617 E. University Ave., Gainesville, Florida. County/parish: Alachua.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places April 26, 1982. NRIS 82002370.
2 contributing buildings.Also known as:
The Mary Phifer McKenzie House, now the Sweetwater Branch Inn Bed and Breakfast, is an historic house located at 617 East University Avenue in Gainesville, Florida. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.
The house was constructed in about 1895 and is an irregularly massed two-and-a-half-story Queen Anne-style home.
It is known as one of the most elaborate Victorian buildings ever constructed in Gainesville. It has intricate Eastlake architecture details and a fanciful restored massing. It has three-story octagonal turrets on the west face, a wrap-around veranda, and octagonal gazebo.
The Sweetwater Inn includes two restored Victorian-era mansions (the McKenzie House and the Cushman-Colson House.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/77841964