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Robertson County Courthouse

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Courthouse Grounds, Center St., Franklin, TX, USA

Latitude & Longitude: 31° 1' 27.25289000004", -96° 29' 18.88662000012"
 
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     Erected in 1882 at a cost of $30,000, this white limestone building is the fourth to serve as Robertson County Courthouse. In 1879 the county seat had been moved for the fifth time, to Morgan, on the International & Great Northern Railroad. But because Texas already had a post office named Morgan, the town was renamed Franklin for the first county seat, which was named for pioneer Will Franklin. Plans for a courthouse were begun that year; and in 1881 the construction was started, under F. E. Ruffini, architect. Since then the building has been remodeled.

This page last updated: 7/15/2008

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