Martin Digital History

Villa Zorayda, c. 1900

Item

Title

Villa Zorayda, c. 1900

Description

Front view of the Villa Zorayda house located in St. Augustine, Florida. Frank W. Smith built this Moorish Revival style winter home in 1883. In the early 1900s, the building became a restaurant and social club and later during the 1920s, it was turned into a casino and speakeasy. Abraham Mussallem also used the building as a home before turning it into a museum in 1933.

Source

Scan gift of Historical Society of Martin County.

Rights

No Copyright - In the United States: The Martin County Library System believes that the Item is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. For more information, visit http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Format

Black and white print; 7.5x9 inches

Language

English

Type

Still Image

Identifier

HSMC-2024-006-W-b3-004
2024.006
2013.33.02.02.03

Original Format

Photographic print

Citation

W. A. Cox (St. Augustine, Fla.), “Villa Zorayda, c. 1900,” Martin Digital History, accessed October 5, 2026, https://www.martindigitalhistory.org/items/show/6834.