Fannin County Courthouse - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Fannin County Courthouse - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
The Fannin County Courthouse is a historic courthouse building located in Bonham, Fannin County, Texas. 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.Fannin County GenWeb: Picture of pre-1929 courthouse with tower 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.Pictures during and right after 1929 fire and later 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 appeared to be a Moderne or rather plain Art Deco building.Texts of all Fannin County historical markers including the one for the courthouse which misspells Lueders Read more on Wikipedia
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