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Freestone
County Courthouse
County
Seat - Fairfield, TexasFreestone
County has had four courthouses:
1919
1891
1855
1851 |
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 | |
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