Hernando County Courthouse

Infobox Historic building
name = Hernando County Courthouse

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location_town = Brooksville, Florida
location_country = United States
architect = William Augustus Edwards
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completion_date = 1913
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style = Beaux-Arts
size = The Hernando County Courthouse, built in 1913, is an historic courthouse building located in Brooksville, Florida, It was designed by Atlanta-based architect William Augustus Edwards who designed one other courthouse in Florida, two in Georgia and nine in South Carolina as well as academic buildings at 12 institutions in Florida, Georgia and South Carolina. He designed most of the original buildings on the campus of the University of Florida in Gainesville. [ [http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/ufarch/edwards.htm University of Florida biography of William Augustus Edwards] ] It has been called the "Brooksville crown". [ [http://www.jud10.org/Courthouses/Hernando/hernando.html Florida's Historic Courthouses: Hernando County Courthouse page] ] In 1989, The Hernando County Courthouse was listed in "A Guide to Florida's Historic Architecture", published by the University of Florida Press. ["A Guide to Florida's Historic Architecture", 1989, Gainesville: University of Florida Press, p. 101, ISBN 0-8130-0941-3]

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* [http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/ufarch/edwards.htm University of Florida biography of William Augustus Edwards]
* [http://www.nr.nps.gov/multiples/64000769.pdf Multiple Resource Area for 4 of the 9 South Carolina courthouses designed by William Augustus Edwards - 12 pages]
* [http://www.jud10.org/Courthouses/courts.htm Florida's Historic Courthouses]
* [http://www.sptimes.com/2006/10/13/Hernando/Through_the_years.shtml St Petersburg Times: Brooksville 150 years]