Helen's Place, a photo from Florida, South

Photographer's Note

"Welcome to Helen's Place,"
a small "cracker style" home built near East Lake Tohopekeliga, in south Central Florida, remade into a bait and tackle shop. The cracker style houses in Florida were built in the 1800's to the early 1900's, with the sub-tropic heat in mind. Almost always a simple rectangle box shape with lots of windows for cross breezes, usually a "dog-trot" from the front to back door for the air to flow through, and a wide shaded porch to excape the high temperatures. The metal roof is also standard. The buildings were built off the ground with a large crawl space for further cooling (and animal housing) as well.

This particular house turned bait shack seems to have been rebuilt a bit, but I am including a link to a web site that describes the Florida Cracker House in greater detail, for those who are architecturally inclined. :o) Apparently this style is making a come back in modern home design in some places in Florida. Good idea.

(Old House Web: http://www.oldhouseweb.com/stories/Detailed/12106.shtml )

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maphoto (8082) 2004-06-22 19:28

Thanks for sharing Michelle and for the interesting note, it was probably not easy with the light at the moment as we can see the sky is overexposed, but you've capture a nice mixt of old things, well done.

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mortijo (12828) 2004-06-23 11:50

A very interesting note. In itselve it deserves 2 pts.

sylvie (1183) 2005-06-02 13:13

Hi Michelle,
I like that cosy home, thanks to share this photo with us, it is what TE is made for, let's discover another places or architecture. Thanks also for the intersting notes.
Sylvie