B. K. Bullard House

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B. K. Bullard House
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Location Lake Wales, Florida
Coordinates 27°53′41″N81°34′40″W / 27.89472°N 81.57778°W / 27.89472; -81.57778
Built1914
Architectural style Colonial Revival
MPS Lake Wales MPS
NRHP reference No. 90001272 [1]
Added to NRHPAugust 31, 1990

The B. K. Bullard House is a historic house located at 644 South Lakeshore Boulevard in Lake Wales, Florida.

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Description and history

The B.K. Bullard House is a two-story brick residential building located on a large, sloping lot overlooking Lake Wales. The lot is landscaped with palm sand shrubbery throughout. The building has a low-pitched hipped roof with boxed eaves and a central hipped dormer. The roof is covered with ceramic tile.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on August 31, 1990.

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References

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

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