The stone-and-brick heart of every Texas county.
Constructed of local limestone with sheet metal details including double columned entry bays, corner quoins, tall limestone chimneys, ornamental bracketed cornices and broken pediments, hipped and gabled roofs with an impressive decorative central clocktower. Much of the limestone ornament and the entire roof and tower were reconstructed in 2022.
Fannin County Courthouse is a courthouse in Bonham, Fannin County, dedicated in 1889. It is one of 262 historic sites cataloged in Fannin County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas.
The site sits at 33.5775, -96.1785 near Bonham. The nearest cataloged historic site is Fannin County Courthouses (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Fannin County, Bonham Daily Favorite, and First National Bank.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #4302002791. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
The Fannin County Courthouse in Bonham was built in 1888–1889 of rough-cut local limestone in the Second Empire style, designed by Waco architect Wesley Clark Dodson of Dodson & Dudley and laid up by Scottish-born stonemasons Kane and Cormack. Its central clock tower and mansard roof were destroyed by fire on December 31, 1929, and a 1965 modernization encased the exterior in smooth Lueders limestone, giving it a plain Art Deco/Moderne appearance. Following a 2016 bond and a matching Texas Historical Commission grant, the courthouse was restored to its original 1888 design, with work completed in 2022.
Sources: en.wikipedia.org
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