St. Augustine, oldest continuously settled city in the United States, seat (1822) of St. Johns county, northeastern Florida, about 40 miles (65 km) southeast of Jacksonville. See Article History. Today, the historic city lays claim to one of Florida’s up-and-coming cultural hubs with a vibrant art and music scene. It is situated on a peninsula between two saltwater rivers, the San Sebastian (west) and Matanzas (east), and on the mainland west of the San Sebastian, just inland from the Atlantic coast on the Intracoastal Waterway. Over the past 450 years, St. Augustine has grown from a fledgling European settlement and military outpost ridden with violence and turmoil to Henry Flagler’s Gilded Age in the late 1800s. St. Augustine’s primary purpose was to thwart the French. On Aviles Street south of the Ximenez-Fatio House. Built during the first Spanish Period, the Father O'Reilly House Museum is one of the oldest structures in St. Augustine -- and situated in the oldest continuously settled neighborhood. View Profile. 2. The History of St. Augustine. The breadbox papers are a collection of 19th century documents that reveal a snapshot of local history that includes slavery and shipwrecks. Historic Downtown. Philip II changed his mind, however, once French Protestants (known as Huguenots) built Fort Caroline in present-day Jacksonville.
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