Ribera House

It is a reconstruction of the home that originally stood on this site during the First Spanish Period (1565-1764) of St. Augustine.

The Historic St. Augustine Preservation Board purchased the Parks Hotel in 1963 and demolished it in 1964 to reconstruct the Ribera House, which was completed in 1965.

[3] Archaeological work was completed at the site by eight students from Florida State University under the direction of Dr. Hale Smith, director of anthropology at FSU, and Robert Steinbach, the archaeologist for the Preservation Commission.

It operated as the orientation center of San Agustín Antiguo, the Preservation Board’s 18th century museum village.

[8] The adjacent garden is currently being restored with new landscaping and historical interpretation of the site; it will be opened to the public in 2019.