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Lampasas County Courthouse

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1884, W. C. Dodson; 2004 rehabilitated, Komatsu Architecture. 401 S. Live Oak St.

This three-story courthouse, the third for the county on this site, is constructed of rock-faced limestone and has tall narrow windows (some arched), bracketed eaves, mansard roofs, and a two-stage tower, with Seth Thomas clock faces set in a mansard roof. The roofs and tower are sheathed in red-painted pressed metal. The central bay on each side steps forward and is topped by a broken pediment, and the tall second-floor windows illuminate both the second and third floors (spandrels indicate the third floor). The courthouse is similar to Dodson’s Parker (1886; WC1), Hill (1891; GH18), and Hood (1891; WC20) county courthouses. Wesley Clark Dodson (1829–1914), a native of Alabama, practiced in Waco. The courthouse was rehabilitated with funding from the Texas Historic Courthouse Preservation Program.

Writing Credits

Author: 
Gerald Moorhead et al.
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Courthouse Square Commercial Buildings
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Citation

Gerald Moorhead et al., "Lampasas County Courthouse", [Lampasas, Texas], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/TX-02-LL26.

Print Source

Buildings of Texas

Buildings of Texas: East, North Central, Panhandle and South Plains, and West, Gerald Moorhead and contributors. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2019, 280-280.

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