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Markland

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. 7 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1937.

From the record

“Markland, also known as the Andrew Anderson House, is a historic mansion in St. It was built in the Greek Revival style of Classical Revival architecture.”

Wikipedia article Markland (St. Augustine, Florida), CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 51 National Register listings published here for St. Johns County · listed in 1978 · category: Building.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. 102 King St., St. Augustine, 32084
  • When was it listed? December 1978
  • Category. building
  • Census division. St. Augustine
  • Architectural style. Greek Revival architecture
  • National Register reference number. 78003080 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Fires near this property

353 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 353 fires within 5 miles of Markland between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,439 acres in total. 54 started naturally. 49 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Equipment and vehicle use95
Natural54
Arson/incendiarism49
Missing data/not specified/undetermined46
Recreation and ceremony34
Misuse of fire by a minor31
Railroad operations and maintenance22
Debris and open burning15
Smoking5
Fireworks1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
8 September 2016Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceWINN DIXIE (55)
6 September 1999Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
6 September 1999Natural11 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
5 September 2020Natural2.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceSAN SEBASTIAN (55)
5 September 1993Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
3 September 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
27 September 1993Natural75 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
2 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.7 acresFlorida Forest ServiceN. WASHINGTON ST. (55)

Every fire recorded in St. Johns County

Mines and quarries near this property

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Markland: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
St. Johns Co. Rd. and Bridge - Woodlawn PitSandProducer
Anastasia Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Mclead Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in St. Johns County

Maps showing this location

7 surveys

United States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the coordinate the National Park Service records for this property, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.

Listed places nearby

6 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Xavier Lopez Houseunder 500 feet1993
Solla-Carcaba Cigar Factory0.1 miles1993
Hotel Ponce De Leon0.1 miles1975
Villa Zorayda0.2 miles1993
Alcazar Hotel0.2 miles1971
Model Land Company Historic District0.2 miles1983

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 78003080 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
St. Johns CountyAll 51 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

  • Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
  • Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
  • How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
  • Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
  • Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.