Climate change and increased development along the beaches of Anastasia Island bring new challenges to the area.
Sea level rise and more numerous and stronger hurricanes erode beaches and threaten property, including historically significant . . . — — Map (db m283359) HM
Dr. Robert Hayling, dentist and Lincolnville resident, organized civil rights demonstrations in St. Augustine starting in the early 1960s. One in 1963 involved a group of teenagers arrested for ordering from a "whites only" lunch counter at the St. . . . — — Map (db m283334) HM
St. Augustine Beach Pier
In addition to lodging, the Beach Hotel included a sweet shop, bath house, cocktail lounge, dining rooms, and a ball room. Locals and visitors alike enjoyed dances and events here, along with surfing, fishing, . . . — — Map (db m283324) HM
The Black Heritage Trail details nearly 500 years of St. Johns County Black history, from the first man of African descent to land in Florida in 1513 to the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s.
St. Johns County boasts a rich African heritage and . . . — — Map (db m283215) HM
Though weather events eventually destroyed the original wooden fishing pier and parts of the original seawall, St. Johns County continued to invest in maintaining tourism and recreational elements. Beach renourishment efforts began in the late 1970s . . . — — Map (db m283346) HM
What is this Building?
Designed by St. Augustine architect Francis Hollingsworth, the St. Augustine Beach Hotel is one of two remaining structures from the St. Augustine Auxiliary Pier Project constructed in 1939-1940 by the Works Progress . . . — — Map (db m283219) HM
