ALACHUA COUNTY COURTHOUSE

Alachua County Courthouse is a Florida historical marker in Gainesville, Alachua County, dedicated 1972.

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.

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

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