2. Britt House. 6837 Baldwin Street. Circa 1880. Frame Vernacular. The modest frame house was built in the 1880s by Gilmore Britt. Viewing the Britt House from the intersection of Baldwin and Combs, one may note it has has an atypical orientation to the street. The front facade does not face north towards Baldwin street, instead the front facade is oriented to the west. The house was originally constructed to face north, towards Baldwin and Combs Street; in later years it was re-oriented on the lot. The house appears to have originally been constructed as a Hall-Parlor house type.

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).