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Robertson
County Courthouse
Photo courtesy Barclay
Gibson, December 2008 |
| "The
east side and rear view of the courthouse. Modern additions have been built to
the rear (right side of this picture) and west sides of the original courthouse."
- Terry
Jeanson, December, 2005 |
Both Ruffini
Brothers (Oscar and Frederick) frequently used Mansard roofs and such was
the case here, except that the roof in Franklin
was removed during a 1924 remodeling. F.E. Ruffini also designed the 1882
Robertson County jail.
Photographer's
Note:
The architect, F.E. Ruffini, designed similar looking courthouses
in Williamson
(1879) and Hays
(1882) counties. - Terry
Jeanson
Franklin was originally
named Morgan at the time it was established in 1872. |
Robertson
County Courthouse Entrance
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson, July, 2007 |
Robertson
County Courthouse Historical Marker
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson, November, 2004 |
Historical
Marker TextRobertson
County CourthouseErected
in 1882 at a cost of $30,000, this white limestone building is the fourth to serve
as Robertson County Courthouse.
In 1879 the county seat had been moved
for the fifth time, to Morgan, on the International & Great Northern Railroad.
But because Texas already had a post office named Morgan, the town was renamed
Franklin for the first county seat, which was named for pioneer Will Franklin.
Plans for a courthouse were begun that year; and in 1881 the construction
was started, under F. E. Ruffini, architect. Since then the building has been
remodeled. |
Robertson
County Courthouse as it appeared in 1939
Photo courtesy TXDoT |
Historical
Marker TextFormer
Calvert CourthouseMost
imposing public building in early Robertson County.
After becoming county
seat in 1870, Calvert lost many leaders in 1873 yellow fever epidemic. As planned,
this Courthouse was begun in 1875; but before its completion, Franklin
was named county seat, in 1879.
Robert A. Brown, a merchant, investor
and planter, purchased this building in 1885. With help of his wife, Lucy Herndon
Brown, he made it into a residence.
In 1909 his heirs sold it to Mrs.
Fannie L. Hammond, in whose family it remained until 1966, when it became a museum.
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