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 1889 -- First Mills County Courthouse Cornerstone -- Goldthwaite TX
N 31° 27.000 W 098° 34.164
14R E 540913 N 3479555
The orphan cornerstone for the 1889 Mills County Courthouse, which burned in a fire in 1912, necessitating the construction of a new courthouse.
Waymark Code: WMTRKM
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 01/03/2017
Views: 4
The first Mills County courthouse was built in 1889 and served this community until 1912, when it burned in a fire.
A new courthouse was built on the same site in 1913, and still serves this community over hundred years later.
The orphan cornerstone for the 1889 courthouse has been rescued and preserved in a monument that stands on the northwest side of the county courthouse grounds.
Year of construction: 1889
Cross-listed waymark: [Web Link]
Full inscription:
[N Side]
Laid by Goldthwaite Lodge
U. D.
A.F. & [Masonic symbol] A.M.
Dec. 27, A.D. 1889
A. L. 5889
[W side]
J. P. Grundy, County judge
Matthew roach
A. V. Patterson,
G. H. Dalton,
S. L. Cooke, Commrs.
M. C. Humphreys Co. C.L.K.
G. W. Cunningham, Sheriff
Oscar Ruffini Arch't
John Cormack, builder"
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