Cathedral of St Augustine - St. Augustine, FL - U.S. National Register of Historic Places on Waymarking.com

The roots of the Cathedral-Basilica of St. Augustine, or Cathedral Parish began with the sighting of the Florida coast by Admiral Don Pedro Menendez de Cavilers on August 28, 1565, the Feast of Saint Augustine of Hippo. Menendez and his party began landing on September 6, at a spot they called Nombre de Dios (name of God). Menendez himself landed on September 8, and a Mass was celebrated giving thanks to God for the journey. The Spaniards then set about establishing a settlement, which Menendez named St. Augustine, in honor of the saint on whose feast day they had first seen land.

This was, in fact, the beginning of the parish community of St. Augustine, which has continued unbroken from that day in 1565 when Father Francisco Lopez celebrated that first Mass, and the beginning of the oldest permanent European-founded city in the present United States.
The cornerstone of the current Cathedral was laid in 1793 and was finished in 1797.
Quoted from Church web site

Street address: 35 Treasury Street St Augustine, Fla USA 32080 County / Borough / Parish: St Johns County Year listed: 1970 Historic (Areas of) Significance: Event Periods of significance: 1750-1799 Historic function: Religion Current function: Religion Privately owned?: yes Primary Web Site: [Web Link] Secondary Website 1: [Web Link] Season start / Season finish: Not listed Hours of operation: Not listed Secondary Website 2: Not listed National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed

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