SITE OF THE FIRST GADSDEN COUNTY COURTHOUSE
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N 30° 35.150 W 084° 35.857
16R E 730364 N 3386161
A roadside marker in Quincy, Fl.
Waymark Code: WM77X4
Location: Florida, United States
Date Posted: 09/15/2009
Views: 17
This antebellum home is related in style to the early Louisiana plantation houses of the lower Mississippi valley. Designed to cope with the heat and the dampness of the climate, it's main living quarters are on the second floor. It rests on lands once owned by Robert Forbes, first Gadsden County sheriff, whos house served as a county courthouse in the early 1820s. Later, in the nineteenth century, the property passed into the hands of Hector and William Bruce, grandnephews of Forbes. In 1956, it was purchased by the Quincy Garden Club, and in 1972, was acquired by Talquin Electric Cooperative who undertook complete restoration.
Marker Number: F199
Date: 1972
County: Gadsden
Marker Type: Roadside
Sponsored or placed by: Talquin Electric Cooperative inc, and the Department of State
Website: Not listed
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