Sumter County Courthouse (Florida)

Infobox Historic building
name = Sumter County Courthouse

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location_town = Bushnell, Florida
location_country = United States
architect = William Augustus Edwards
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construction_start_date = 1912
completion_date = 1914
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style = Beaux-Arts
size = The Sumter County Courthouse, built in 1912-1914, is an historic courthouse building located in Bushnell, Florida, It was designed by Atlanta-based architect William Augustus Edwards who designed one other courthouse in Florida, two in Georgia and nine in South Carolina as well as academic buildings at 12 institutions in Florida, Georgia and South Carolina. He designed most of the original buildings on the campus of the University of Florida in Gainesville. [ [http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/ufarch/edwards.htm University of Florida biography of William Augustus Edwards] ] In 1989, The Sumter County Courthouse was listed in "A Guide to Florida's Historic Architecture", published by the University of Florida Press. ["A Guide to Florida's Historic Architecture", 1989, Gainesville: University of Florida Press, p. 99, ISBN 0-8130-0941-3]

There is now a much larger Sumter County Judicial Building nearby which bears a striking resemblance to the 1912-1914 courthouse because it incorporates much of its architectural features in its central facade. [ [http://www.jud10.org/Courthouses/Sumter/sumter.htm Sumter County Courthouse at Florida's Historic Courthouses] ]

ee also

* Sumter County Courthouse (South Carolina), also designed by William Augustus Edwards

References

External links

* [http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/ufarch/edwards.htm University of Florida biography of William Augustus Edwards]
* [http://www.nr.nps.gov/multiples/64000769.pdf Multiple Resource Area for 4 of the 9 courthouses designed by William Augustus Edwards - 12 pages]
* [http://www.jud10.org/Courthouses/courts.htm Florida's Historic Courthouses]
* [http://sumtercountyfl.gov/history.htm Sumter County History on the Sumter County official website]