Perry L. Biddle House

Built in 1887 (vernacular architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992. 8 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1935.

From the record

“Biddle House is a historic house located at 203 Scribner Avenue in DeFuniak Springs, Florida, United States. It is locally significant as one of the best examples of the houses constructed in an early subdivision of DeFuniak Springs, outside of the heavy development which took place around Lake DeFuniak, and is also a good example of Frame Vernacular construction.”
Wikipedia article Perry L. Biddle House, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 8 National Register listings published here for Walton County · listed in 1992 · category: Building · built in 1887, vernacular architecture.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 2 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
Listed as. Biddle, Perry L., House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
Address. 203 Scribner Ave., DeFuniak Springs, 32435
When was it listed? August 1992
Category. building
Also known as. DeFuniak Springs MPS
Census division. DeFuniak Springs
When was it built? 1887
Architectural style. vernacular architecture
National Register reference number. 92001049 - 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

286 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 286 fires within 5 miles of Perry L. Biddle House between 1992 and 2020, burning about 634 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 11 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	78
Debris and open burning	60
Misuse of fire by a minor	35
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	31
Equipment and vehicle use	31
Smoking	17
Natural	12
Arson/incendiarism	11
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.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
5 September 1997	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Florida Forest Service	not named
4 September 2000	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Florida Forest Service	not named
23 September 2007	Natural	under an acre	Florida Forest Service	66/HWY 183, NORTH-0962
23 September 1998	Railroad operations and maintenance	under an acre	Florida Forest Service	not named
22 September 2019	Debris and open burning	7.0 acres	Florida Forest Service	SMITH RD (66)
21 September 2001	Equipment and vehicle use	5.0 acres	Florida Forest Service	not named
21 September 2001	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Florida Forest Service	not named
20 September 2019	Other causes	12 acres	Florida Forest Service	MILLARD GAINEY (66)

Every fire recorded in Walton County

Mines and quarries near this property

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Perry L. Biddle House: 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
Dot Defuniak Springs - Argyle Mine	Sand	Unknown
Thompson David R Prospect	Kaolin	Occurrence
Unnamed Clay Deposit	Clay	Prospect
Unnamed Sand Deposit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Prospect
Unnamed Sand Deposit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unnamed Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Prospect

Every working recorded in Walton County

Maps showing this location

8 surveys

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.

1935 USGS De Funiak Springs quadrangle1:48000
1935 USGS De Funiak Springs quadrangle1:62500
1938 USGS De Funiak Springs quadrangle1:62500 - 4 printings
1957 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000 - 3 printings
1959 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000
1960 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000
1973 USGS De Funiak Springs East quadrangle1:24000 - 2 printings
1978 USGS Crestview quadrangle1:100000 - 2 printings

Listed places nearby

4 within 8 miles

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.

Property	Distance	Listed
Sun Bright	0.1 miles	1979
Lakeside Hospital	0.2 miles	2021
Chautauqua Hall of Brotherhood	0.4 miles	1972
DeFuniak Springs Historic District	0.4 miles	1992

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 92001049 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Walton County	All 8 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

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.