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Creation Date
9-3-2012
Building Name
Alachua County Courthouse
Description
Alachua County Courthouse Marker, Gainesville, FL.
This marker is located on the front lawn of the old Alachua County Courthouse.
The marker reads as :
" The Alachua County Commission, by authority of the Florida Legislature, selected this site for a courthouse in 1854, moving the county seat from Newnansville. The first courthouse was a frame building completed in 1856. It was demolished on the completion of a red brick courthouse in 1886. The current building, completed in 1958, and its 1962 addition, were erected in response to the continuing expansion of governmental needs in Alachua County."
Latitude, Longitude
29.65145833, -82.32475556
Recommended Citation
Taylor, George Lansing Jr., "Alachua County Courthouse Marker, Gainesville, FL" (2012). George Lansing Taylor Collection Main Gallery. 2925.
https://digitalcommons.unf.edu/historical_architecture_main/2925
