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Okeechobee County Courthouse

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Country
  
United States

Cost
  
200,000 USD

Client
  
Okeechobee County

Construction started
  
1925

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Town or city
  
304 NW 2nd St., Okeechobee, Florida

Completed
  
1926, accepted and opened 1927

Engineer
  
Builder: Rogers and Duncanson

Architectural style
  
Colonial Revival architecture

Similar
  
Glades County Courthouse, Old Brevard County C, Hardee County Courthouse, Old Manatee County C, Old Bradford County C

The Okeechobee County Courthouse, built in 1926, is an historic courthouse building located at 304 Northwest Second Street in Okeechobee, Florida. It was designed by architect George Gaynor Hyde of Miami in what has been variously called the Southern Colonial Revival or Mediterranean Revival style of architecture. Due to the collapse of the Florida Land Boom during its construction, its central dome was never built. After the 1928 Okeechobee hurricane, its hallways were used as a temporary morgue. An open breezeway was planned and built through the center front of the first floor but was later enclosed; the winding stairways to the second floor courtroom still remain.

Map of Okeechobee County Courthouse, Okeechobee, FL 34972, USA

In 1989, the Okeechobee County Courthouse was listed in A Guide to Florida's Historic Architecture, published by the University of Florida Press.

References

Okeechobee County Courthouse Wikipedia