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The Old Polk County Courthouse (also known as the Imperial Polk County Courthouse) (constructed in 1908–09) is an historic courthouse in Bartow, Florida, United States, located at 100 East Main Street. It was ostensibly designed in the Classical Revival style by architect Edward Columbus Hosford.
The Polk County History Center is located at 100 East Main Street, Bartow, Florida, in the historic Old Polk County Courthouse. The museum consists of exhibits presenting local and regional history from pre-Columbian to present eras and a library with items pertaining to the history and genealogy of the eastern United States.
The Bartow Downtown Commercial District (also known as the Old Polk County Courthouse) is a historic district in central Bartow, Florida. Composed of an area bounded by Davidson and Summerlin Streets and Broadway and Florida Avenues, the district includes twenty-one contributing properties .
The current Polk County Courthouse. Phosphate mining has been a major player in Bartow's economy since the discovery of phosphate rock in 1881. [30] Polk County is part of the Bone Valley which is the richest source of phosphate rock in the world; [30] 75% of the United States's supply and 25% of the world's supply come from the Bone Valley. [30]
The site on Smith Lane off U.S. 98 just north of Bartow where the new Polk County fire station will be built. Polk County agreed to purchase the land from Lakeland Regional Health Systems this week.
Polk County comprises the Lakeland–Winter Haven metropolitan statistical area (MSA). [3] This MSA is the 77th-most populous one and the 89th-most populous primary statistical area of the United States as of July 1, 2012. [4] [5] The center of population of Florida is located in Polk County, near the city of Lake Wales. [6]
The Bartow Downtown Commercial District (also known as the Old Polk County Courthouse) is a historic district in central Bartow, Florida. Composed of an area bounded by Floral and 1st Avenues and Main and Vine Streets, the district includes 204 contributing properties. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1993. [1]
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Polk County, Florida, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in a map. [1]