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• The Bloxham House on Calhoun Street • In the Calhoun Street Historic District • 5652 square feet • Four stories • Large offices with high Ceilings • Hardwood floors • Elegant porches and patio • Full kitchen and bath

The Bloxham House

850-385-9010

• Ample storage areas • Wired for networking • Wonderful view to the west • Perfect for client entertaining • Gated & fenced parking • $16/SF or $7,536 per month + sales tax • Tenant pays utilities, janitorial, insurance, HVAC and Lawn maintenance

410 N. Calhoun Street A Fully Restored Antebellum Home For a Prestigious Office Address

Brenda Francis, CCIM Fax 850-385-2085 • 245 Pinewood Drive • Tallahassee, FL 32303 • [email protected]

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History of The Bloxham House

Tallahassee CALHOUN STREET HISTORIC DISTRICT 19th century to early 20th cen-tury. The district, an old residential neighborhood, is now mainly offices. Contains approxi-mately 39 buildings of historical interest, ranging from Frame Vernacular to Classical Revival. In the 19th century Calhoun Street was known as "Gold Dust Street." N.R. 1979. From MyFlorida.com; Office of Historical and Important Places Title: GOVERNOR W.D. BLOXHAM HOUSE Location: 410 North Calhoun Street County: Leon City: Tallahassee Description: Side 1: This Federal-style building was constructed in 1844 by Richard A. Shine, a prominent builder and mason who constructed the south wing of Florida’s Capitol in 1845. In 1881, Mary C. Bloxham, Governor Bloxham’s wife, acquired the property. Governor Bloxham, the owner of a plantation west of Tallahassee, used the house as a town residence during his two terms as governor, 1881-1885 and 1897-1901. The house was used by Governor Edward A. Perry, 1885-1889. In 1911, when Governor Bloxham died, Gertrude M. Bloxham, his second wife, became its owner and in 1913 sold it. A number of ownerships and uses followed, includ-ing as a rooming house and hotel. In 1977, the Florida Heritage Foundation purchased the prop-erty and developed plans for restoration of the house, but was unable to raise sufficient funds. In 1979, one of its members, Frances Cushing Ervin, purchased the property and restored the house to its original architectural style and elegance. Side 2: Governor Bloxham’s career of public service was extensive and included representing Leon County in the Florida House of Representatives, serving as Florida’s Secretary of State and Comptroller and as United States Surveyor-General for Florida. He was a popular war veteran, having organized an infantry com-pany in Leon County in 1862 and served as its commander throughout the Civil War. Governor Bloxham, Florida’s first native-born governor, is remembered for founding the Florida Normal and Agricultural College for Colored Students, now Florida A & M University, and for restor-ing to fiscal solvency Florida’s Internal Improvement Trust Fund by selling four million acres in the Everglades. He was governor during the Spanish-American War when Florida served as a principle staging area and its ports were major embarkation points for United States military activities in Cuba. Sponsors: THE TALLAHASSEE TRUST FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION

From The Florida Historical Markers Program http://dhr.dos.state.fl.us/preservation/markers/markers.cfm?ID=leon

The Bloxham House

Calhoun Street Entrance View from 2nd Floor

Rear Entrance 2nd Floor Lobby Area

Rear Patio

Side Porch

Built in 1844

Kithen

Footprint 410 N. Calhoun Street

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