The Pasco County Courthouse (constructed in 1909) is a historic site in Dade City, Florida

Dade City, Florida

Dade City is a city in Pasco County, Florida. The population was 6,188 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Pasco County. Dade City is a suburb of the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of 2004, the population recorded by the U.S...

, located at 37918 Meridian Avenue. It was designed by noted architect Edward Columbus Hosford

Edward Columbus Hosford

Edward Columbus Hosford, also known as Edward C. Hosford and E. C. Hosford, was a Georgia-born American architect noted for the courthouses and other buildings that he designed in Florida, Georgia and Texas....

 in the Classical Revival

Neoclassical architecture

Neoclassical architecture was an architectural style produced by the neoclassical movement that began in the mid-18th century, manifested both in its details as a reaction against the Rococo style of naturalistic ornament, and in its architectural formulas as an outgrowth of some classicizing...

 style. On September 20, 2006, it was added to the U.S.

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...

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In recent years, a Valentine's Day tradition has developed where the Pasco County Clerk offers a complimentary wedding ceremony on the steps of the Historic Courthouse.

External links

• Weekly List Of Actions Taken On Properties: 9/18/06 Through 9/22/06 at National Register of Historic Places
• Pasco County markers at Florida's Office of Cultural and Historical Programs
• Pasco County Courthouse at Florida's Historic Courthouses
• Florida's Historic Courthouses by Hampton Dunn (ISBN 0-9653759-5-1)