Okeechobee County officials rededicated the Alderman Building on June 18, 2026, honoring a local family who provided seven decades of public service to the county.
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![Assistant County Administrator Justin Nelson presided at the rededication of the Alderman Building on June 18. [Photo by Katrina Elsken/Lake Okeechobee News]](/uploads/original/20260618-093106-583-Alderman building.jpg)
Okeechobee County officials rededicated the Alderman Building on June 18, 2026, honoring a local family who provided seven decades of public service to the county.
The structure, at 307 N.W. Fifth Avenue, which was built in 1964, served as the Okeechobee County Sheriff’s Office and Jail until the current jail was constructed in 1986.
The building housed the Tax Collector and Property Appraiser’s Office until 2020, when those offices moved to their new building at 409 NW Second Avenue.
The building was used for storage for several years before it was renovated for use as the Supervisor of Elections Office and training rooms for the Okeechobee County Sheriff’s Office.
The Alderman Building was named in honor of the Alderman family’s long-standing service to the county, with four family members serving as Tax Collectors over the span of 70 years.
Clarence Alderman was Okeechobee County Tax Collector from 1917 to 1918.
R.H. Alderman was tax collector from 1919 to 1931.
Bessie Walker Alderman was tax collector from 1932 to 1956.
Atheleon Alderman served as tax collector from 1957 to 1988.
The structure was originally dedicated as the Alderman Building in 1990.
