DeSoto County Courthouse - Arcadia, Florida
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N 27° 12.907 W 081° 51.512
17R E 414981 N 3010553
Location of a courthouse mentioned in the WPA Guide to Florida.
Waymark Code: WM11C6Z
Location: Florida, United States
Date Posted: 09/25/2019
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"ARCADIA, 73.6 m. (56 alt., 4,082 pop.), an oasis in a vast Florida prairie, is built around the three-story red brick courthouse that occupies a landscaped square in the center of the city."
From: The WPA Guide to Florida, copyright 1939, page 370.
Built in 1912-1913 it is the third courthouse built for DeSoto County and the second one located in Arcadia. It was completely restored in 1976 and serves to this day as the main county government building in Arcadia.
Book: Florida
Page Number(s) of Excerpt: 370
Year Originally Published: 1939
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