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building located at 416 Centre Street in

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. Designed in the

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style, it was built in 1891 and features cast-iron

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s and a massive bell tower and steeple. Meneely and Co. of

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, cast the bell for the tower, which was used as a fire alarm for many years.''A Guide to Florida's Historic Architecture'', 1989, Gainesville: University of Florida Press, p. 69, Florida's Historic Courthouses: Nassau County Courthouse listing
/ref>Nassau County Clerk of Courts: Information on the Historic Courthouse and the Judicial Annex
/ref> In 1989, the Nassau County Courthouse was listed in ''A Guide to Florida's Historic Architecture'', published by the University of Florida Press. In 2002 the building was carefully restored and renovated by The Auchter Company of

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. Also in 2002 construction began on a new ''Judicial Annex'' at 76347 Veteran's Way in Yulee. It was opened in 2004.

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Florida's Historic Courthouses
* Buildings and structures in Nassau County, Florida

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