Spanish Dragoon Barracks
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Markerman62
N 29° 53.652 W 081° 18.863
17R E 469646 N 3307103
Only a couple of blocks from downtown St. Augustine.
Waymark Code: WMDFYQ
Location: Florida, United States
Date Posted: 01/10/2012
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member tiki-4
Views: 29

A first Spanish period two-story coquina, shingle roofed structure, 33'x19', erected on the east side of this lot became the barracks for the Spanish dragoons in 1792. Each story had two rooms. One upper room contained a rack for 20 muskets and 40 pistols, another rack for saddles and bridles, a table and two benches. A detached kitchen, coquina curbed well, stable and privy were located adjacent to the barracks. In the yard, a cultivated vegetable garden, orange, lemon and fig trees flourished. By 1822, the barracks had deteriorated and was razed.
Marker Number: F-194

Date: 1972

County: St Johns

Marker Type: Roadside

Sponsored or placed by: St. Johns County Historical Commission and the Security Federal Savings & Loan Association in cooperation with Department of State

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