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House of the Seven Gables (Mayo, Florida)

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Coordinates: 30°03′14″N 83°10′38″W / 30.053951°N 83.17715°W / 30.053951; -83.17715
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House of the Seven Gables
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General information
Architectural styleOctagon mode
Town or cityMayo, Florida
CountryUnited States
Coordinates30°03′14″N 83°10′38″W / 30.053951°N 83.17715°W / 30.053951; -83.17715
Completed1880s
ClientJames Mitchell
Design and construction
Architect(s)James Mitchell
EngineerMack Koon, builder

The House of the Seven Gables built in the 1880s is an historic octagonal house located on the corner of Clark and Bloxham streets, North West, in Mayo, Florida, USA. After reading The House of the Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne, James Mitchell designed this house and had it built by Mack Koon. Seven of the eight sides are gabled, while the eighth side opens into a rear wing. As built, the house had three bedrooms and a parlor in the octagon section and cooking and dining areas in the wing. Dr. Charles Hailey of the University of Florida cites it as an example of the adaptation of "Florida 's small-town vernacular structures, 'minor monuments'", which are worthy of research. [1][2][3]

In 1989, it was listed in A Guide to Florida's Historic Architecture prepared by the Florida Association of the American Institute of Architects and published by the University of Florida Press.[1]

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References

  1. ^ a b A Guide to Florida's Historic Architecture, 1989, Gainesville: University of Florida Press, p. 47, ISBN 0-8130-0941-3
  2. ^ Nexus Network Journal - House of the Seven Gables, Mayo, Florida
  3. ^ University of Florida, faculty biography - Charles Hailey, Assistant Professor of Architecture

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