The Williams-Johnson house located at 6780 Berryhill Street was constructed between 1913 and 1915 by D.T. Williams.  D.T. Williams was a prominent general merchandiser in downtown Milton during the early 20th Century. 

D.T. Williams was from Chumuckla, Florida. He arrived in Milton during the early 1880s and soon had a thriving grocery business in the upcoming town.  The grocery store would be the largest and oldest in Milton.

The house is a Frame Vernacular style with a strong influence of Folk Victorian and Queen Anne styles of the time period. The steep gable on the hip roof, bay window, and wrap-around porch are commonly seen in Queen Anne house throughout the city and region. 

Frame Vernacular refers to a simple wood frame building, which is the product of the builder's experience, available resources, and response to the environment. These buildings are typically rectangular, of balloon frame construction, and rest on piers. They are one or two stories in height, with one-story front porches, and gabled or hipped roofs with overhanging eaves. Horizontal weatherboard and drop siding are the most common exterior wall materials. Some early buildings feature vertical board and batten siding or wood shingles, while asbestos shingles are common to post-1930s construction or as resurfacing for older buildings. Wood double-hung sash windows are typical, although many have been replaced by aluminum awning windows and jalousies. Ornamentation is sparse, and includes shingles, cornerboards, porch columns, brackets, rafter tails, vents in the gable ends, and oolitic limestone detailing.

The house is clad in wooden drop siding.  The front facade has a vertical emphasis with its steeply pitched roof that includes a projecting front gable with a louvered vent.  The house is supported by brick piers that have been infilled to create a continuous crawl space foundation, with intermittent brick piercing. 

The fenestration of the house are 1/1 double-hung wooden casement, with vestibule entry doors.  The northern elevation features 3x3, and 4x4 casement windows with transom. 

The front facade features a one story wrap porch with a hipped roof that is supported by a classical column resting on a square brick pier. 

 The Williams-Johnson House is currently utilized for commercial use as a dentist office.

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).