Segui-Kirby Smith House

Historical marker location:

6 Artillery Lane, St. Augustine, Florida

( Marker is on Artillery Lane west of Aviles Street, on the left when traveling west.)

Second Spanish Colonial Period, Built ca. 1790.

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The Fountain of Youth, a legendary spring that was believed to grant eternal youth to those who drank from it, was thought to be located in Florida. Juan Ponce de León is said to have been searching for it when he discovered the land that would become Florida.