16. Thames House. 5217 Canal Street. Circa 1914. Frame Vernacular. This house served as the home of the Rufus Thames family. It was built by
Dr. Rufus Thymes and his wife Ora Byrom. The house retains style elements such as Doric porch columns and exposed rafter ends.

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).