60. Chaffin House
60. Chaffin House. 6825 Oak Street. Circa 1855. Frame Vernacular. The house was built by Sheriff Isiah
Cobb. Then purchased in 1856 by a local businessman and mill owner, James Chaffin. The one story addition was added after the original
construction. The house possesses strong elements from Early Classical md Greek Revival Style.
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).