Cottage Style with modified Gothic detailing.  This house is listed on the National Register of  Historic Places.  The house was built by Joseph Ollinger, a prominent entrepenuer in Milton. Ollinger and his two brother were skilled ships carpenters, this skill enabled them to build the first floating dry dock in the region. Ollinger also owned a dry goods and grocery store, and a saloon; was a real estate investor in the region.

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).