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MASON
COUNTY COURTHOUSE
Mason
County Seat - Mason, Texas
Mason County has
had three courthouses:
1875, 1878 and 1909 |
Mason
County courthouse
Photo courtesy Ernie
Wymer, January 2008 |
The Present
Mason County Courthouse
Mason County Seat - Mason, Texas
Date - 1909
Architect - E. H. Hosford & Co.
Style - Classical Revival
Material - Granite
The Mason County Courthouse burned in 1877 and a fire in 1900 resulted
in the north side of the square being destroyed. It did spark interest
in developing a fire department. |
Another
view of the Mason County courthouse
Photo courtesy Barclay
Gibson, December 2002 |
The
1909 Mason County courthouse
Postcard courtesy rootsweb.com/ %7Etxpstcrd/ |
The
Courthouse as it appeared in 1939
Photo courtesy TXDoT |
The
courthouse postcard
Postcard ca 1915, courtesy THC |
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