The Old Courthouse Square ~ Ocala Florida
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N 29° 11.210 W 082° 08.194
17R E 389494 N 3229219
This marker is located at the "Old COurthouse Square in Ocala Florida.
Waymark Code: WM2FKF
Location: Florida, United States
Date Posted: 10/26/2007
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member StressMaster
Views: 96

Designated as a Publilc Square in the original Ocala plat of 1846, this location was the site of Marion Colunty's first permanent courthouse built in 1851. it was a two-story frame building of Colonial design. The second courthouse was erected on this site in 1884, a two-story brick cube. Public dissatisfaction caused a third courthouse with more adequate space to be built ini 1906. It was of Roman design with a clock dome and veneered walls of Indiana sandstone. In 1965, when public efforts to save it failed, it was demolished. This site was given by Marion County to the City of Ocala in a property exchange, becoming a city park, thus retaining its function as a Public Square as planned by the city's founders
Marker Number: F-379

Date: 1997

County: Marion

Marker Type: Roadside

Sponsored or placed by: Marion County Historical Commission and the Florida Department of State

Website: Not listed

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