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Creation Date
6-10-2012
Building Name
Spanish Dragoon Barracks
Description
Spanish Dragoon Barracks Marker, St Augustine FL
The text on the marker reads as :
" A first Spanish period two-story coquina, shingle roofed structure, 33´ x 19´, 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."
Sponsors: Sponsored by The St. Johns County Historical Commission and the Security Federal Savings & Loan Association in cooperation with Department of State
Latitude, Longitude
29.89418333, -81.31436667
Recommended Citation
Taylor, George Lansing Jr., "Spanish Dragoon Barracks Marker, St. Augustine, FL" (2012). George Lansing Taylor Collection Main Gallery. 4616.
https://digitalcommons.unf.edu/historical_architecture_main/4616
