Old Baker County Courthouse Explained

Old Baker County Courthouse
Location:Macclenny, Florida
Coordinates:30.28°N -82.1222°W
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Marker:building
Mapframe-Zoom:12
Mapframe-Caption:Interactive map showing the location of Old Baker County Courthouse
Built:1908
Architect:Edward Columbus Hosford
Architecture:Colonial Revival
Added:August 21, 1986
Refnum:86001729

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.

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."[1]

It has also been known as the Baker County Free Public Library[1] and the Peg McCollum Building.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=86001729}} National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Old Baker County Courthouse / Baker County Free Public Library ]. National Park Service. W. Carl Shriver . June 20, 1986 . June 10, 2018. With
  2. Web site: Emily Taber Public Library . June 10, 2018.