William H. Waterhouse House, National Register historic house in Maitland, Florida.

The William H. Waterhouse House is a 2½-story L-shaped residence at 820 South Lake Lily Drive, built of pine by carpenter William Waterhouse in 1884. Its pale yellow horizontal siding, white trim, one-story porch with white columns and a triangular pediment, and gray shingle roof with brick chimney face the street. The Maitland Historical Society runs it as the Waterhouse Residence Museum, with the 1883 Carpentry Shop Museum next door.

Carpenter William Waterhouse built the house in 1884 at 820 South Lake Lily Drive. Additions followed around 1908, 1910, 1930 and in the 1950s. The Maitland Historical Society later acquired it and opened it as the Waterhouse Residence Museum, and the house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on February 2, 1983.

The house operates as a museum run by the Maitland Historical Society, displaying furnished rooms that show how residents lived during the late Victorian era. The spaces reveal the domestic habits and daily rhythms of that time period.

Both the main house and the adjoining workshop display original furnishings and period tools that give insight into daily life and craftsmanship from that era. Allow time to explore both areas fully to understand how people worked and lived during this period.

The dining room features an unusual decorative hand as a centerpiece, while a preserved hair wreath shows mourning customs from the Victorian period. These objects reveal how people expressed personal memories and emotions in their homes long ago.