The Columbia County Courthouse, built in 1905, is an historic

courthouse A courthouse or court house is a building that is home to a local court of law and often the regional county government as well, although this is not the case in some larger cities. The term is common in North America. In most other English-spe ...

building located at 173 NE Hernando Avenue in

Lake City, Florida Lake City is a city in northern Florida. It is the county seat of Columbia County, Florida, United States. As of the 2020 census, the city's population was 12,329. It is the principal city of the Lake City Micropolitan Statistical Area, which ...

. It was designed by architect Frank Pierce Milburn in the

Classical Revival Neoclassical architecture is an architectural style produced by the Neoclassical movement that began in the mid-18th century in Italy and France. It became one of the most prominent architectural styles in the Western world. The prevailing style ...

style of architecture. It was built with a

dome A dome () is an architectural element similar to the hollow upper half of a sphere. There is significant overlap with the term cupola, which may also refer to a dome or a structure on top of a dome. The precise definition of a dome has been a m ...

and cupola, which were removed before 1989, but were restored in 2003 during a major renovation and expansion of the courthouse. In 1989, the Columbia County Courthouse was listed in ''A Guide to Florida's Historic Architecture'', published by the University of Florida Press.Waymarking listing
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contributing property In the law regulating historic districts in the United States, a contributing property or contributing resource is any building, object, or structure which adds to the historical integrity or architectural qualities that make the historic distri ...

in the Lake City Historic Commercial District.

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Buildings and structures in Columbia County, Florida County courthouses in Florida Government buildings completed in 1905 Neoclassical architecture in Florida Clock towers in Florida Lake City, Florida Historic district contributing properties in Florida National Register of Historic Places in Columbia County, Florida Courthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Florida 1905 establishments in Florida {{ColumbiaCountyFL-NRHP-stub

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