Pasco County Courthouse
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sfwife
N 28° 21.871 W 082° 11.320
17R E 383518 N 3138156
Historic courthouse in Dade City, FL
Waymark Code: WM2R1F
Location: Florida, United States
Date Posted: 12/10/2007
Views: 31
Pasco County was created from parts of Hernando County in 1887. The name honors Florida’s United States Senator, Samuel Pasco. A temporary county seat was located in Dade City (originally Hatton),renamed for Major Francis Dade, whose troops had been massacred not far from here by Seminoles in 1836. A referendum was held in 1889 to select a permanent site, at which time Dade City prevailed over Gladstone (San Antonio), Pasadena, and several other locations.
The courthouse was designed by famous courthouse architect, Edward Columbus Hosford of Eastman, Georgia. (Mr. Hosford designed many other county courthouses for Florida, Georgia and Texas.)
Street address:
37918 Meridian Ave
Dade City, FL USA
County / Borough / Parish: Pasco
Year listed: 2006
Historic (Areas of) Significance: Event, Architecture/Engineering
Periods of significance: 1900-1924, 1925-1949, 1950-1974
Historic function: Government
Current function: Government
Primary Web Site: [Web Link]
Secondary Website 1: [Web Link]
Privately owned?: Not Listed
Season start / Season finish: Not listed
Hours of operation: Not listed
Secondary Website 2: Not listed
National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed
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