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Williamson County Courthouse |
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710 Main St., Georgetown,
TX,
USA
Latitude & Longitude:
30° 38' 13.2936",
-97° 40' 39.5076"
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Texas State
Historical Marker |
Completed in 1911, this is the fifth courthouse to serve the citizens of Williamson County. It was designed by the Austin architectural firm of Charles H. Page & Bros. Although some of the building's detailing was removed in the 1960s, it remains a fine Classical Revival structure featuring giant order Ionic columns and a copper dome with four-faced clock and a Justice statue. It serves as a focal point for Georgetown's town square. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1988
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Details: 3-story buff brick courthouse with terra cotta and limestone details, central copper done, marble balustrades and pediments removed in 1966; dome painted white. In 1984-5 the copper dome was restored. Building completed in 1911.
This page last updated: 7/24/2010 0:57
| StoppingPoints.com Editorial on Williamson County Courthouse: | Beaux Art Style building designed by architect Charles Henry Page.
The earlier Williamson County Courthouse in Second Empire Style, was designed by Jasper Newton Preston in 1879, and was constructed of stone, at a cost of $27,400. It was nearly identical to the Robertson County Courthouse (1881) and Hays County Courthouse (1883). The building was demolished in 1910 in order to construct the current courthouse building. See image of postcard illustration of the old courthouse below — source: Texas State Library, Archive Division. Bibliographic source: The People's Architecture . F. E. and Oscar Ruffini, Texas Architects, 1877-1917 dissertation in history by Susan Jean Dickey, Texas Tech University, 1993. |
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Williamson County Courthouse Historical Marker Location Map, Texas
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