The Old Mayo Free Press Building, built in 1888 to house the Mayo Free Press newspaper, is an historic 20x40-foot wooden frame building located at 124 Fletcher Street, North ( State Road 51) in

Mayo, Florida Mayo, Florida is a town and the only municipality in Lafayette County, Florida, United States. The population was 1,237 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Lafayette County. In August 2018, Mayo temporarily changed its name to Miracle W ...

. In 1989, it was listed in ''A Guide to Florida's Historic Architecture'' prepared by the Florida Association of the

American Institute of Architects The American Institute of Architects (AIA) is a professional organization for architects in the United States. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., the AIA offers education, government advocacy, community redevelopment, and public outreach to su ...

and published by the University of Florida Press.''A Guide to Florida's Historic Architecture'', 1989, Gainesville: University of Florida Press, p. 47, The Mayo Free Press later moved to a brick office building on the corner of San Pedro and Main street, which had been built in 1916 to house a drug store. The Mayo Free Press is now part of the ''Suwannee Democrat''.Suwannee Democrat homepage
/ref> In the 1980s the Old Mayo Free Press Building housed ''Granny's Country Store. Today a sign on its front door proclaims that it is ''Le Chateau de Lafayette's House of Lydia''. It is just south of the

Old Lafayette County Courthouse The Old Lafayette County Courthouse, built 1893–1894, is an historic former courthouse building located on State Road 51 at 136 Fletcher Avenue, North, corner of Bloxham Street in Mayo, Florida, It was Lafayette County's second courthouse, t ...

which was moved to its present site around 1908 and now houses a bed and breakfast called ''Le Chateau de Lafayette''.

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{{Florida-struct-stub Buildings and structures in Lafayette County, Florida Buildings and structures completed in 1888 1888 establishments in Florida