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Old Calhoun County Courthouse

Coordinates: 30°26′35.65″N 85°2′35.39″W / 30.4432361°N 85.0431639°W / 30.4432361; -85.0431639
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Old Calhoun County Courthouse
Old Calhoun County Courthouse is located in Florida
Old Calhoun County Courthouse
Old Calhoun County Courthouse is located in the United States
Old Calhoun County Courthouse
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LocationBlountstown, Florida, US
Coordinates30°26′35.65″N 85°2′35.39″W / 30.4432361°N 85.0431639°W / 30.4432361; -85.0431639
Built1904
ArchitectBenjamin Bosworth Smith and Frank Lockwood, both from Montgomery, Alabama
Architectural styleRomanesque Revival
NRHP reference No.80000943[1]
Added to NRHPOctober 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]

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  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  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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