Arrivas House

It was the first completed restoration project of the Historic St. Augustine Preservation Board (HSAPB), and was named after early owner Don Raimundo de Arrivas.

Don Raimundo de Arrivas is listed as the owner of the property on a 1764 map, which was created as an inventory of buildings that the Spanish compiled for the British when Florida became a colony of Great Britain.

A 1788 map shows that the building had evolved into a large L-shaped masonry house, very similar to the structure that stands today.

[1] Paul Arnau, St. Augustine Collector of Customs and Superintendent of Lighthouses, was another notable resident of the Arrivas House.

[2] The Historic St. Augustine Preservation Board purchased the Arrivas House in July 1960 for $49,900, and set out to restore the structure to its Second Spanish Period appearance.

Then-Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson visited St. Augustine to mark the occasion, and gave a speech to the city from the Arrivas House balcony.