Built in 1890 (Queen Anne style architecture in the United States). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. 8 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1935.
From the record
“The Sun Bright is an historic residence in DeFuniak Springs, Walton County, Florida. Located at 30 Live Oak Ave W, it was the home of Sidney J.”
Wikipedia article Sun Bright, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 8 National Register listings published here for Walton County · listed in 1979 · category: Building · built in 1890, Queen Anne style architecture in the United States.
Architectural style. Queen Anne style architecture in the United States
National Register reference number.79000693- the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.
Fires near this property
284 since 1992
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The
federal wildfire occurrence database
lists 284 fires within 5 miles of Sun Bright
between 1992 and 2020, burning about 612 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 10 were recorded as arson.
Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted
here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
Reported cause
Fires
Railroad operations and maintenance
76
Debris and open burning
61
Misuse of fire by a minor
35
Equipment and vehicle use
32
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
31
Smoking
17
Natural
11
Arson/incendiarism
10
Recreation and ceremony
5
Other causes
2
Fireworks
2
Power generation/transmission/distribution
2
The most recent of
them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service
that recorded it.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists
6 workings within 5 miles of Sun Bright: 3 prospects, 1 occurrence, 1 past producer, 1 unknown.
None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Kaolin, Sand. Distance is straight-line from the
map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring
settlement's page as well.
United States Geological Survey topographic
sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the coordinate the National Park Service records for this property, then
testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.
Other National Register properties close
enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both
positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties
to their map sheets.
Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
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