Harry C. Duncan House

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Harry C. Duncan House
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Location Tavares, Florida
Coordinates 28°48′4″N81°43′22″W / 28.80111°N 81.72278°W / 28.80111; -81.72278 Coordinates: 28°48′4″N81°43′22″W / 28.80111°N 81.72278°W / 28.80111; -81.72278
NRHP reference No. 97000860 [1]
Added to NRHPAugust 8, 1997

The Duncan House, or Harry C. Duncan House, is a historic home in Tavares, Florida, United States. It is located at 426 Lake Dora Drive. On August 8, 1997, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. The home is notable as an example of the Colonial Revival style of architecture [2] and was designed by Katharine Cotheal Budd, the first woman to be granted membership in the New York chapter of the American Institute of Architects ( Allaback 2008 , p. 58).

Built in 1925, the house was used as an event venue, set location, bed and breakfast and private residence. [3]

Notes

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "Facts - Office of Cultural & Historical Programs". Archived from the original on 2006-10-13.
  3. "Lake County, FL | Real Florida. Real close".

Allaback, Sarah (2008). The First American Woman Architects. University of Illinois Press. pp. 57–58. ISBN   9780252033216.


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