FloridaBeachResort.com Official website of St Augustine Beachfront Resort.
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St Augustine Beachfront Resort, a St Augustine Hotel and Florida Beach Resort
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St Augustine History
The unique views found here tell the story of nearly 450 years of St Augustine history. The fabled Bridge of Lions spanning Matanzas Bay. A charming waterfront reflecting the glories of Imperial Spain. The Victorian grandeur of Henry Flagler's hotels. Ancient narrow streets that still echo to the clip-clop passage of America's history. St. Augustine is full of history.
At the Oldest House (enshrined as a National Historic Landmark dating from the early 1600s), walls are made of tabby, a mixture of lime, shell and sand once common in coastal Florida . A mulberry tree that grows in the yard descends from stock of the 1830s when silk culture, though boomed, never really caught on.
Ancient, too, are the Mission of Nombre de Dios (from the founding of St. Augustine in 1565) and - fearsome fort and prison - the Castillo de San Marcos (1695). Less fearsome just north of the city is the site of America’s first free black community, formed in 1738. Though today only sand remains of Fort Mose, an exhibit at Ponce De Leon Mall tells the entire story.
Contact
- Howard Johnsons Beach Resort
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- St. Augustine FL
- United States 32084
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- (904) 999-9999
