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No. 306 NE Third StreetThe Duck Pond, Gainesville, Fla.Opening December 26, 2026

Something big is coming to Gainesville.

Est. 1899

A Queen Anne in the Duck Pond, five minutes on foot from downtown, with four bedrooms, a fenced yard for the dog and a 98-inch TV for game day.

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Opening December 26, 2026. Sleeps 8, two-night minimum.

The Albert Blanding House today: butter-yellow clapboard, a grey fish-scale shingled gable and a wraparound porch with turned posts, behind a green lawn and front walk.
photographed at306 NE Third St., Gainesville, Fla.
ConceptConcept rendering of the living room set up for game day, with a 98-inch TV over the fireplace showing a football game, a cream sofa and two cognac leather armchairs around a round coffee table with popcorn and drinks.
ConceptConcept rendering of the new kitchen: navy shaker cabinets with brass pulls, white counters and subway tile, open wood shelves, a farmhouse sink, a stainless range and fridge, two schoolhouse pendants, a farm table with rush stools, and the dark red painted mantel with white spindles.
ConceptConcept rendering of the upstairs primary bedroom: a king bed with a cream upholstered headboard, white bedding with a rust quilt and navy runner, brass lamps on wood nightstands, a bench at the foot, a jute rug and linen curtains on three windows.

The house at 306 NE Third

Sleeps
8
Bedrooms
4
Bathrooms
4½
Backyard
Fenced in
Grill
Outdoor gas
Games
Billiards, Ms. Pac-Man
Parking
On site
Laundry
Washer and dryer
Wi-Fi
Included
Pets
Welcome
Minimum stay
2 nights
Game day
98-inch TV
See the transformation

Two miles from the stadium

306 NE 3rd Street
Gainesville, Florida 32601

Downtown
5 min walk
UF campus
6 min drive
Ben Hill Griffin Stadium
7 min drive, 16 by bike
O’Connell Center
8 min drive
Airport (GNV)
10 min drive

Typical drive and walk times. Game days run longer.

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First pick of dates when stays open December 26, and progress photos as the work goes on. It’s free, and it isn’t a booking.

Admit one: founding guestFirst pick of dates

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Your dates Optional

Meet your hosts

We’re Craig and Jenn. Our hope is to become your home away from home throughout your Gator’s years at UF, and to welcome you back again and again.

Craig & Jenn

1899

First lines on paper

A Queen Anne laid out for Florida summers: a deep wraparound porch, tall rooms, and a steep front gable to catch the eye from the street.

1899

Built by hand

The timber frame went up on NE Third Street seven years before the University of Florida came to town.

1899

Gingerbread and fish scales

Clapboard, fish-scale shingles and the gingerbread trim.

2026

Still going strong

127 years later, the trim, the posts and the shingles are all still here.

Next

Ready for guests

Furnished and opening for stays this winter.

The house as it stands today, in a photo enhanced to preview the planned landscaping.

A home-game Saturday

The wraparound porch with white railings and turned posts.
Morning

Coffee on the porch

A quiet Duck Pond street, and a porch that’s been welcoming people since 1899.

An engraving of a gas grill on a brick patio beside a picket fence.
Late morning

Fire up the grill

The gas grill is out back in the fenced yard. The tailgate starts here.

An illustrated map of the football stadium, with a dotted path leading to it through the trees.
Before kickoff

Head to the stadium

Two miles: seven minutes by car on a normal day, sixteen by bike, or a 43-minute walk with the crowd.

An engraving of the living room through its carved fretwork arch, with a giant flat-screen TV over the fireplace showing a football game, and a sofa and armchairs around a coffee table with popcorn.
Kickoff

Or watch from home

Anyone staying back can catch every snap on the 98-inch screen in the living room.

An engraving of a billiard table racked for a game under a three-shade lamp, beside an upright arcade cabinet.
Halftime

Rack ’em up

A billiard table and a Ms. Pac-Man arcade machine for the stretch between games.

An illustrated map of downtown Gainesville: brick storefronts around a square with a fountain.
Evening

Dinner downtown

Downtown restaurants are a five-minute walk away. See our picks

Greetings from

Gainesville

Wish you were here

Built by a mayor, home to a general

Historical accounts credit Judge Horatio Davis, twice mayor of Gainesville, with building the house in 1899. General Albert Blanding, the man Camp Blanding is named for, lived here from 1900. Six years later the University of Florida opened its Gainesville campus.

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