The Old Calhoun County Courthouse built in 1904 is an historic building located at 314 East Central Avenue in
Blountstown, Florida
Blountstown is a city in Calhoun County, Florida, Calhoun County, Florida, United States. The population was 2,514 at the 2010 census, which represented an increase from 2,444 in 2000. It is the county seat of Calhoun County.
Name
Blountstown ...
. On October 16, 1980, it was added to the
U.S.
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National Register of Historic Places
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.
In 1989, the Old Calhoun County Courthouse was listed in ''A Guide to Florida's Historic Architecture'', published by the University of Florida Press. The listing calls it: "one of two
Romanesque Revival
Romanesque Revival (or Neo-Romanesque) is a style of building employed beginning in the mid-19th century inspired by the 11th- and 12th-century Romanesque architecture. Unlike the historic Romanesque style, Romanesque Revival buildings tended to ...
courthouses extant in Florida."
[''A Guide to Florida's Historic Architecture'', 1989, Gainesville: University of Florida Press, p. 23, ]
References
External links
Calhoun County listingsa
National Register of Historic PlacesFlorida's Office of Cultural and Historical Programs*
Calhoun County listings*
Calhoun County markers*
Old Calhoun County Courthousea
* Florida's Historic Courthouses by Hampton Dunn ()
Buildings and structures in Calhoun County, Florida
County courthouses in Florida
Courthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Florida
Blountstown, Florida
National Register of Historic Places in Calhoun County, Florida
1904 establishments in Florida
Government buildings completed in 1904
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