Chadwick-Hartsell House. 6810 Berryhill Street. 1887. Frame Vernacular. Built by M.J. Chadwick, this house is locally known as the Steamboat House due to elements of Steamboat Gothic style. This architectural style romanticized the image of steamboats as described by Mark Twain in his writings.

Credits and Sources:

National Register of Historic Places: Milton, Florida.  November 8, 1987.  National Register Identification Number 87001944

Brian D. Rucker, “Blackwater and Yellow Pine: The Development of Santa Rosa County, 1821-1865. (Ph.D diss., Florida State University, 1990).

Virginia Savage McAlester.  A Field Guide to American Houses. (New York:  Alfred A. Knopf. 2013).

Gerald Foster. American Houses. (New York: Houghton Mifflin Company. 2004).

Maurie Van Buren. House Styles at a Glance. (Marietta, Georgia: Longstreet Press. 1991).