Name: St. Francis Barracks
Address: Saint Augustine, Florida 32084, US
Telephone: (904) 823-0696

St. Francis Barracks is a lodging, located at Saint Augustine, Florida 32084. They can be contacted via phone at (904) 823-0696 for more detailed information.

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Saint Augustine, Florida 32084

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Added by Jopie, at 01 January 2020

St. Francis Barracks is a historic structure constructed of coquina stone located on Marine Street in St. Augustine, Florida, named in honor of St. Francis of Assisi. The barracks were constructed between 1724 and 1755 by monks of the Order of St. Francis, to replace a series of wooden buildings which had been destroyed by the ravages of the tropical climate in La Florida and by fire, both accidental fires and occasional intentional ones, such as when the city was razed by the English in 1702.The barracks were turned into a military structure by the British in 1763, after Florida became a British possession at the conclusion of the French and Indian War. At that time, the Franciscan monks vacated St. Augustine, along with a majority of the other Spanish residents.The name St. Francis Barracks also came to be applied to the military reservation which developed around the barracks, on the shore of the Matanzas River. There are several historic structures, including the King's Bakery, the only extant structure in St. Augustine constructed entirely within the twenty-year period of British occupation.Today the St. Francis Barracks serve as the Florida State Arsenal, headquarters for the Florida National Guard and its two subordinate organizations, the Florida Army National Guard and the Florida Air National Guard. A portion of the area is also the site of the St. Augustine National Cemetery.