King-Hooton House Explained

King-Hooton House
Location:Pensacola, Florida
Coordinates:30.4203°N -87.2086°W
Area:less than one acre
Built:1871
Architecture:Frame Vernacular
Added:August 23, 1991
Refnum:91001090

The King-Hooton House is a historic home in Pensacola, Florida. It is located at 512–514 North Seventh Avenue. On August 23, 1991, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.

The King-Hooton House is an 1871, -story,frame vernacular residence, with an attached kitchen wing.Originally built as a single dwelling, it was converted intoa duplex in the mid-1950s. It was built by a localcarpenter for Margaret E. King, one of Pensacola's mostprominent real estate holders in the late nineteenthcentury. It has three interior, stuccoed, brick chimneyswhich pierce front gabled roofs; an inset porch at the mainentrance; and an attached hip roofed porch on the southelevation. Paired brackets accent the eaves of the mainhouse. A bay window dominates the main facade; nearly allof the other windows are wooden, double hung, 6/6 sash.There are two jib windows. Sixteen pairs of original,wooden, louvered shutters remain intact and are operable.

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