Windsor


Walking Map of the Historical Area


1. Providence Methodist Church
13705 E. C.R. 1474
In approximately 1884, this frame building replaced a log church constructed not far from the same site when the congregation was established in 1855 by Reverend Edward Lawrence King. In the adjacent cemetery, the two earliest graves, both dated 1855, hold the remains of Isaac Franklin Cheves and two-year old Amanda Phifer.

2. Old General Store
309 S.E. C.R. 234
Now a private residence, this building served for many years as Windsor's general store and post office. The false front on the building was once a popular architectural device.

3. William Byles House
12633 S.E. 3rd Place
William Byles built this house in 1888, and his son, George, a teacher and justice of the peace, continued to make it his home until the middle of the twentieth century. The carefully restored house has a steeply pitched roof and painted saw-tooth trim.

4. Watson House
509 S.E. C.R. 234
One of the earliest owners of this house was a circuit-riding preacher named Watson. The vertical emphasis, asymmetry, wooden surface shingles, and decorative wooden trim at the second story roof line and a gable on dormer, are elements of a vernacular Victorian style.

5. Old Baptist Church
S.E. C.R. 234
Now privately owned, this small structure served the Wesley Chapel Methodist congregation in the 1880's and at a later date, the Baptists. The plain exterior is relieved only by an entrance porch with tower above and window shutters.

6. R.H. Kelly House
607 S.E. C.R. 234
Built in about 1884 by R.H. Kelly, this house is listed on the Naitonal Register of Historic Places. Raised bands of wood, which form a decorative design on the front and side wall services; fish scale, horizontal, and diagonal wall cladding; and modified curved support braces under the porch roof are all characteristic of Victorian Stick style architecture.

7. Double-Pen House
710 S.E. C.R. 234
The floor plan of this house, which was built in the 1850's or 1860's, is a variation of one utilized by early Cracker homesteaders in Florida. Two front doors open into seperate rooms served by a central chimney. Large wooden pegs were used instead of nails, and some of the gingerbread is original.


This information has been taken from the South East Alachua County Historic Tour Guide, which was researched and compiled by the Alachua County Historical Commission.