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A courthouse has stood on this site since 1799, and the present building is the third erected here. Designed by the McDonald Brothers of Louisville in the Renaissance Revival style, it was completed for about $20,000. The courthouse originally had a large clock tower, but it proved too heavy for the building and was removed in 1898. The present cupola was designed by renowned Cincinnati architects Samual Hannaford & Sons. A nearly identical courthouse, built of sandstone, was erected in Bandera, Texas, in 1890.
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