Keith Cabin

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Keith Cabin
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Location Pittman, Holmes County, Florida
Coordinates 30°56′13″N85°49′26″W / 30.93694°N 85.82389°W / 30.93694; -85.82389 Coordinates: 30°56′13″N85°49′26″W / 30.93694°N 85.82389°W / 30.93694; -85.82389
Built 1886
NRHP reference # 00001281 [1]
Added to NRHP November 2, 2000

The Keith Cabin is a historic house located at 1320 CR 179, northwest of Bonifay in Holmes County, Florida. It was built in 1886. It was deemed significant "as an excellent and rare example of a 19th century log cabin built with a 'Louisiana' roof. It retains a high level of its architectural integrity, and displays excellent workmanship." [2]

Bonifay, Florida City in Florida, United States

Bonifay is a city in Holmes County, Florida, United States. Bonifay was given its name from a prominent family that had a brickmaking factory in Pensacola. Frank Bonifay, the man behind the town's name, bought a stake in the Louisville and Nashville Railroad, now CSX. As W. D. Chipley connected the rural Florida Panhandle, along the way he came up with names for certain communities the railroad bisected.

Holmes County, Florida County in Florida, United States

Holmes County is a county located in the U.S. state of Florida. As of the 2010 census, the population was 19,927. Its county seat is Bonifay.

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It is a one-story, one-room structure upon a split log pier foundation. It has verandas around three sides. [2]

It was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places on November 2, 2000. [1]

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