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NRHP reference No. 81000668. Added to NRHP. March 19, 1981. The St. Augustine Light Station is a privately maintained aid to navigation and an active, working lighthouse in St. Augustine, Florida. [2] The current lighthouse stands at the north end of Anastasia Island and was built between 1871 and 1874. The tower is the second lighthouse tower ...
History of Florida. St. Augustine, Florida, the oldest continuously occupied settlement of European origin in the continental United States, was founded in 1565 by Spanish admiral Pedro Menéndez de Avilés. The Spanish Crown issued an asiento to Menéndez, signed by King Philip II on March 20, 1565, granting him various titles, including that ...
State. Florida. County. St. Johns. Anastasia Island is a barrier island located off the northeast Atlantic coast of Florida in the United States. It sits east of St. Augustine, running north–south in a slightly southeastern direction to Matanzas Inlet. The island is about 14 miles (23 km) long [1][2] and an average of 1 mile in width.
There are 55 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county, including 6 National Historic Landmarks. This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted September 5, 2024.[2] Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. Contents: Counties in Florida (non-linked contain no National Register listings)
St. Augustine is part of Florida's First Coast region and the Jacksonville, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area. It had a population of 14,329 at the 2020 census, up from 12,975 at the 2010 census. Since the late 19th century, St. Augustine's distinctive historical character has made the city a tourist attraction.
Designated NHLD. August 5, 1998. The Ponce de Leon Inlet Light is a lighthouse and museum located at Ponce de León Inlet in Central Florida. [2][3][4][5] At 175 feet (53 m) in height, it is the tallest lighthouse in the state and one of the tallest in the United States (the Cape Hatteras Light in North Carolina is taller at 207 feet (63 m)). [6]
National Park Service, "Inventory of Historic Light Stations - Florida Lighthouses".Maritime Heritage Program. Retrieved on 2010-09-28. U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) (2012), "Light List Vol. III, Atlantic and Gulf Coasts".
The Lightner Museum, originally the Alcazar Hotel, with a statue of Pedro Menéndez de Avilés on the ground. The Lightner Museum is a museum of antiques, mostly American Gilded Age pieces, housed within the historic Hotel Alcazar building in downtown St. Augustine. This 1887 Spanish Renaissance Revival style building is listed on the National ...