The Bailey House is a historic site in

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. It was built about 1895 and is located at 28 South 7th Street. On June 4, 1973, it was added to the

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. The house was built by or for Mr. E.W. Bailey. It was designed by the firm of architect

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and is

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in style. With . The house is built of yellow heart pine and rests on brick piers. It has three-story turreted bays at the two corners of its front facade. It has wide-eaved porches on its south and east sides. It It has fish-scale shingles covering its gables, its front dormer, and part of the larger turret.

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* Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Florida Houses in Nassau County, Florida National Register of Historic Places in Nassau County, Florida Houses completed in 1895 Victorian architecture in Florida Fernandina Beach, Florida 1890s establishments in Florida {{NassauCountyFL-NRHP-stub

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