Halloween Trick-or-Treat Festival

The Ximenez-Fatio House hosts a safe Trick-or-Treat Festival on Saturday, October 25, 2025, from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m.

You and your kids are encouraged to wear spooky or fun costumes, play games, win prizes, and trick-or-treat from the historic home's many doors and windows.

This family-friendly afternoon is free. Donations are accepted and will be used by their "Save Our Coquina" fund to help preserve their 224-year-old museum.

Admission: Free. Donations accepted. Tours of the museum are available at regular prices. 

When: Saturday, October 25, from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m.

Where: On the grounds of the Ximenez-Fatio House Museum, 20 Aviles Street, St. Augustine, Florida 32084

The Ximenez-Fatio House Museum

Built in 1798 during St. Augustine’s Second Spanish Period, this coquina stone house has witnessed more than 225 years of Florida history. Don Andres Ximenez (a merchant from Spain) was its first owner, having built it for his family.

After Florida became a territory of the United States, the house was owned by a series of women who operated the property as a boarding house hotel. Three of these female managers were widowed, while the most prominent, Louisa Fatio, remained single.

In 1939, the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the State of Florida (NSCDA-FL) purchased the derelict house. They hired the best preservationists to ensure it was as historically accurate as possible to the Boarding House Period (1830s - 1880s) and ultimately named their newly opened museum "The Ximenez-Fatio House"—Ximenez for the man who built the house and Fatio for Louisa Fatio, the house's last historic owner.