Fannin County Courthouse - Bonham, TX
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WalksfarTX
N 30° 34.650 W 096° 10.715
14R E 770582 N 3386170
1889 Courthouse started out a Second Empire style. Remodeling has made it an Art Deco.
Waymark Code: WMZHJZ
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 11/14/2018
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Wikipedia "Built in 1888-1889 of rough-cut local limestone from Gober by Scottish-born stonemasons Kane and Cormack, it was designed in the Second Empire style of architecture by Waco-based architect Wesley Clark Dodson (1829–1914) of the firm Dodson and Dudley. As built it was similar in appearance to the Hood County Courthouse Dodson designed shortly after it. Its central clock tower and elaborate mansard roof were destroyed by fire on New Year's Eve, December 31, 1929, and were replaced by a flat roof. In 1965 the courthouse was modernized, the remaining roof pediments were removed and the exterior was covered with a smooth surface of what is called Lueders stone or Lueders limestone, so that it now appears to be a Moderne or rather plain Art Deco building."