McMillan House
a.k.a. Captain O'Neal House;Nordmann House
1404 Captain O'Neal Ave., Daphne, ALIn 1835 William McMillan purchased over two hundred acres on the Eastern Shore of Mobile Bay and shortly thereafter constructed a house on the high bluffs. McMillan's house was part of a small community which would soon be called Daphne. Daphne was a popular summer retreat for Mobilians and became the Baldwin County seat in 1867. McMillan died in 1869 and his widow sold the house and thirty acres of the land to James O'Neal in 1872. Indeed, the house is most closely associated with O'Neal who was a bayboat captain and an extensive land owner in Daphne. The courthouse was located just north of O'Neal's house and he and his son rented cottages (all long since destroyed) and a stable to visitors. The present owner acquired the house in 1979. Despite a number of previous owners, the house is popularly referred to as the Captain O'Neal House.
Local significance of the building:Listed in National Register of Historic Places in 1988.
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