Parker County Courthouse, Weatherford, Texas
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N 32° 45.536 W 097° 47.841
14S E 612654 N 3625202
Lovely courthouse
Waymark Code: WM5JX6
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 01/15/2009
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The Parker County Courthouse closely resembles the ones in Coryell, Denton, Hill, Hood and Lampasas counties. All were works of W. C. Dodson.
Weatherford complies with the state’s legal request that county seats be located “within” five miles of the county’s geographic center by putting the courthouse on the exact center and even celebrating the spot with a decorative floor.
After three previous structures were destroyed by fire, present courthouse was begun in 1884 and dedicated in 1886. Designed by architect Wesley Clark Dobson of Waco who designed nine other Texas courthouses, the victorian building is constructed of limestone quarried locally at a cost of $55,555.55. Seal inside marks the exact center of the county.