercising the powers of the Captain General and the Intendants of the Island of Cuba and the ...

  9. Abbott Tract Historic District - Wikipedia

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    The Abbott Tract Historic District is a 33 acres (13 ha) historic district in St. Augustine, Florida. It is bounded by Matanzas Bay, Pine, San Marco, and Shenandoah Avenues. On July 21, 1983, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. It contains 124 contributing buildings. [1] It is a 17 block area. [2]