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The Lake Butler Woman's Club, also known as the Old Union County Courthouse, is an historic building now located at 285 NE First Avenue in Lake Butler,
Union County, Florida Union County is a county located in the north central portion of the U.S. state of Florida, the smallest in the state. As of the 2020 census, the population was 16,147. The county seat is Lake Butler. With a personal per capita income of $20, ...
. It was built in 1923 on the site of the present Union County Courthouse and replaced two previous courthouses which had served Bradford County, from which Union County had been separated in 1921. When the new courthouse was built in 1936, this building was moved to its present site and given to the Woman's Club.''A Guide to Florida's Historic Architecture'', 1989, Gainesville: University of Florida Press, p. 51, Florida's Historic Courthouses: Union County Courthouse
/ref> In 1989, the Lake Butler Woman's Club was listed in ''A Guide to Florida's Historic Architecture'', published by the University of Florida Press. On December 23, 2003, it was added to the
National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic ...
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