ARCHITECTURAL STYLES
IN GILLESPIE PARK

GREATER DOWNTOWN SARASOTA ACTION TEAM

FRAME VERNACULAR
The vernacular is defined in historic architecture as the "manner of builing in the most economical way, using the most availabel and inexpensive materials." In early Sarasota, as in all of the South, this style was wood frame houses with a gable roof which extends over a front and rear porch. Windows and doors are symmetrical, with a brick chimney on the side or interior of the house. Simple porch columns frame the porch and entry. Novelty tin shingles often covered the roof.

Frame Vernacular Style
1857 6th Street.

These small wood frame houses were probably moved here in the 1930's when houses were more valuable than land. This style is also known as Florida Cracker as it was the simplest and least expensive to build in the pioneer days. Note the gable roof sloping over a front porch, the shingle siding and tin shingled roof.