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Freestone
County Courthouse today
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, July 2007 |
The Present
Freestone County Courthouse - Fairfield,
Texas
Date - 1919
Architect - W.R. Kaufman
Style - Classical Revival
Material - Brick
Originally named
Mound Prairie, the community began life around 1850 on a 100 acre
tract of land donated by David Hall Love when the location was chosen
to be the county seat.
The first courthouse (of four) was constructed in 1852, and the others
came in 1854-56, 1891-92, and 1919-21. In 1891 and again in 1918 Wortham
and Teague both challenged Fairfield
for the role of county seat but both lost to the established Fairfield.
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Freestone
County Courthouse
Photo courtesy Terry Jeanson, Christmas 2005 |
Freestone
County Courthouse as it appeared in 1939
Photo courtesy of TXDoT |
Freestone
County courthouse architectural detail
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, July 2007 |
Courthouse
Cannon in Fairfield
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, July 2007 |
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