I Lived Here as Well: Going Home

The Ximenez-Fatio House Museum presents the fifth chapter of their annual "I Lived Here As Well" series. The new one-hour program will be offered at 10:00 a.m. on Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays, from February 6, through March 1, 2025.

Step back through time in the 225-year-old boarding house and experience the lives of some of the people who lived there — some as residents, some as guests, and others as slaves and staff.

"I Lived Here As Well: Going Home" features familiar characters and new ones, providing information about the history and people spanning several eras. Charmin Russell and James Bullock portray former residents of the Ximenez-Fatio House. Ms. Russell again portrays Louisa Williams, a former slave freed by Union Soldiers. Other presenters portray real and created characters to provide a voice for those slaves and free servants who were documented to have worked there, but whose names were never written down. Several presenters portray the owners, guests, and more privileged residents at Ximenez-Fatio House during that time. The years portrayed in the 2025 event include time before and after the Civil War.

Actors dressed in period clothing lead this public tour of the home's three floors. The tour lasts nearly 60 minutes and includes information and stories not heard during the regular Ximenez-Fatio House Museum tours.

Admission: $25.00 per person. Buy tickets in advance on their website.

When: 10:00 a.m. on Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays, from February 6, through March 1, 2025.

Where: The Ximenez-Fatio House Museum, 28 Cadiz Street, St. Augustine, Florida 32084

The photographs are of Charmin Russell and James Bullock, the lead interpreters for "I Lived Here as Well."

Additional participants in 2025 include: 

• Taryn Rodriguez-Boette, Archivist and Producer
• Zeus Xavier Scot, Historical Reenactor
• Judy Vance, Historical Reenactor
• Chris Koth, Historical Reenactor
• Siddalee Reagor, Costumer
• Payson Tilden, Museum Director
• Ryan Brennan, Landscape and Facilities Coordinator
• Julia Delbecchi, Social Media and Communications Coordinator
• Hannah Rose, Museum Administrative Specialist
• Grace Rinier, Historical Interpreter