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Hood
County Courthouse today
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson, February, 2008 |
Date - 1890
Architect - W.C. Dodson
Style - Second Empire
The
first two courthouses burned, the second one in 1875.
Granbury's current
three-story courthouse was built of Brazos limestone and has a lighted clock tower.
It is a Second-Empire style design by W.C. Dodson - whose influence can be seen
on the Parker
County courthouse in Weatherford. |
Southeast
corner of the Hood County Courthouse
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson, February, 2008 |
Hood
County Courthouse as it appeared in 1939
Photo courtesy TXDoT |
Hood
County Courthouse southeast corner
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson, February, 2008 |
Courthouse
front entrance
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson, February, 2008 |
Hood
County Courthouse East Entrance
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson, February, 2008 |
Hood
County Courthouse district courtroom was restored to its original two-story height
and configuration.
Photo
courtesy Terry
Jeanson, October 2012 |
The
courtroom before restoration.
Photo
courtesy Terry
Jeanson, February, 2008 |
| Photographer's
Note: "A grant of five million dollars was awarded to Hood County in
January of 2008 for the interior restoration of the courthouse." - Terry
Jeanson, February, 2008 |
"This
oil painting of the Hood County courthouse by artist Marjorie Ross is hanging
in the county judge's office."
- Terry
Jeanson, February, 2008 |
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