National Register of Historic Places

Neilson House

Windsor, Alachua County, Florida
Listed
June 3, 1973
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
73000566

About this property

The Neilson House is a historic house located on CR 234 in Windsor, Florida, United States. It is locally significant as a singularly fine example of a style of architecture which is exceptionally rare in Florida. The Neilson House is a mortise-and-tenon system of wood-frame construction. Posts and beams are fairly thick in section) creating a rigid frame which requires little diagonal bracing. The house is somewhat irregular in plan particularly in its system of porches and verandas. The rooms, however, present an ordered interior space as they all lie off of a central hall running the entire depth of the house. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 4, 1973. Alachua County listings at National Register of Historic Places Alachua County listings Archived March 26, 2006, at the Wayback Machine at Florida's Office of Cultural and Historical Programs Kelly-Neilson House info and video at Alachua County's Department of Growth Management

Location

Windsor, Alachua County, Florida
29.64978, -82.18486

Categories

ARCHITECTURE
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Sources

Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).

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When was Neilson House listed on the National Register?

Neilson House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 3, 1973.

What type of historic resource is Neilson House?

Neilson House is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

What is the period of significance for Neilson House?

The period of significance for Neilson House is recorded as the industrial era.

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