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FRANKLIN COUNTY COURTHOUSE
County Seat - Mount Vernon, Texas

Franklin County has had two courthouses: 1875 and 1912

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The 1912 Franklin County Courthouse with a chiming clock
Photo courtesy Lori Martin, December 2005

Date - 1912
Architect - L. L. Thurman, Dallas
Style - Classical Revival

Another view of the Franklin County Courthouse
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, July 2002

Franklin County Courthouse as it appeared in 1939
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