Summer Night Market at the Ximenez-Fatio House Museum

The Night Market at the Ximenez-Fatio House

The Ximenez-Fatio House Museum hosts a Summer Night Market on Friday, July 3, 2026, from 5:00 to 9:00 p.m.

Held during the First Friday Art Walk, the Summer Night Market presents art, jewelry, and gifts made by local artists and craftspeople. 

This free event includes live music.  

Event Details

Admission: Free. (The museum will not be open during this event.)

When: Friday, July 3, 2026, from 5:00 to 9:00 p.m. 

Where: The Ximenez-Fatio House and 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.