The story
The neoclassical courthouse was built for nearly $1 million. Construction began in May 1926 and it was dedicated on October 12, 1927. Orlando's first registered architect, Murry S. King, built it, and his son James B. King finished the work after King died in 1926. Wikipedia's separate article names the architects as Murray S. and James R. King, so the sources disagree on the son's middle initial.
Ted Bundy's trial for the murder of Kimberly Leach began here on January 7, 1980, and ended with a guilty verdict on February 7. His name is carved into a table in the historic courtroom, though the article says Bundy did not do it. The jail was on the top floor. A new high-rise courthouse opened in 1995 and the 1927 building became the Orange County Regional History Center, which opened in September 2000.
What's There Now
The Orange County Regional History Center, which holds the Historical Society of Central Florida collections.
Everything that was here
- 1927–1995
Old Orange County Courthouse (Orange County Regional History Center)Government Building
The 1927 courthouse where Ted Bundy was tried in 1980 is now a history museum, and the table in its courtroom has his name carved in it.
See the map in 1928 → - 1960–1989
Orange County Courthouse AnnexGovernment Building
Built next to the 1927 courthouse in 1960, closed over asbestos in 1989, demolished in 1998 and replaced by Heritage Park.
See the map in 1961 → - 1892–1957
1892 Orange County CourthouseGovernment Building
The red-brick courthouse that preceded the 1927 building was demolished in 1957.
See the map in 1893 →
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