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Lampasas County Courthouse (1971)
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About this site
Lampasas County Courthouse is a historic place in Lampasas, Lampasas County, dedicated in 1971. It is one of 3 historic places documented in Lampasas County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 122 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 31.0656, -98.1778 near Lampasas. The nearest cataloged historic site is Lampasas County Courthouse (courthouse), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Lampasas County Courthouse, Texas Bankers Association, and Lampasas County Jail.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #2071000944. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
History
In 1883 the Lampasas County commissioners hired Waco architect Wesley Clark Dodson (of Dodson & Dudley) to design a new courthouse; the cornerstone was laid on September 6, 1883, and the building was completed by May 1884. Dodson's Second Empire design is built of native limestone with a mansard roof of diamond-shaped tin shingles and a central clock-and-bell tower. It is one of the oldest Texas courthouses still in use by a county government and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Also at or near Lampasas, Lampasas County
“Lampasas County Courthouse” names 3 distinct records in Lampasas County. This page is the historic place dedicated in 1971 in Lampasas. The others:
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