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The coquina fort, standing since 1695
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St. Augustine: the oldest city in the country
Founded by Spain in 1565 — a coquina fort, narrow streets and a housing stock protected by preservation law.
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St. AugustineWho this is for
For buyers who want history and are prepared for the rules that protect it
The Spanish founded St. Augustine in 1565, forty-two years before the English reached Jamestown, and the town has never entirely stopped looking like it. The fort is built of coquina, a soft shell stone that absorbed cannonballs instead of shattering. In the 1880s Henry Flagler arrived with a railway and built hotels so extravagant that one is now a college and another a museum. What is for sale here is old, protected, and inspected differently from the rest of Florida.
The facts
- What the market here is made of
- Historic homes · Single-family homes · Condominiums
- School district
- St. Johns County School District ↗Check which school an address is assigned to on the district's own site
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What to see
St. George Street
The pedestrian spine of the old town
Lightner Museum
Flagler's Alcazar Hotel, now full of Gilded Age collections
Anastasia State Park
Dunes and tidal marsh across the bridge
What we focus on
In the historic district the exterior is not yours to redesign
Coquina and century-old timber need an inspector who knows them
Short-term rental zoning is tight despite the tourist demand
The beaches sit on Anastasia Island and trade as a separate market
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