Harley Emmett Wickersham (1877-1953) and his wife Coralie (1875-1944) lived on Circle Drive in a home designed by Duncan Gillis, a well-known architect. Harley operated a funeral parlor a few blocks from their home that his father, Jonathan Adoniram Wickersham, founded in 1885. Coralie was from a prominent family that…
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House Party at Grayton Beach, 1953
This photograph from the summer of 1953, which is courtesy of Perry Ammons Correll, was likely taken at “Wickhaven,” the Grayton Beach house then owned by the Wickersham family. The house has since been moved to the southwest corner of DeFuniak Street and Hotz Avenue and was known for many…
812 Circle Drive, DeFuniak Springs
An advertisement appeared in the DeFuniak Springs Herald on August 24, 2017, congratulating “Alex Alexander, sales associate with Naylor Realty & Associates, on the sale of the home located at 812 Circle Drive.” The ad continued: “The new owner plans to do a total restoration on one of the most…