MUSEUM & CULTURE
Raney House Museum
Franklin County · Panhandle & Emerald Coast
An 1838 merchant's house on Market Street, free to visit, built when Apalachicola shipped over 50,000 bales of cotton in a single year.
ABOUT THIS PLACE
David G. Raney came from Virginia to Apalachicola in 1834 with his wife Harriett, became a prosperous cotton trader and served twice as mayor. He built this house in 1838, four years after arriving, looking out over the waterfront on Market Street where his business was. The design mixes Federal and Greek Revival, the two styles in fashion in the South at the time, across two stories. The house belongs to a particular moment: cotton came down the river on steamboats from the interior, traders here sold it on to mills in New England and Europe, and in 1838 alone the town shipped more than 50,000 bales. Raney's son, also David, commanded the Marines aboard the ironclad CSS Tennessee and fought at the Battle of Mobile Bay in 1864. The family lived in the house until 1914. The city bought it in 1973, and the Apalachicola Historical Society keeps it as a museum. It is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. It stands at 128 Market Street, north of U.S. 98, and opens Tuesday through Thursday from 1 to 4 and Saturday from 9 to 5. There is no charge
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