| Okeechobee County Courthouse | |
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Okeechobee County Courthouse, 2006 |
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| General information | |
| Architectural style | Southern Colonial Revival, Mediterranean Revival |
| Town or city | 304 NW 2nd St., Okeechobee, Florida |
| Country | United States |
| Coordinates | |
| Construction started | 1925 |
| Completed | 1926, accepted and opened 1927 |
| Cost | $200,000 |
| Design and construction | |
| Client | Okeechobee County |
| Architect | George Gaynor Hyde |
| Engineer | Builder: Rogers and Duncanson |
The Okeechobee County Courthouse, built in 1926, is an historic courthouse building located at 304 Northwest 2nd Street in Okeechobee, Florida. It was designed by architect George Gaynor Hyde of Miami in what has been variously called the Southern Colonial Revival or Mediterranean Revival style of architecture. Due to the collapse of the Florida Land Boom during its construction, its central dome was never built. After the 1928 Okeechobee hurricane, its hallways were used as a temporary morgue. What was planned and built as an open breezeway in the middle of the first floor was later enclosed, but the winding stairways to the second floor courtroom still remain.[1][2][3]
In 1989, the Okeechobee County Courthouse was listed in A Guide to Florida's Historic Architecture, published by the University of Florida Press.[4]
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