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Johnny Vardeman: Levines left lasting legacy as craftsmen
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The record needs to be set straighter on who built the famed lectern first used by President Franklin Roosevelt, who dedicated a new courthouse and city hall in Gainesville after the 1936 tornado practically blew away the downtown and government buildings. Earl Levine ought to know. It was his father, Irving, who followed plans drawn by Joe Brice in their shops on what was then Grove Street, now West Academy across from the former Gainesville Midland Railroad depot, now home of the Arts Council.