Florida Cultural Affairs to Showcase New Historic Antebellum Office

Submitted by Anonymous on July 25, 2012 - 10:03pm

Secretary of State Ken Detzner and the Florida Department of States Division of Cultural Affairs are showing off their new historic digs Thursday night in Tallahassee.

A housewarming event is planned at the division's new office space at the Brokaw McDougall House from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

The event is to feature live music by the Zach Bartholmew Trio and a traveling exhibition of Salvador Dalprints from the DalMuseum.

We are excited to welcome the public to our new offices in the Brokaw-McDougall House, Sandy Shaughnessy, director of the Division of Cultural Affairs, stated in a release. As Floridas state arts agency, we understand the importance of this historic structure and feel a responsibility to ensure its preservation and legacy.

The antebellum Brokaw-McDougall House, built around 1856, has been on the National Register of Historic Places since 1972.

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