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The Peso de Burgo-Pellicer House (pictured below, 1977) has a front yard, unlike neighboring buildings located right at the street line. José Peso de Burgo from Corsica and Francisco Pellicer from Minorca jointly built the wooden double house about 1785. Both men had arrived in British East Florida, contracted to be workers at the New Smyrna indigo plantation. They left servitude behind when they moved to St. Augustine.
The two men profited from the demands of the population surge from Loyalists arriving in the city. But little is known about their financial relationship.
Peso de Burgo, a bachelor, was the more prosperous, owning a store and a half-interest in a sailboat. Pellicer, a carpenter, was married with several children. Their descendants still live in St. Augustine today.
Today, the Pellicer de Burgo House reconstruction (which was built by the Historic St. Augustine Preservation Board in YEAR) stands as the Bull and Crown Pub in the St. Augustine Colonial Quarter.
More Related Resources:
"Dr. Andrew Turnbull and the Origins of New Smyrna Beach", from Florida Memory
Pellicer de Burgo House (53 St. George Street), from UFHSA Governor's House Library LibGuide
Pellicer de Burgo House Items, from UF Digital Collections
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