Edward Columbus Hosford, also known as Edward C. Hosford and E. C. Hosford, was a Georgiaborn American architect noted for the courthouses and other buildings that he designed in Florida, Georgia and Texas.
Edward Columbus Hosford was born in Eastman, Georgia, the son of Charles Columbus Hosford and his wife, B. Hattie Hosford. Little is known of his early life and education. His Dodge County draft registration card in 1918 shows that he was a draftsman amp estimator for Hugger Bros. of Brunswick, Ga.
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