Osceola County Court House Postcard

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Title

Osceola County Court House Postcard

Alternative Title

Osceola County Courthouse Postcard

Subject

Kissimmee (Fla.)
Postcards--Florida
Courthouses--Florida
Buildings--Florida
Osceola County (Fla.)

Description

Postcard showing the Osceola County Courthouse, the oldest courthouse in the State of Florida that is still in use. The land on which the historic building now stands was purchased from the D. B. Stewart family in 1888 for $2,205.32. On June 3, 1889, bids to construct the courthouse and jail were received and the bid in the amount of $23,879.00 from the Pierce-Torrey Investment Company of Orlando was accepted. Actual construction of the building began in July of 1889. In January of 1890, a portion of the tower collapsed when the supporting timbers were removed, causing a temporary setback in construction as well as in finances, but the courthouse was finally completed by May of that year. In 1977, the Osceola County Courthouse was added to the National Historic Register of Historic Places. In 2011, restoration of the building to its original design begun. Although Osceola County has built a new and larger courthouse, the third floor courtroom continues to be used as an active courtroom, allowing Osceola County to continue to claim the honor of having the oldest courthouse still in use in the State of Florida.

Source

Original 5.5 x 3.5 inch color postcard: Cochrane's Book Store, Palatka, Florida: Private Collection of Thomas Cook.

Publisher

Cochrane's Book Store

Date Created

ca. 1930

Date Copyrighted

ca. 1930

Is Format Of

Digital reproduction of original 5.5 x 3.5 inch color postcard: Cochrane's Book Store, Palatka, Florida.

Is Part Of

Private Collection of Thomas Cook.

Postcard Collection, Thomas Cook Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.

Format

application/pdf

Extent

764 KB

Medium

5.5 x 3.5 inch color postcard

Language

eng

Type

Still Image

Coverage

Kissimmee, Florida

Spatial Coverage

28.290664, -81.411084

Temporal Coverage

1930-01-01/1930-12-31

Accrual Method

Donation

Mediator

History Teacher
Civics/Government Teacher
Geography Teacher

Provenance

Originally published by Cochrane's Book Store.

Rights Holder

Copyright to this resource is held by Cochrane's Book Store and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.

Contributing Project

Curator

Cook, Thomas

Digital Collection

Source Repository

Private Collection of Thomas Cook

External Reference

Dunn, Hampton. Florida's Historic Courthouses. Virginia Beach, Va: Hallmark Pub, 1998.
"Osceola County Courthouse." Ninth Judicial Circuit Court of Florida. http://www.ninthcircuit.org/about/courthouses/osceola/.

Transcript

Osceola County Court House
Kissimmee, Florida.

Post Card

M-7523--Pub. by Cochrane's Book Store, Palatka, Florida.

Still Image Item Type Metadata

Original Format

1 color postcard

Physical Dimensions

5.5 x 3.5 inch

Collection

Citation

“Osceola County Court House Postcard,” RICHES, accessed March 29, 2024, https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/items/show/1009.

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