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Rosario is the former estate of Seattle mayor and shipbuilder Robert Moran and is located on Orcas Island, Washington in the San Juan archipelago. Portions of the estate became part of Moran State Park in the early 1920s and the site has been of use as the Rosario Resort and Spa since 1960.
On August 20, 1947 Chicago publisher Otto C. Lightner purchased the building to convert the old hotel into a hobbies museum. He used the space to house several collections, including his own extensive collection of Victorian era art. [3] [4] He then turned it over to the city of St. Augustine and the museum opened to the public in 1948. [5]
In 2019, the Florida weekly FOLIO published a rating “Best of Saint Augustine 2019”, in which the Medieval Torture Museum took 4th place in the Best Museum nomination. [ 6 ] The museum received a Certificate of Excellence from the TripAdvisor platform, which is issued to accommodations, attractions and restaurants that consistently earn ...
The project was completed in March 1977, and was one of the last houses reconstructed for San Agustín Antiguo, St. Augustine's living history museum. Ironically, though this project was called "restoration" it actually resulted in the demolition of the home and gallery of one of America's famous artists, Earl Cunningham (1893-1977)--often ...
The St. Augustine Historic Restoration and Preservation Commission (later the Historic St. Augustine Preservation Board) completed a reconstruction of the Sánchez de Ortigosa house in 1966. It was built as a one-story pink house on the corners of St. George Street and Cuna Street. The roof was built of tile and cement.
Scarlett O'Hara's, a longtime restaurant and bar on the corner of Hypolita and Cordova streets in downtown St. Augustine, was a major player in the city's nightlife. The business next door, Dos ...
The St. Augustine Restoration Inc. decided to take on reconstructing the Rodríguez House in the late 1960s using funds donated by Edward Ball of Jacksonville, Florida. [2] During the time of St. Augustine's downtown living history museum, San Agustín Antiguo, this structure was used to house craft demonstrations such as pottery making. [3]
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