83. Neumann-Smith House. Frame Vernacular. The house possesses strong elements of Gulf Coast Cottage and Creole style, both styles borrow from the French Colonial form. The continuous porch, center ridge chimney, high gabled roof with dormers, and separate entrance doors to interior rooms are essential details of the Creole style. The house was built by Captain George Neumann, owner of the Schooner, 'Martha."

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).