Ximenez-Fatio House Timeline
| Year | Event |
| Florida during 2nd Spanish Period (1784-1821) | |
| 1798 | Andres Ximenez & wife Juana build the House. They have General Store, Billiard room and Tavern downstairs. They live upstairs with their 5 children |
| Florida becomes a U.S. Territory (1821) | |
| 1830 | Margaret Cook buys house from Ximenez heirs. She had recently moved to St. Aug. from So. Carolina She added the 2-story West Wing. She was a widow. Mrs. Cook hired Eliza Whitehurst to run the Boarding House. Mrs. Whitehurst ran the boarding house for 9 years, until her death. |
| 1838 | Sarah Petty Anderson buys House from Mrs. Cook for $4,000. In 1836, the Seminoles burned her sugar Plantation home "Dunlawton". She bought the Boarding house from Mrs. Cook, & moved in with her extended family for safety during the Seminole Indian Wars. |
| Florida becomes the 27th State (1845) | |
| 1855 | Sarah Anderson decides to move to Tallahassee to join her two sons. She gets her friend Louisa Fatio to run the boarding house. |
| 1855 | Louisa Fatio, daughter of Don Francisco Felipe Fatio, buys the House from Anderson for $3,000. She was a single woman who raised several nieces. Miss Fatio had previously operated 2 boarding houses. |
| 1875 | Louisa Fatio dies and leaves property to her heirs. A nephew, Mr. Dunham, eventually obtained title. |
| 1939 | Florida Colonial Dames purchased property from Judge David Dunham. They restored and interpreted the House to the Boarding House period. |
| 1946 | The house opened as a museum to the public. |