History

Located at the heart of historic St. Augustine, the Lightner Museum occupies the former Hotel Alcazar, a Gilded Age resort hotel commissioned by Standard Oil executive Henry Flagler. Completed in 1888, the magnificent Spanish Renaissance Revival building was designed by the prominent architecture firm of Carrère and Hastings.

Learn more below about how the Alcazar became the Lightner Museum.

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