Harry C. Duncan House

Harry C. Duncan House
Location Tavares, Florida
Coordinates 28°48′4″N 81°43′22″W / 28.80111°N 81.72278°W / 28.80111; -81.72278Coordinates: 28°48′4″N 81°43′22″W / 28.80111°N 81.72278°W / 28.80111; -81.72278
NRHP reference # 97000860[1]
Added to NRHP August 8, 1997

The Duncan House, or Harry C. Duncan House, is a historic home in Tavares, Florida, United States. It is located at 426 Lake Dora Drive. On August 8, 1997, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. The home is notable as an example of the Colonial Revival style of architecture[2] and was designed by Katharine Cotheal Budd, the first woman to be granted membership in the New York chapter of the American Institute of Architects (Allaback 2008, p. 58).

Built in 1925, the house was used as an event venue, set location, bed and breakfast and private residence.[3]

Notes

  1. National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. http://dhr.dos.state.fl.us/facts/reports/places/index.cfm?fuseaction=ListAreas&county=Lake
  3. http://www.lakecountyfl.gov/hometown_highlights/the_duncan_house.aspx

Allaback, Sarah (2008). The First American Woman Architects. University of Illinois Press. pp. 57–58. ISBN 9780252033216.


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