32. Santa Rosa County Courthouse. 6865 Caroline Street. 1927. Masonry Vernacular. This is the second courthouse in this location. The first was a two-story red brick structure built in 1877. It was tom down to build the new courthouse in 1927. The original 1927 building had a square footprint with identical facades on each elevation, with the county jail being located on a third story. In the 1960s the jail and its third story was removed and additions on the eastern and western elevations were added to the building.

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).