Mason County Courthouse (Texas)

The Mason County Courthouse is an historic courthouse building located in Mason, Texas. Built in 1909 to 1910 at a cost of $39,786, it was designed by Georgia-born American architect Edward Columbus Hosford, who is noted for the courthouses and other buildings that he designed in Florida, Georgia and Texas. Mutual Construction Company of Louisville, Kentucky built it of Fredericksburg granite and rusticated stone. There are gable front porticoes on all four sides, each or which is supported by four 2-story Doric columns.[2][3][4][5]

This article is about the Mason County Courthouse in Texas. For similarly named county courthouses in other states, see Mason County Courthouse (disambiguation).
Mason County Courthouse
Mason County Courthouse
Mason County Courthouse
Mason County Courthouse
LocationCourthouse square, Mason, Texas
Coordinates30°44′54″N 99°13′55″W
Built1909 (1909)-1910 (1910)
ArchitectEdward Columbus Hosford
Architectural styleClassical Revival
Part ofMason Historic District (ID74002086[1])
TSAL No.8200000457
RTHL No.11286
Significant dates
Added to NRHPSeptember 17, 1974
Designated TSALJanuary 1, 1992
Designated RTHL1988

The building is a contributing property in the Mason Historic District which was added to the National Register of Historic Places on September 17, 1974.[6]

The courthouse was razed by an arsonist's fire on the evening of February 4, 2021. The stone exterior was all that remained following the fire. At the time of the fire, the county records had been temporarily relocated to another location to facilitate future renovations to the building.[7][8]

See also

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Protection of Texas County Courthouses Archived 2008-06-02 at the Wayback Machine
  3. A Walking Tour of Mason's Courthouse Square
  4. Texas Courthouses - Mason County
  5. Nostalgiaville page on Mason, Texas
  6. National Register listings for Mason County, Texas
  7. Mason County Courthouse Burns to the Ground
  8. Arson suspected in massive fire at Texas courthouse


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