Vernacular. This house was constructed by George Sanders. The style is influenced by Creole Cottage style with its high pitched gable roof punctuated by dormers. This continuous roof design creates an umbrella effect over its porches, providing shade and increasing usable square feet during the hot and humid seasons. The high gable allows hot air to rise leaving the rooms below cooler. Pier foundations allow breezes to circulate underneath. This design excels in southern climates to cool the house and prevent

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).