House of the Seven Gables (Mayo, Florida)
- House of the Seven Gables (Mayo, Florida)
Infobox Historic building
name = House of the Seven Gables
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location_town = Mayo, Florida
location_country = United States
architect = James Mitchell
client = James Mitchell
engineer =Mack Koon, builder
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completion_date = 1880s
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style = Octagon mode
size = 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. 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 3 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. ["A Guide to Florida's Historic Architecture", 1989, Gainesville: University of Florida Press, p. 47, ISBN 0-8130-0941-3] [ [http://www.emis.de/journals/NNJ/Query02-Polygonal_plans.html Nexus Network Journal - House of the Seven Gables, Mayo, Florida] ] [ [http://www.dcp.ufl.edu/contact/sketch.aspx?id=43 University of Florida, faculty biography - Charles Hailey, Assistant Professor of Architecture] ]
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. ["A Guide to Florida's Historic Architecture", 1989, Gainesville: University of Florida Press, p. 47, ISBN 0-8130-0941-3]
ee also
* List of octagon houses
* House of the Seven Gables
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