The King's Bakery is a coquina stone structure in St. Augustine, Florida built during the British colonial period in Florida (1763 - 1784). The building located on Marine Street, with the rear facing Matanzas Bay, was constructed to supply bread to the British troops quartered across the street at the St. Francis Barracks, a building which formerly housed Franciscan monks assigned to the Franciscan monastery during the First Spanish Period (1565 - 1763) of St. Augustine. The monastery was converted by the British for military use.[1][2]
The bakery, believed to be the only structure left in St. Augustine built entirely during the British period, was used as alternately as a storeroom for flour, a military hospital[3] and offices. The bakery, which was converted for use as a garage in 1934, is part of the St. Francis Barracks military compound which became the headquarters for the Florida National Guard in 1907.[4]