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Item Title
Castillo de San Marcos, 1 Castillo Drive, Saint Augustine, St. Johns County, FL
Location1 Castillo Drive,
Saint Augustine, FL
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Created/Published
Documentation compiled after 1933.
Notes
Survey number HABS FL-17
Unprocessed field note material exists for this structure (FN-84).
Building/structure dates:
1672 initial construction
Building/structure dates:
1738 subsequent work
Building/structure dates:
1752 subsequent work
Building/structure dates:
1762 subsequent work
Significance: The star fort and its moat and outworks were built to protect Spanish territory in Florida from attacks by the English. Castillo San Marco is the oldest masonry fort in the continental U.S. It was the site of a British Garrison in the Revolutionary War, was acquired by the U.S. in 1819 and used as a military prison. The fort last saw action in the Spanish American War in 1898.
Subjects
BastionsMilitary Art & ScienceWatch Towers
Related Names
Daza, Ignacio
Works Progress Administration
Ransom, Howard, Field Team
Milburn, W. E., Field Team
Boucher, Jack E., Photographer
Silverman, Eleni, Historian
Sein, Jorge L., Delineator
Webb, Michael T., Delineator
Harden, Kimberly E., Delineator
Bunyard, Stephen G., Delineator
Page, J. Erwin, Delineator
Collection
Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress)
Contents
Photograph caption(s):
13. AERIAL VIEW FROM THE NORTHWEST, SHOWING CASTILLO AND ITS RELATION TO THE TOWN
14. AERIAL VIEW FROM THE SOUTHWEST
15. VIEW OF THE CASTILLO AS SEEN FROM IN FRONT OF THE PALM LOG REVETMENT (LOGS ARE ACTUALLY RECONSTRUCTIVE CASTS)
16. VIEW OF SOUTHEAST BASTION
17. SOUTHEAST BASTION, SEEN FROM THE SOUTHEAST CORNER, SHOWING CANNON EMPLACEMENT AND ECHAUGETTE, AND VIEW TO HOT SHOT OVEN
18. HOT SHOT TOWER, CIVIL WAR VINTAGE
19. WEST WALL OF THE NOTHWEST BASTION
20. VIEW OF SOUTHEAST WALLS, LOOKING TOWARDS THERAVELIN AND PORTCULLIS
21. SOUTHWEST BASTION WITH VIEW OF MOAT
22. VIEW OF THE WATCHTOWER OF ST. CHARLES, VIEW LOOKING BACK TOWARD SOUTHEAST BASTION
23. VIEW FROM FORT WALLS TOWARDS THE CITY
24. VIEW FROM ECHAUGETTE, LOOKING NORTH TOWARDS THE CITY
25. NORTHEAST BASTION, THE WATCHTOWER OF ST. CHARLES, AS SEEN FROM INSIDE THE FORT
26. ENTRANCE TO THE CASTILLO, DRAWBRIDGE AND DOORWAY WITH SPANISH ROYAL COAT-OF-ARMS (ERECTED 1756)
27. ENTRANCE TO THE CASTILLO, DETAIL OF DRAWGBRIDGE AND DOORWAY WITH COAT-OF-ARMS
28. ENTRANCE TO THE CASTILLO, LOOKING BACK FROM WITHIN THE FORT SALLY PORT
29. NORTHWEST WALLS OF THE CASTILLO PARADE (COURTYARD), AS SEEN FROM UNDERNEATH THE RECONSTRUCTED ARCH
30. NORTH WALL OF THE CASTILLO PARADE, SHOWING ENTRANCE TO CHAPEL OF ST. MARK
31. NORTH WALL OF THE CASTILLO PARADE, DETAIL OF ENTRANCE TO THE CHAPEL OF ST. MARK
32. VIEW OF THE EAST WALL OF THE CASTILLO PARADE, SHOWING THE RECONSTRUCTED ARCH WITH STAIRWAY
33. EAST WALL OF THE CASTILLO PARADE, DETAIL OF RECONSTRUCTED ARCH AND STAIRWAY
34. VIEW OF THE SOUTHWESTERN CORNER OF THE CASTILLO PARADE, VIEW FROM UNDER THE RECONSTRUCTED ARCH
35. OUTER DRAWBRIDGE, ENTRY TO THE PROTECTIVE CORRIDOR BETWEEN THE RAVELIN AND THE CASTILLO, AS SEEN FROM WITHIN THE CORRIDOR
36. OUTER DRAWBRIDGE, ENTRY TO PROTECTIVE CORRIDOR BETWEEN RAVELIN AND CASTILLO, AS SEEN FROM THE CITY APPROACH
37. CASTILLO PARADE, DETAIL OF DOORWAY IN ONE OF THE PARADE WALLS
38. CHAPEL OF ST. MARK, INTERIOR VIEW TOWARDS ALTAR
39. CASTILLO GUARDROOM
40. Photocopy of plan of the Castillo c. 1779 (Actual Negative 4'x5') STAR PLAN, COURTYARD FACADE PROFILE AND DEFENSIVE LINKS
41. Photocopy of plan of the Castillo James Moncrief, Engineer STAR PLAN AND SECTION
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