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ALACHUA COUNTY COURTHOUSE

Alachua County · dedicated 1972 · Corner of Main (SR 329) & SE 1st St., Gainesville

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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.

David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Marker data: Florida Historical Marker Program, Division of Historical Resources, Florida Department of State

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