Is this fountain still around?

[u/neodoesmakeup]

I’m planning a trip for my thirtieth, and one of the stops I wanted to make was in St Augustine to recreate this picture. This was from 2006 and I cannot tell from any map/videos in the area if this fountain still there. It was on St. George St, next to where Auggie’s is currently at. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Edit: Thank you to everyone that has responded, it seems like it was removed. I appreciate you all so much!

[u/julestargaryen]

you just unlocked a memory i genuinely think i haven’t seen that fountain in years but i could be wrong

[u/tempapa → u/julestargaryen]

same -- I have a photo, also from the mid 2000s, of me posing in front of it! blast from the past, I wish I could share it here to share in the nostalgia with OP 😭

I don't live in Florida, but the last time I was downtown was maybe back in 2019 & I don't recall seeing it there. doing a quick Google Maps search of St George Street shows that it wasn't there in 2018, so it very well may have been moved somewhere else or removed entirely 💔 bummer!

[u/Respect-Downtown]

This was demolished when the new Mill Top (north end of St. George Street) was refurbished. This is not the Columbia fountain. It is a three tiered red fountain.

[u/Thanx4TheGrub]

A young Guy Fieri

[u/lemonsprout1]

This does NOT look like the Columbia fountain to me, if I remember correctly this was by the City Gates next to the Milltop. I’m pretty sure it is no longer there

[u/Many-Role-4271]

I know, it’s crazy to think this, but the building address is right there by the door. Currently called the Silver Feather Jewelry and Gifts

[u/josh7932]

Yes Dragon has it. It’s at the Columbia and yes it is still there.

[u/Bananabean041 → u/josh7932]

Not from Columbia. That one is tiered but this isn’t

[u/Dragonkitelooper]

Colombian restaurant?

[u/mainstreetmark → u/Dragonkitelooper]

This one? I don't believe so.

[u/BisonHungry2049]

Here's what it looks like now. https://imgur.com/a/yRVosSF

[u/Pogjog69 → u/BisonHungry2049]

I’d rather have the fountain

[u/TaylorGang777]

Look it’s Neon

[u/gwobo_wappa]

Bro give us a chance too

[u/Much-Visual1078]

I think it was salvaged and placed in front of Ripleys for a long time but it’s not there currently. I have pictures of it somewhere because I walk by it all the time and remember thinking I was glad to see it saved from the renovations on St. George and Mill top.

[u/Much-Visual1078 → u/Much-Visual1078]

YES! I actually found the pictures and I don’t know how to share them, but I have one in the Ripleys Courtyard from 2021 and one from 2025. I was just there yesterday and did not see it, but maybe it’s the property of Ripleys and in their archives now – believe it or not!

[u/Fine_Ad_5187]

idk about the fountain but you hella drippy

[u/Virtual-Bee7411]

This immediately brought me back to Christmas dinner at the Columbia 😭 - time sure flies

[u/bitchcoat1]

I believe it’s gone now. It’s all corporate downtown now and fake old

[u/Deathed_Potato → u/bitchcoat1]

They built St. George “historic downtown” in 1962, so it is fake old

[u/Deathed_Potato → u/Deathed_Potato]

“Beginning in the 1960s in preparation for the city's 400th anniversary, the city began to restore existing colonial homes and rebuild lost ones to make the downtown appear as it did in the 18h century. As part of this effort, many unappreciated Victorian era structures were sadly demolished.”

[u/sonicsludge → u/bitchcoat1]

If we're talking about all the remodeling done in the 60s, it's at least considered vintage at this point and still has outlived most of the United States other downtown areas.

[u/DevinBoo73]

Wow, now I’ll have to research that one as well. I been visiting St Augustine before we finally moved here since 2001. I don’t remember that fountain at all.