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The Monticello Historic District is a U.S. Historic District (designated as such on August 19, 1977) located in Monticello, Florida. The district includes an irregular area along Madison, Jefferson, Dogwood, and Washington Streets and contains 41 historic buildings.
Monticello (/ ˌ m ɒ n t ɪ ˈ s ɛ l oʊ / ⓘ MON-tiss-EL-oh) is the only city and the county seat of Jefferson County, Florida, United States. The city is named after Monticello, the estate of the county's namesake, Thomas Jefferson, on which the Jefferson County Courthouse was modeled. [5] The population was 2,589 at the 2020 census.
On a recent weekday morning, Jefferson County K-12 School – located on the edge of downtown Monticello on U.S. 19 – is bustling with students in the hallways wearing backpacks with their ...
This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Jefferson County, Florida. ... Monticello High School. March 25, 1999 425 West ...
Roseland Cemetery is in Monticello, Florida. [1] [2] It was established in 1845 and is one of three city owned cemeteries. Old City Cemetery was established in 1827 and Oakfield Cemetery in 1986. [3] African Americans were buried at Old Union Cemetery. The Florida archives include a photo of the Groom family's stone marker. [4]
Monticello Historic District The Jefferson County Courthouse is an historic Classical Revival style courthouse building located in Monticello , Florida . Built in 1909, it was designed by Georgia-born architect Edward Columbus Hosford , who is noted for the courthouses and other buildings that he designed in Florida , Georgia and Texas .
The purchase of the Perkins Block was consummated on October 17, 1973. On that date, the Monticello Opera House, Inc. purchased the building with money raised through fund-raising efforts, a grant from the State of Florida and a private donation from Mrs. Dorothy Simpson, who held one-half interest in the building. [10]
Jefferson County Jail is a national historic site located at 380 West Dogwood Street, Monticello, Florida in Jefferson County. The Masonry Vernacular building was constructed in 1909, with alterations in 1940 and 1960.