The Lightner Museum

The Lightner Museum of Saint Augustine, Florida

Hamilton Historical Records

In 1948, Lightner bought the former Alcazar hotel and utilized it to store his collection of tens of thousands of items. This building would be eventually known as the Lightner Museum.

Im present day, the former Alcazar Hotel serves as both the Lightner Museum and as the Saint Augustine City Hall building.

Author Philip Andrew Hamilton at the entrance of the Lightner Museum.

Author’s Note:

Lightner possibly had the largest collection in the world at the time of the creation of his museum.

Published by Hamilton Historical Records

I'm a Virginia historian and legal expert who is related to individuals who rode on the Mayflower ship, American founding father George Mason IV, three Union veterans from the U.S. Civil War, two of whom marched with General Sherman to Atlanta, two Confederate veterans, and President Theodore Roosevelt’s and Franklin Roosevelt’s family.

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