St. Francis Barracks
St. Francis Barracks (1765-1900, 1907-Present) - First established as a military barracks in 1765 by British forces in present day St. Augustine, St. Johns County, Florida. Active Florida National Guard post. Named for St. Francis in 1881. Also known as State Arsenal and St. Augustine Arsenal.
St. Francis Barracks History
Current Status
Currently the Florida Military Department Headquarters and the St. Augustine National Cemetery in St. Augustine, St. Johns County, Florida. The post contains historical buildings dating back to the British era including the restored barracks building and the restored Kings Bakery building. Also present are restored officer quarters buildings from the 1880s and more modern periods. All of these buildings are currently in use. A significant part of the reservation is now the St. Augustine National Cemetery which is small by national cemetery standards but very historic. The cemetery contains the remains of the officers and men killed in the 1835 Dade Massacre that signaled the start of the Second Seminole War. All of the Dade Massacre victims are interred under three coquina rock pyramids with a marble monument to all the casualties of the Seminole Wars. The vaults under the three pyramids contain the individually unidentified remains of 1468 officers and men killed in the Second Seminole War including the Dade Massacre victims.
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Location: 108 Marine Street in St. Augustine, St. Johns County, Florida. Maps & Images Lat: 29.885708 Long: -81.309640 |
Sources:
- Roberts, Robert B., Encyclopedia of Historic Forts: The Military, Pioneer, and Trading Posts of the United States, Macmillan, New York, 1988, 10th printing, ISBN 0-02-926880-X, page 201
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Visited: 5 Mar 2012
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