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.
Creator
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
Collection
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.