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In 1922, John Cantwell, Bishop of the Diocese of Los Angeles and San Diego, asked the Order of Saint Augustine to satisfy the need of a new boys' school in the southern part of the 80,000-square-mile (210,000 km 2) diocese. The Order of Saint Augustine opened St. Augustine High School in the St. Vincent's parish meeting hall on September 18 ...
Cross and Sword was a 1965 play by American playwright Paul Green created to honor the 400th anniversary of the settlement of St. Augustine. It was Florida 's official state play, having received the designation by the Florida Senate in 1973. [ 1] It was performed for ten weeks every summer in St. Augustine for more than 30 years, closing in ...
Place premiered. Ahmanson Theatre. Los Angeles. Subject. A writer struggles to escape the memory of his recently deceased wife. Genre. Comedy-drama. Chapter Two is a semi-autobiographical play by Neil Simon. The play premiered on Broadway in 1977, where it ran for 857 performances.
Frank B. Butler. Frank Bertran Butler (1885–1973) was an American businessman who established a beach resort for African Americans in northeast Florida during the segregation era. He worked in Fernandina Beach, St. Augustine, and then St. Augustine's Lincolnville neighborhood where he established his own market as well as a real estate ...
The St. Augustine High School football program has competed in the FHSAA football state playoffs 25 times, making their first appearance in 1972 under coach Herman "Foots" Brumley. Brumley's teams made six playoff appearances from 1972 to 1979, including five consecutive appearances from 1975 to 1979, winning the district championship in all ...
82001040. Added to NRHP. 19 November 1982 [1] The Bridge of Lions is a double-leaf bascule bridge that spans the Intracoastal Waterway in St. Augustine, Florida, United States. A part of State Road A1A, it connects downtown St. Augustine to Anastasia Island across Matanzas Bay. A pair of copies of the marble Medici lions guard the bridge, begun ...
September 10, 1992. The St. Augustine Alligator Farm Zoological Park is one of Florida 's oldest continuously running attractions, having opened on May 20, 1893. [3] It has 24 species of crocodilians, and also a variety of other reptiles, mammals and birds, as well as exhibits, animal performances and educational demonstrations.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.9 square miles (5.0 km 2), all land. The boundaries of St. Augustine Beach are the Atlantic Ocean, the west right-of-way of Florida State Road A1A, the north right-of-way of Pope Road, and Sandpiper Village subdivision to the south.