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The fort was declared a National Monument in 1924, and after 251 years of continuous military possession, was deactivated in 1933. The 20.48-acre (8.29 ha) site was subsequently turned over to the United States National Park Service. In 1942 the original name, Castillo de San Marcos, was restored by an Act of Congress. [10]
Roughly bounded by Castillo Drive, San Marcos Avenue, Old Mission Avenue, and U.S. Route 1 29°54′07″N 81°19′05″W / 29.901944°N 81.318056°W / 29.901944; -81.318056 ( North City Historic
Castillo de San Marcos National Monument: October 15, 1924: St.Augustine: St. Johns: This fort was built in 1672-95 to protect early Spanish settlers. 2: De Soto National Memorial: March 11, 1948: west of Bradenton: Manatee: Commemorates the landing of Spanish explorer, Hernando de Soto in 1539. De Soto's expedition was the first extensive ...
A suspected drunk driver ran over two people in a crosswalk before crashing outside North Florida’s Castillo de San Marcos National Monument, investigators say.. The pedestrians, both females ...
The Castillo de San Marcos, located on South Castillo Drive, is the oldest masonry fort in the continental United States. Made of a limestone called coquina (Spanish for "small shells"), construction began in 1672. In The fort was declared a National Monument in 1924, and after 251 years of continuous military possession, was deactivated in 1933.
Castillo de San Marcos (also Fort Marion and Fort St. Mark, now a U.S. National Monument) Fort Alabama see Fort Foster; Fort Ann; Fort Annuttgeliea; Fort Arbuckle, Frostproof, Polk County; Fort Armstrong, near Bushnell.