Just as there are countless reasons to fall in love with St. Augustine, there are dozens of reasons to make The Collector Luxury Inn & Gardens your home base for experiencing this magical and historic city. Our lovingly restored inn resonates most with travelers who choose experiences over objects and believe the ultimate luxury is a spontaneous afternoon of exploring new surroundings. Whatever your passion, allow us to introduce an immersive experience.
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Just as there are countless reasons to fall in love with St. Augustine, there are dozens of reasons to make The Collector Luxury Inn & Gardens your home base for experiencing this magical and historic city. Our lovingly restored inn resonates most with travelers who choose experiences over objects and believe the ultimate luxury is a spontaneous afternoon of exploring new surroundings. Whatever your passion, allow us to introduce an immersive experience.
The Collector Luxury Inn & Gardens is located on the site of the former Dow Museum of Historic Houses, a one-acre garden oasis comprised of nine historic homes dating from 1790 to 1910. Spanning a city block in downtown St. Augustine, this storied site has been an integral part of the city’s history, serving as a 16th-century hospital and cemetery, an 18th-century Spanish defense line, and the setting for the 1863 Emancipation Proclamation reading that freed Florida’s slave population.
Kenneth Worcester Dow purchased the oldest house on the block, the 1790 Prince Murat House, in the 1930s and had acquired all nine homes on the site by the early 1950s. A passionate collector of artwork, furniture, and antiques, Dow donated his entire collection to the Museum of Arts and Sciences in 1989. Following an 11-year restoration, the Dow Museum of Historic Houses opened in 2000 showcasing his extensive collection.
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