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The Hood County Courthouse is the fifth courthouse on this site. Erected in 1890-1891, the building is a Texas version of the French Second Empire style. The first courthouse, built in 1867, was a one-room log cabin that housed county records, lawyers and land agents' offices, and a mail station. It was succeeded by three stone structures. Contractors Moodie and Ellis and architect W.C. Dodson built the present native stone edifice. The clock tower, added after completion, was reinforced with steel in 1969.
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Granbury, Texas · United States
