| Duval County Courthouse | |
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| General information | |
| Location | 501 W Adams St Jacksonville, Florida |
| Country | United States |
| Coordinates | 30°19′48″N 81°39′48″W / 30.33008°N 81.66336°W |
| Construction started | 2009 |
| Completed | 2012 |
| Client | Duval County, Florida |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | KBJ Architects |
The Duval County Courthouse is the local courthouse for Duval County, Florida. It houses courtrooms and judges from the Duval County and Fourth Judicial Circuit Courts. The new facility is located Downtown Jacksonville, Florida; it was built starting in 2009 and opened in 2012.
Duval County was created on August 12, 1822 and was formerly part of St. Johns County. Although the county's area was huge, it took more than twenty years before the first courthouse was constructed during the 1840s. A second courthouse was constructed in 1886, but was burned in the Great Fire of 1901. The third courthouse was constructed in 1902 and closed in 1958. A new courthouse funded by the Better Jacksonville Plan was planned in 2000, but budget issues and rising costs delayed its construction until 2009.