George Francis Bartlum Roberts House, 412 William Street, Key West, Monroe County, FL
Summary
Significance: A typical one-and-a-half story, Conch cottage. These simple houses, traditionally built by mariners, spongers and fishermen who migrated from the Bahama Islands, and were known locally as Conchs, were designed to meet the rigors of their near-tropical island location.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-31
Survey number: HABS FL-183
Building/structure dates: 18q5 Initial Construction
Tags
Date
1933 - 1970
Contributors
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Location
Key West (Fla.), 24.55862, -81.79986
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
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