Built in 1904 (Romanesque Revival architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. 8 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1945.
From the record
“The Old Calhoun County Courthouse built in 1904 is an historic building located at 314 East Central Avenue in Blountstown, Florida. On October 16, 1980, it was added to the U.S.”
Wikipedia article Old Calhoun County Courthouse, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 1 National Register listings published here for Calhoun County · listed in 1980 · category: Building · built in 1904, Romanesque Revival architecture, by Frank Lockwood.
National Register reference number.80000943- the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.
Then and now
1945 to 1990
The ground this property stands on, surveyed
45 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are
United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
19451990
Fires near this property
87 since 1992
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The
federal wildfire occurrence database
lists 87 fires within 5 miles of Old Calhoun County Courthouse
between 1992 and 2020, burning about 666 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 10 were recorded as arson.
Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted
here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
Reported cause
Fires
Debris and open burning
26
Equipment and vehicle use
14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
12
Arson/incendiarism
10
Natural
8
Railroad operations and maintenance
6
Smoking
6
Misuse of fire by a minor
2
Recreation and ceremony
2
Power generation/transmission/distribution
1
The most recent of
them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service
that recorded it.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists
7 workings within 5 miles of Old Calhoun County Courthouse: 4 unknowns, 2 producers, 1 past producer.
2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand, Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Kaolin. Distance is straight-line from the
map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring
settlement's page as well.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The National Weather Service names
Blountstown, the town this property stands in, in 31 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 21 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 3 flash flood, 2 tornado.
The reports record 4 deaths and 7 injuries. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office
filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date
opens the federal record of that event.
The supercell thunderstorm which spawned tornadoes in Franklin and Liberty counties, produced a strong F2 tornado, which touched down just southeast of Van Lierop Road, a few miles east of Highway 69. It crossed Highway 69 near the Stafford Creek Bridge, and peeled roofs from dozens of homes, uprooted trees, and scattered debris. The tornado then struck the Macedonia Community at Highway 69-A and Parrish Lake Road. It demolished three trailers and damaged 30 homes. The tornado picked up two neighboring mobile homes. One was thrown across a road and killed its two occupants. Another was slammed into a neighbor's house, which killed its two occupants and injured five others. Reported by the Calhoun County EMA.
Straight-line winds destroyed one home and damaged several others including some businesses in the Hayes subdivision and Pine Island. Five structures suffered major roof damage, with minor damage to 25 homes. Three families were displaced. Several mills at Redwood Bay Lumber on Highway 71 were destroyed. A semi truck was picked up, carried to the east and slammed into one of the chip trailers. Several trees fell on homes, garages and vehicles. Numerous power lines were also toppled. Reported by the Calhoun County EMA.
Numerous trees and power lines were blown down around Blountstown with widespread power outages in the city. Only one restaurant and one gas station kept power. Damage was estimated.
United States Geological Survey topographic
sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the coordinate the National Park Service records for this property, then
testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.
Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.
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