Florida's Earliest Courthouse Building

Manatee County's first courthouse was built in 1859-1860 and is the oldest remaining building constructed as a county courthouse in the state of Florida. It was built on the original Courthouse Square at 15th Street East and Fourth Avenue, two blocks north of this location, and was moved to this site in December 1975 to prevent destruction. The old Manatee Methodist Episcopal Church, built in 1887, represents the oldest congregation of any denomination south of Tampa on the mainland of Florida. It was moved to this spot in 1975 to allow for the building of a Manatee United Methodist Church on the original site.

Bradenton, Florida · United States