Old Calhoun County Courthouse

Old Calhoun County Courthouse
Location Blountstown, Florida, US
Coordinates 30°26′35.65″N 85°2′35.39″W / 30.4432361°N 85.0431639°W / 30.4432361; -85.0431639Coordinates: 30°26′35.65″N 85°2′35.39″W / 30.4432361°N 85.0431639°W / 30.4432361; -85.0431639
Built 1904
Architect Benjamin Bosworth and Frank Lockwood, both from Montgomery, Alabama
Architectural style Romanesque Revival
NRHP Reference # 80000943[1]
Added to NRHP October 16, 1980

The Old Calhoun County Courthouse built in 1904 is an historic building located at 314 East Central Avenue in Blountstown, Florida. On October 16, 1980, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.

In 1989, the Old Calhoun County Courthouse was listed in A Guide to Florida's Historic Architecture, published by the University of Florida Press. The listing calls it: "one of two Romanesque Revival courthouses extant in Florida."[2]

References

  1. Staff (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. A Guide to Florida's Historic Architecture, 1989, Gainesville: University of Florida Press, p. 23, ISBN 0-8130-0941-3

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