Hernando County Courthouse

Hernando County Courthouse
Hernando County Courthouse
General information
Architectural style	Beaux-Arts
Town or city	Brooksville, Florida
Country	United States
Coordinates	28°33′19″N 82°23′16″W / 28.55527°N 82.38786°W
Completed	1913
Design and construction
Architect(s)	William Augustus Edwards

The Hernando County Courthouse, built in 1913, is an historic courthouse building located in Brooksville, 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.^[1]

The courhouse been called the Brooksville crown.^[2] In 1989, The Hernando County Courthouse was listed in A Guide to Florida's Historic Architecture, published by the University of Florida Press.^[3]

References

^ University of Florida biography of William Augustus Edwards
^ Florida's Historic Courthouses: Hernando County Courthouse page
^ A Guide to Florida's Historic Architecture, 1989, Gainesville: University of Florida Press, p. 101, ISBN 0-8130-0941-3

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[1] University of Florida biography of William Augustus Edwards

[2] Florida's Historic Courthouses: Hernando County Courthouse page

[3] A Guide to Florida's Historic Architecture, 1989, Gainesville: University of Florida Press, p. 101, ISBN 0-8130-0941-3

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