According to their sign, DeFuniak Springs has 250 buildings on the national register. Many of them, of course are downtown. TM, TD and I headed down there on Tuesday to do the walking tour. The town is named after a railroad man and was established circa 1880. The lake in the center of town is spring fed and has no outlet. It is unusual in that plus the fact that it is naturally round. Consequently the road around the lake is called Circle Drive. There are 39 buildings on the walking tour, most of which are homes. The homes are lived in and are not open for tours. I think someone said they do have tour at Christmas time, when all the homes are decorated for the season.
It took us a couple of hours to make the circuit since we were in no hurry and wanted to get pictures. The day was overcast and comfortable.
As we came on the library, I told Don we were home. Let me explain. When we lived in Rantoul, IL in the late 60's, early 70's, our house on base was 3 Circle Drive. Now guess the address of the DeFuniak Springs library. The library was built in 1886. It is the only building in the state that was built as and has been in continuous use as a library. That is 122 years. The building has been added on to in the back, but they did not add wings to detract from the original facade. It is a neat place.
The Presbytarian Church was built before 1900 and is still in use. However, it does have extensive damage to most of the columns and caps. I don't know if that is just time, or if the damage was caused during one of the hurricanes a couple of years agl.
The train station houses the historical society museum, but we didn't have time to go there. Hopefully we will find time before leaving this area.
Traveling dog really liked the walk. He is always excited when he gets to be with us.
God Bless
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Yippee! The dog gets to accompany you...what a treat for everyone. He is such a good guy. Hope we get to see some pics of the historic buildings.
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