Florida Historical Markers Programs - Marker Detail
OLD SPANISH QUARRIES
Location:Anastasia Island State Recreation Area.
County: St. Johns
City: St. Augustine
Description: About 200 yards east of this point, and extending a mile south, are the remains of the Old King's Quarries. Here scouring, a native shellac, was cut into blocks and ferried across the bay for the building of Caudillo DE San Marches (1672-1669). Many other early structures in St. Augustine were built of scouring from these pits.
Sponsors: Florida Board of Parks and Historic Memorials in Cooperation with St. Johns Historical Commission