Lafayette County Courthouse (Florida)

Infobox Historic building
name = Lafayette County Courthouse


caption = Lafayette County Courthouse
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location_town = Mayo, Florida
location_country = United States
architect = Edward Columbus Hosford of Atlanta
client = Lafayette County
engineer = Builder: Mutual Construction Company of Louisville, Kentucky
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completion_date = 1908
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cost = $47,000
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style = Neo-Classical
size = The Lafayette County Courthouse, built in 1908, is an historic courthouse building located in Mayo, Florida, It was designed by Atlanta-based architect Edward Columbus Hosford who designed other courthouses in Florida and other states. It was built by Mutual Construction Company of Louisville, Kentucky, of Indiana limestone. Because there was no railroad into Lafayette County, the limestone and other materials were shipped by rail to O'Brien in Suwannee, County and then transported by wagon to Mayo, crossing the Suwannee River via Grant's Ferry north of Troy Springs. It is Lafayette County's third courthouse, the first at New Troy having burned down New Year's Eve 1892 and the second wooden structure in Mayo having been moved across the street to make way for a fireproof building. In 1989, the Lafayette 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. 47, ISBN 0-8130-0941-3] [ [http://www.jud10.org/Courthouses/Lafayette/lafayette.htm Lafayette County Courthouse in Florida's Historic Courthouses] ]

ee also

* Lafayette County Courthouse

References

External links

* [http://www.jud10.org/Courthouses/courts.htm Florida's Historic Courthouses]
* [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3880/is_200604/ai_n16363562/pg_12 Mutual Construction Company's connection with Lewman Brothers of Alabama]