The Lightner Museum
St. Augustine, FL
The Lightner Museum is housed in the former Hotel Alcazar, built in 1887 in the Spanish Renaissance style. Railroad magnate Henry M. Flagler commissioned architects Carrere and Hastings to design the Alcazar and the Ponce de Leon Hotel (across the street). The two young architects later designed the New York Public Library and the U.S. Senate office building.
Chicago publisher, Otto C. Lightner, purchased the building to house his extensive collection of Victoriana in 1946 and opened the museum two years later.
He gave the museum to the city of St. Augustine.
St. Augustine, FL
The Lightner Museum is housed in the former Hotel Alcazar, built in 1887 in the Spanish Renaissance style. Railroad magnate Henry M. Flagler commissioned architects Carrere and Hastings to design the Alcazar and the Ponce de Leon Hotel (across the street). The two young architects later designed the New York Public Library and the U.S. Senate office building.
Chicago publisher, Otto C. Lightner, purchased the building to house his extensive collection of Victoriana in 1946 and opened the museum two years later.
He gave the museum to the city of St. Augustine.
Mummy Child
Alligator -
Hanging from the ceiling
Lion -
This stuffed lion was once owned by Winston Churchill
Antique Cameras
Edison Recording Devices
School Days Statue
Music Room
Desk designed like an Organ
Confederate Money
Couch from India
Desk from India
Outside the Lightner -
the Hotel Alcazar
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