Conch house

conch house

416 Amelia St Unit 1, Key West, FL 33040 $875,000

Oh so perfect lifestyle in this Caribbean Blue KeyWest Cottage in the Heart of Old Town.

A conch house is a style of architecture that developed in Key West, Florida in the 19th century. The conch house is built of wood, and set on posts or piers, which allows air to circulate under the floor. Conch houses are rectangular, of one or two floors, and usually have a porch across the full width of the front of the house (both floors if the house has two floors). ~j~4

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Early settlers of the Florida Keys were faced with more than just a few challenges when it came time to building their homes. The main problem they face...

212 Angela Street - Key West Just listed, but not by me, 212 Angela Street in the Bahama Village area of Old Town, Key West. The listing Realtor sums up this semi-recently construced house this way: "Location! Location! Location! Owner/Contractor built home on the corner of Angela St and Chapman Ln(across Truman Annex on Angela). You can't get more Old Town Key West than this location. Built in 1995 to Category 5 specs with PT lumber throughout except for finished floor. Bonus items include…

A row of vivid conch houses in Key West, Florida. I call this type of picture a, "photopainting," where it is made to look somewhat like a painting even though it is a photograph. It is not an HDR photo.

I've told this story before: I tried to buy a guest house in Key West for several years and was never able to get the deal I wanted. I always tried to lawyer the deal to protect myself and also to get the very best possible deal. I failed time and again because sellers in Key West will not make warranties about old houses and the improvements they may have made (legally or illegally) over the years. In good times sellers want more and more money. In bad times sellers want as much money as…

Florida Memory - Front porch of Victorian style conch house on William Street, Key West, Florida.

Key West has it's own architectural style of houses. Often they make me smile with their gingerbread detailing, simple style and pastel colors. Although they are not all painted pink or blue, they do have similar characteristics to suit the tropical climate. They are called conch (pronounced konk) houses since they were originally made from ground up conch shells. Although conch shells are no longer used in their construction, they typically have galvanized steel roofs, ventilating roof…

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Conch Cottages - Royal Poinciana Cottage :: One bedroom, one bathroom and kitchen. This cottage shares the lush tropical garden and heated swimming pool. #KeyWestCottage

A Key West Conch House One of the most fun Christmas holidays I've ever enjoyed, was back in the gilded 1980's~ when I drove down to Key West, Florida from North Carolina. Key West still had a hand tinted post card glow then, and I always would stay in the old quarter, known as Old Town Key West~which has been home to luminaries such as Tennessee Williams, Ernest Hemingway, Truman Capote, and many other artists. Lilly Pulitzer would get her fabrics from Key West for her orange juice making…

Architecture has always been inspired by nature, its patterns, forms and structures. These two shell house designs are an extreme example of...

Searchable collections of manuscripts, war records, historic images, vital statistics, audio and video recordings from the State Library and Archives of Florida.