![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d610f5_5349afb6246dac3360cd9ea5d0f19669.png/v1/fill/w_720,h_960,al_c,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/d610f5_5349afb6246dac3360cd9ea5d0f19669.png)
Photo provided by Clayton Junkins.
![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d610f5_dfe5aae3144f1fa526fdc41c4e73a8f1.png/v1/fill/w_800,h_600,al_c,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/d610f5_dfe5aae3144f1fa526fdc41c4e73a8f1.png)
Photo provided by Clayton Junkins.
![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d610f5_1bfbb7b8c4300c469aed2890c71a968d.png/v1/fill/w_720,h_960,al_c,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/d610f5_1bfbb7b8c4300c469aed2890c71a968d.png)
Photo provided by Clayton Junkins.
![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d610f5_5349afb6246dac3360cd9ea5d0f19669.png/v1/fill/w_720,h_960,al_c,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/d610f5_5349afb6246dac3360cd9ea5d0f19669.png)
Photo provided by Clayton Junkins.
![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d610f5_2ebe936e4e186d26052750c61fa93f60.png/v1/fill/w_960,h_720,al_c,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/d610f5_2ebe936e4e186d26052750c61fa93f60.png)
Photo provided by Clayton Junkins.
![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d610f5_6bf0ae1a533bc963a2cc39ac442bffac.png/v1/fill/w_800,h_600,al_c,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/d610f5_6bf0ae1a533bc963a2cc39ac442bffac.png)
Photo provided by Clayton Junkins.
![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d610f5_c9356535a58ab36b8f8bfea5eef89884.png/v1/fill/w_720,h_540,al_c,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/d610f5_c9356535a58ab36b8f8bfea5eef89884.png)
Photo provided by Clayton Junkins.
![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d610f5_2ebe936e4e186d26052750c61fa93f60.png/v1/fill/w_960,h_720,al_c,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/d610f5_2ebe936e4e186d26052750c61fa93f60.png)
Photo provided by Clayton Junkins.
The Gilded Age: A Tale of Yesterday
Saint Augustine, Florida in the age of gold.
CAPO'S BATH HOUSE
![Capo's at the bay front](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d610f5_f7478e14f4637540667ef7b32a0203cf.jpg/v1/fill/w_600,h_366,al_c,q_80,enc_avif,quality_auto/d610f5_f7478e14f4637540667ef7b32a0203cf.jpg)
![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d610f5_6f2f6e10c128fd9f4b099fcb24bbd439.jpg/v1/fill/w_720,h_960,al_c,q_85,enc_avif,quality_auto/d610f5_6f2f6e10c128fd9f4b099fcb24bbd439.jpg)
![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d610f5_0d902ea262bff6fe4e6a5bdad04e616d.jpg/v1/fill/w_720,h_960,al_c,q_85,enc_avif,quality_auto/d610f5_0d902ea262bff6fe4e6a5bdad04e616d.jpg)
![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d610f5_4bb7a79991022eef4efb80f358ef67d5.jpg/v1/fill/w_960,h_720,al_c,q_85,enc_avif,quality_auto/d610f5_4bb7a79991022eef4efb80f358ef67d5.jpg)
![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d610f5_1e94763386e6e1099abd9bf519af4cbf.jpg/v1/fill/w_720,h_960,al_c,q_85,enc_avif,quality_auto/d610f5_1e94763386e6e1099abd9bf519af4cbf.jpg)
![Capo's at the bay front](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d610f5_f7478e14f4637540667ef7b32a0203cf.jpg/v1/fill/w_600,h_366,al_c,q_80,enc_avif,quality_auto/d610f5_f7478e14f4637540667ef7b32a0203cf.jpg)
![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d610f5_6f2f6e10c128fd9f4b099fcb24bbd439.jpg/v1/fill/w_720,h_960,al_c,q_85,enc_avif,quality_auto/d610f5_6f2f6e10c128fd9f4b099fcb24bbd439.jpg)
![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d610f5_0d902ea262bff6fe4e6a5bdad04e616d.jpg/v1/fill/w_720,h_960,al_c,q_85,enc_avif,quality_auto/d610f5_0d902ea262bff6fe4e6a5bdad04e616d.jpg)
![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d610f5_4bb7a79991022eef4efb80f358ef67d5.jpg/v1/fill/w_960,h_720,al_c,q_85,enc_avif,quality_auto/d610f5_4bb7a79991022eef4efb80f358ef67d5.jpg)
![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d610f5_1e94763386e6e1099abd9bf519af4cbf.jpg/v1/fill/w_720,h_960,al_c,q_85,enc_avif,quality_auto/d610f5_1e94763386e6e1099abd9bf519af4cbf.jpg)
Capo's Bath House was an octagonal, wooden structure located on the St. Augustine bay front. Built in the 1870s, the Bath House offered a variety of bath options including both hot and cold water, seawater baths, and sulfur water baths. The structure burned down during a fire in 1914 and was never rebuilt, although the steps that once led to the structure can still be seen at the seawall.
Text by Meghan Crawford