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

The Present Franklin County Courthouse:

Date - 1912
Architect - L. L. Thurman, Dallas
Style - Classical Revival
Franklin County courthouse, Mount Vernon Texas
Another view of the Franklin County Courthouse
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, July 2002
Franklin County courthouse Mount Vernon Texas
Franklin County Courthouse as it appeared in 1939
Photo courtesy of TXDoT

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