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Hood
County Courthouse today
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson, February, 2008 |
Date - 1890
Architect - W.C. Dodson
Style - Second Empire
The first two courthouses burned, the second one in 1875.
Granbury's current three-story courthouse was built of Brazos limestone
and has a lighted clock tower. It is a Second-Empire style design
by W.C. Dodson - whose influence can be seen on the Parker
County courthouse in Weatherford. |
Southeast
corner of the Hood County Courthouse
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson, February, 2008 |
Hood
County Courthouse as it appeared in 1939
Photo courtesy TXDoT |
Hood
County Courthouse southeast corner
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson, February, 2008 |
Courthouse
front entrance
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson, February, 2008 |
Hood
County Courthouse East Entrance
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson, February, 2008 |
| Hood
County Courthouse second floor district courtroom. |
| Photographer's
Note: "A grant of five million dollars was awarded to Hood
County in January of 2008 for the interior restoration of the courthouse
which will include restoring the courtroom to its original two-story
height and configuration." - Terry
Jeanson, February, 2008 |
| "This
oil painting of the Hood County courthouse by artist Marjorie Ross
is hanging in the county judge's office." - Terry
Jeanson, February, 2008 |
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