UF Historic St. Augustine

Foundations of the Future: Coquina, Craft, and Conservation

Reviewing materials through scope

Foundations of the Future: Coquina, Craft, and Conservation documents the work of students in UF’s Preservation Institute St. Augustine during the 2024-25 academic year to study a building material unique to St. Augustine’s history.

Sea Level Rise and Coastal Cities Course 

group of people in the filed discussing sea level rise

Sea Level Rise and Coastal Cities Course was organized by the Florida Climate Institute at the University of Florida together with the Colleges of Law, Engineering, Design Construction and Planning, and Journalism and Communications, and the City of St. Augustine during March 5-9, 2018. *See the Video on YouTube*

Secrets of Spanish Florida

Secrets of Spanish Florida, was produced by UFHSA as a 2-hour documentary film released by PBS in December 2017. The production includes teacher resources and a 4-part extended viewing package “America’s Untold Story” that can be purchased from PBS.hased from PBS.

Oral Histories of St. Augustine

Oral History club

Oral Histories of St. Augustine have been recorded by the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Samuel Proctor Oral History Program with funding from UFHSA in 2011 and 2016. Topics include early leaders in St. Augustine’s historic preservation movement and St. Augustine’s important role in the country’s civil rights movement.

Before and After the Melting Pot: Seven Families and Spanish-American Cultural Identity

map of historic locations in st augustine

Before and After the Melting Pot: Seven Families and Spanish-American Cultural Identity, a 2016 research project by Dr. Charles Cobb and Dr. Gifford Waters of the Florida Museum of Natural History. With funding provided by UFHSA, the researchers explored the lives of families living in St. Augustine through the archaeological evidence left behind.

Transforming the Colonial Quarter 

Man in colonial clothing in a high viewpoint. Looking out to the stone walls

Transforming the Colonial Quarter was a UFHSA-funded research project spanning 2015-17 by Dr. Dan Fesenmaier and Dr. Michael Reid of the College of Health and Human Performance, together with Dr. Janet Matthews of the College of Design, Construction, and Planning. Using big data analytics and hands-on collaboration, the team at the CHHP’s Center for Tourism Research […]