Mason County Courthouse (Texas)

	Mason County Courthouse
	U.S. Historic district; Contributing property
	Texas State Antiquities Landmark
	Recorded Texas Historic Landmark
	Mason County Courthouse
	Mason County Courthouse Mason County Courthouse
	Interactive map showing the location of Mason County Courthouse
Location	Courthouse square, Mason, Texas
Coordinates	30°44′54″N 99°13′55″W / 30.74833°N 99.23194°W
Built	1909-1910
Architect	Edward Columbus Hosford
Architectural style	Classical Revival
Part of	Mason Historic District (ID74002086)
TSAL No.	8200000457
RTHL No.	11286
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	September 17, 1974
Designated TSAL	January 1, 1992
Designated RTHL	1988

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]

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]

References

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ Protection of Texas County Courthouses Archived 2008-06-02 at the Wayback Machine
^ A Walking Tour of Mason's Courthouse Square
^ Texas Courthouses - Mason County
^ Nostalgiaville page on Mason, Texas
^ National Register listings for Mason County, Texas
^ Mason County Courthouse Burns to the Ground
^ "Arson suspected in massive fire at Texas courthouse". Associated Press. February 5, 2021. Archived from the original on October 2, 2022.

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[nris-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". Associated Press. February 5, 2021. Archived from the original on October 2, 2022.

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