History of the Lafayette County Courthouse
HISTORY OF MAYO/LAFAYETTE COUNTY COURTHOUSE
From 1893-1894, the first Mayo courthouse was built. This building, known taoday as the McClain or Ware Apartments, was built by a Jacksonville firm at a cost of $5,800. In 1907, plans went underway for the building of a new courthouse. The E.C. Hoisford Company of Atlanta, Georgia, submitted the plans for the present courthouse. It was to be fireproof and built of Indiana limestone with a maximum cost of $47,000. The construction contract was awarded to the Mutual Construction Company of Louisville, Kentucky for a bid of $46,950. The construction contract was awarded on February 7, 1908. In March of the same year, the old courthouse was sold for $615 to a Mr. Raleigh Lancaster on the stipulation that it continue to be used as a courthouse until the completion of the new building, which was in November, 1909. The building was lifted off of the courthouse block and moved to its present site today on the southeast corner of Fletcher and Bloxham Streets.
This information courtsey of Harlow H. Land, Jr, County Judge, Lafayette County
Courthouse pictures taken by Darrel R. Bell
