Old Baker County Courthouse

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Old Baker County Courthouse
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Old Baker County Courthouse
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Location Macclenny, Florida
Coordinates 30°16′48″N82°7′20″W / 30.28000°N 82.12222°W / 30.28000; -82.12222 Coordinates: 30°16′48″N82°7′20″W / 30.28000°N 82.12222°W / 30.28000; -82.12222
Built1908
Architect Edward Columbus Hosford
Architectural styleColonial Revival
NRHP reference No. 86001729 [1]
Added to NRHPAugust 21, 1986

The Old Baker County Courthouse, now the Emily Taber Public Library, was built in 1908. It is at 14 McIver Avenue West in Macclenny, Florida. It was designed by Edward Columbus Hosford of Eastman, Georgia. In 1986 it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. [1]

It was deemed "significant for its architecture and its association with architect Edward C. Hosford, who was responsible for designing a number of county courthouses in both Florida and Georgia during the 1906-1910 period. Built in the 'up-to-date' eclectic Colonial Revival style, the structure represented the pride of the county's citizens in the evolution of the local economy from subsistence farms to one based on commercial exploitation of agriculture." [2]

It has also been known as the Baker County Free Public Library [2] and the Peg McCollum Building. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
  2. 1 2 W. Carl Shriver (June 20, 1986). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Old Baker County Courthouse / Baker County Free Public Library". National Park Service . Retrieved June 10, 2018. With accompanying two photos from 1986
  3. "Emily Taber Public Library" . Retrieved June 10, 2018.