Falls County Courthouse - Marlin, TX
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WalksfarTX
N 31° 18.406 W 096° 53.935
14R E 699957 N 3465506
This is the fifth courthouse for Falls County. Cornerstone was placed on July 4, 1939. Built with the assistance of funds from the Public Works Administration.
Waymark Code: WMZHCT
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 11/13/2018
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The Falls County Courthouse (1939) in Marlin, Texas, is an almost completely intact reinforced concrete Art Moderne building. Relatively small by today's standards, the courthouse has an area of 31,110 square feet, equally distributed on the first three floors (ground, first and second), with a smaller fourth level (third floor) designed as a sequestered jury) dormitory. The ground floor, a raised basement, is slab on grade, with perimeter grade beam and steam pipe chase below. Exterior walls are mass masonry, faced with Austin Shellstone and limestone, while interior partitions are all masonry with plaster finish, with suspended plaster ceilings on metal lath. Original climate control features include steam heat, tall ceilings with ceiling fans, and large casement and hopper windows. Late Art Moderne in design, the building epitomizes the esthetic applied to a small, county courthouse.