75. Creary-Potter House. 6830 Pine Street. Circa 1869. Frame Vernacular. This house was built by John Butler who had served as sheriff, and republican legislator in Milton. Butler left Milton in 1878. In approximately 1889, the house was later acquired by H.L. Creary, a prominent lumber manufacturer and hotel owner.

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).