FEATURED PROJECT:
Brokaw-McDougall Restoration
One of the finest remaining antebellum homes
in Tallahassee is the Brokaw-McDougall House. Often rented
for weddings, receptions and other events, the public may tour
the home free of charge during the work week. When first built
around 1856, the Brokaw-McDougall House was on the outskirts
of town. Its original owner, Peres Bonney Brokaw, ran a prosperous
livery stable business downtown, and also found time to serve
in city government, the state legislature and in the Confederate
cavalry. His daughter married Alexander McDougall, a recent
immigrant from Scotland, and members of the Brokaw and McDougall
families lived in the house until it was sold to the State
of Florida in 1973. The house served as the headquarters for
the Historic Tallahassee Preservation Board until June 1997.
It is currently under the management of the City of Tallahassee
which retained Johnson/Peterson to restore its original finishes,
woodwork and plaster work and structure. Architecturally, the
house is an outstanding Classical Revival building with a strong
Italianate influence. The formal gardens were laid out in the
early 1850s, prior to the construction of the main house in
1856.
