St. Francis Barracks

St. Francis Barracks. Life on post – Florida National Guard. , The magnificent Victorian-style quarters along Marine Street were constructed by 1885 as part of a complex of residential buildings for officers and senior enlisted soldiers when St. Augustine was a federal military reservation. These residences continue a long tradition of military occupation in this section of the colonial walled city since the mid-1700s when British troops first converted a Franciscan chapel and friary for use as a military barracks., Authorized by the U.S. Quartermaster General Department, the post quarters include four homes and two duplex units. The three larger homes were reserved for the Post Commander and Company Officers. Farther south, the fourth home was reserved for the post commissary sergeant whose storeroom was across Marine Street in the building now known as the King’s Bakery. Behind the single family homes, two duplex units housed senior noncommissioned officers., Until 1900, the post quarters housed members of the U.S. Army Infantry and Artillery units stationed in St. Augustine. In 1907, the St. Francis Barracks was designated headquarters for the Florida National Guard. Today these homes serve as the residences for the Adjutant General and senior staff of the Florida National Guard.