ASYLUM / HOSPITAL ST. AUGUSTINE, FLORIDA

Spanish Military Hospital

St. Augustine, Florida
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A reconstructed Spanish colonial hospital on its original site, presenting the grim medicine of the era.

History

The museum recreates a ward from St. Augustine’s second Spanish period, when the building served the city’s garrison. The site sits near an old burial ground, and guests report being touched in the ward, footsteps, and the sense of patients still present.

Reported phenomena

Touches in the ward, footsteps, and a man reported in the surgery room.