Today, many old neighborhoods make up the city of St. Augustine. Each one contains stories and characteristics obtained over generations of inhabitation - first by the Timucua and more recently by us. Join us in exploring one such neighborhood - known as the Model Land Company Historic District. A twenty-block neighborhood located between Cordova, King, …
Today, we are checking-into the past at the Casa Monica Hotel. The Moorish and Spanish Baroque Revival structure - located at 95 Cordova Street - first opened its doors to guests in 1888. Unlike the neighboring Flagler-era hotels, this building still operates as a hotel today - making it one of the oldest hotels in …
Today, Lake Maria Sanchez is a lake located at the southern end of Lincolnville and St. Augustine's peninsula. We know a lake may not sound too exciting in a state full of waterways, but did you know this lake wasn't always a lake? Also, who was Maria Sanchez? (The answer is not the professional tennis …
We know them today as Flagler College and The Lightner Museum and The City of St. Augustine's City Hall, but not so long ago these large structures housed some of America's wealthiest vacationers! Henry Flagler radically changed St. Augustine's future when he opened his Hotel Ponce de Leon on this day in 1888, and later, …
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Today we're looking into the history of our neighbors, the Cathedral Basilica of St. Augustine. The seat of the Diocese of St. Augustine and "America's First Parish", this Roman Catholic church has existed in some capacity since the very beginnings of St. Augustine! When Pedro Menendez made his landing in 1565, a mass of celebration …
To say that St. Augustine was transformed by Henry M. Flagler (oil magnate, hotelier, and Uncle Pennybags impersonator) would be an understatement. You can't throw a rock downtown without hitting something that he influenced in some way, and Governor's House is no exception. But as we will see, sometimes the best of intentions can have …
Governor's House Library 