Texas County Progress

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Monuments of Justice: Childress County Courthouse

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County Seat: Childress | County Population: 6,664 (2020 Census)

The Childress County Courthouse boasts a Moderne style as designed by Townes & Funk of Amarillo. The stone county capitol was completed in 1939. The county’s first courthouse burned on Oct. 21,1891, after only two weeks of use. June Rayfield Welch, author of “The Texas Courthouse Revisited,” discusses the theories behind the blaze: Some blamed Confederate veterans who … [Read more...] about Monuments of Justice: Childress County Courthouse

Courthouse Trails – Fannin County Courthouse

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     Fannin County celebrated the reopening of its 1888 Historic Courthouse on March 10 after a four-year restoration project in Bonham, home of former Speaker of the U.S. House Sam Rayburn.       The $29 million endeavor was funded by the citizens of the Fannin County ($23 million) and the Texas Historical Commission’s Texas Historic Courthouse Preservation Program ($6 … [Read more...] about Courthouse Trails – Fannin County Courthouse

Monuments of Justice: Parker County Courthouse

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County Seat: Weatherford County * Population: 148,222 (2020 Census)

The Historic Parker County Courthouse was designed by architects Dodson & Dodson in a Second Empire style. Erected in 1886, this towering monument fashioned from limestone is topped by a four-sided clock tower. The exterior of the county capitol, a National Register Property, was restored in the early 1990s. The county rededicated the courthouse in June 2005 following … [Read more...] about Monuments of Justice: Parker County Courthouse

Monuments of Justice: Freestone County Courthouse

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County Seat: Fairfield * County Population: 19,435 (2020 Census) 

       The Freestone County Courthouse was built in 1919 in a Classical Revival style as designed by W.R. Kaufman.       Freestone County was carved from eastern Limestone County in 1850 and organized the following year. An eight-man committee selected Mound Prairie as the county seat; the town was eventually renamed Fairfield.       The area’s rich history is … [Read more...] about Monuments of Justice: Freestone County Courthouse

Monuments of Justice: San Saba County Courthouse

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County Seat: San Saba * County Population: 5,730 (2020 Census) 

   The San Saba community celebrated the county’s newly restored courthouse in a rededication ceremony on March 5, 2020.       The Texas Legislature created and organized San Saba County in 1856. The county was first served by a two-story frame courthouse from 1857-1878, followed by a stone structure from 1878-1910. In 1910, the city of San Saba was incorporated. County … [Read more...] about Monuments of Justice: San Saba County Courthouse