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{{Infobox NRHP
| nocat         = yes
| name          = Santoyo House
| nrhp_type     = CP
| image         = Santoyo House.jpg
| caption       = Santoyo House, 2018
| partof        = [[St. Augustine Town Plan Historic District]]
| partof_refnum = 70000847
| location      = 91 St George Street, [[St. Augustine, Florida]]
| coordinates   = {{coord|29|54|54|N|81|18|44|W}}
| locmapin      = USA Florida
| built         = 1966
| architecture  = [[Spanish Colonial]]
}}
'''The Santoyo House''' is located at 91 [[St. George Street (St. Augustine)|St. George Street]], [[St. Augustine, Florida]]. It is a reconstruction of a [[History of Florida|First Spanish Period (1565-1763)]] house in Florida.
== History ==
A 1764 Spanish map indicates that there was a one-story flat-roofed house at this site made of tabby and plaster coating, belonging to Miguel Santoyo, a soldier at the [[Castillo de San Marcos]]. Miguel Santoyo was the son of Juan de la Rosa Santoya and Maria Ana Cavallero. Miguel, his father, and his brother were all soldiers at the Castillo. Miguel belonged to a regiment of [[dragoon]]s. The floor of his home was most likely wooden or earthen and he had no [[loggia]] or porch, common in Spanish architecture, connected to his dwelling<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=Guide Book: Including Descriptions of the Buildings, Crafts, and a Brief History of the Restoration of the Nation's Oldest City|last=Historic St. Augustine Preservation Board|publisher=Department of Cultural Affairs, Department of State, State of Florida|year=1971|isbn=|location=Tallahassee, Florida|pages=44–45}}</ref>
The [[Treaty of Paris (1763)|1763 Treaty of Paris]] ceded Florida to Great Britain and [[Jesse Fish]], British agent, sold the house in 1769 to a George Kemp, surgeon and a member of the British General Assembly in East Florida.<ref name=":0" /> The home was most likely destroyed at some point during St. Augustine's [[History of Florida|British Period]] (1763-1783) for use of materials. 1917 Sanborn Insurance maps show that there was later a two-story brick building on this location that was used as retail space until it was torn down in the 1960s for the reconstruction of many of St. Augustine's historic buildings.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.nps.gov/nr/feature/places/pdfs/AD_70000847_04_21_2014.pdf|title=St. Augustine Town Plan Historic District (Additional Documentation)|last=Department of the Interior, National Park Service|date=April 21, 2014|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}</ref>
== Reconstruction ==
In 1966 the St. Augustine Restoration Foundation Inc. purchased the Miguel Santoyo lot and reconstructed a house to its 1760s appearance.<ref name=":1" />
== Present day ==
Today the Santoyo House is retail space operated by Sea Gems.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.manta.com/c/mm03wjm/sea-gems|title=Sea Gems|last=|first=|date=|website=www.manta.com|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2018-12-04}}</ref> The property is owned by St. Augustine Foundation, Inc.
==References==
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[[Category:Houses in St. Augustine, Florida]]