Gardner-McCall House

The Gardner-McCall House is one of Quincy’s most architecturally unique historic properties — a striking example of Spanish Revival architecture that stands in vivid contrast to the predominantly Victorian and Colonial Revival homes of the surrounding historic district. Designed by the distinguished Alvin Roger Moore A.I.A. of Tallahassee and built for Ignatz Gardner, a native of Prague, Czechoslovakia who came to Quincy with the development of the shade tobacco industry, the house was constructed in the 1920s during the Spanish Revival architectural movement that swept Florida during the land boom years.

Gardner served as president of Max Wedeles’s Tobacco Company. The grounds, designed by J. Leon Hoffman of Houston, Texas, feature exterior lighting and a goldfish pool in the rear garden. Francis McCall purchased the home in 1954, giving the house the hyphenated name by which it is known today.

The Gardner-McCall House stands as a reminder that Quincy’s Historic District is a richly diverse assemblage of buildings reflecting the varied origins, tastes, and ambitions of the community that built them — including immigrants from as far away as Central Europe who came to Gadsden County seeking their fortunes in the shade tobacco industry.