39 St. George St., St. Augustine, Florida. County/parish: St. Johns.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places June 13, 1972. NRIS 72001459.
Also known as:
The Avero House is a historic house located at 41 St. George Street in St. Augustine, Florida, United States. The building is locally significant as one of 30 remaining houses within the historic district that pre-date 1821. It was once the site of a Minorcan Chapel. Today, the building is home to the St. Photios Greek Orthodox National Shrine.
The house was owned by the Avero family, Minorcan Spaniards, during the First Spanish Period (1565–1763). The family occupied the property from as early as 1712, though the current coquina structure dates to circa 1740s. After the Spanish evacuation in 1763, it was used during the British Period. In 1777, it served as a chapel for Catholic refugees from the failed New Smyrna colony, primarily Minorcans, Italians, and Greeks, led by Father Pedro Camps. Restored in the late 1970s, it now houses the St. Photios Greek Orthodox National Shrine, honoring the Greek indentured settlers of 1768.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/77844037