By the summer of 1901, leaders of the community of DeFuniak Springs, Florida, had decided that it would be advantageous to incorporate the community into a town. Accordingly, due notices to the electors were printed in The Breeze, calling for a public meeting on July 30th, 1901, to decide whether… Continue reading
The original building on this site was a brick building which housed a small grocery store and a candy shop. The current building was constructed in 1938 as the Lakeside Hospital and served as such until 1973. It has been owned by several entities since then, including the Florida Chautauqua… Continue reading
The “Old Murray Home” was built on land purchased from the DeFuniak Land Company. (3) It was built in 1889 and was first located next to the Episcopal Parish House. It was moved sometime before 1907 to its current lot and was repositioned on the lot in 1986. (1) The… Continue reading
This home was built by Charles E. Murray in 1895. Mr. Murray owned the merry-go-round on Baldwin Avenue, which was near the current Chautauqua Theater. [Photo by Mary Lancaster. Source: Walking Tour brochure by the Walton County Heritage Association.]
This masonry vernacular style house is the only stucco house in DeFuniak Springs that meets the requirements for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. (1) The home was built in 1929 for Donald Stuart Gillis, a well-known Circuit Judge of the First Judicial Circuit of Florida. He lived… Continue reading
This house was built in 1912 as a model house for the sale of pre-cut houses to be sold by the One Price Cash Store in DeFuniak Springs. The house has triple hardwood floors and double wooden walls that give it extra strength and durability. (1) The original owner, A…. Continue reading
Fennie Allison (seated) of Allison’s Grocery received an award from Margaret Wooten in this undated photograph. This article from the Crestview News in 1975 is one of many that told the story of Fennie Allison. “Her Store Carries Everything” by Charlie Webb CRESTVIEW — The wonderful courage and goodness of… Continue reading
Contributed by Elizabeth Garner Andrews, 1809 Virginia Ave., Muscle Shoals, AL 35661 From the Natchez Trace Traveler, Vol. 14, No. 1, Feb 1994, pp. 17-18 Published by the Genealogical Society of Okaloosa County, Volume XIX, Number 66, Winter 1995
The captions are from the back of the postcards and may not reflect current information.
Rifle targets such as that pictured below were distributed by King & Company, a general merchandise store at the corner of Baldwin Avenue and 6th Street. The building still stands. [Accession No. 2015-6-1: Donated by Stephen McBroom]
