Lafayette County Courthouse (Florida)

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Lafayette County Courthouse
Lafayette County Courthouse
Building information
Town	Mayo, Florida
Country	United States
Architect	Edward Columbus Hosford of Atlanta
Client	Lafayette County
Engineer	Builder: Mutual Construction Company of Louisville, Kentucky
Completion date	1908
Cost	$47,000
Style	Neo-Classical

The Lafayette County Courthouse, built in 1908, is an historic courthouse building located in Mayo, Florida, It was designed by Atlanta-based architect Edward Columbus Hosford who designed other courthouses in Florida and other states. It was built by Mutual Construction Company of Louisville, Kentucky, of Indiana limestone. Because there was no railroad into Lafayette County, the limestone and other materials were shipped by rail to O'Brien in Suwannee, County and then transported by wagon to Mayo, crossing the Suwannee River via Grant's Ferry north of Troy Springs. It is Lafayette County's third courthouse, the first at New Troy having burned down New Year's Eve 1892 and the second wooden structure in Mayo having been moved across the street to make way for a fireproof building. In 1989, the Lafayette County Courthouse was listed in A Guide to Florida's Historic Architecture, published by the University of Florida Press.^[1][2]

[edit] See also

• Lafayette County Courthouse

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[edit] External links

• Florida's Historic Courthouses
• Mutual Construction Company's connection with Lewman Brothers of Alabama