Facts

📍 Region: Prairies and Lakes / City: Weatherford

🗓️ Year Built: 1886 (Restored early 2000s)

🧑‍🎨 Architect: Wesley Clarke (W.C.) Dodson

🏛️ Style: Second Empire

💎 Unique Details: It showcases a square plan with four identical facades, each featuring central and end pavilions surmounted by convex mansard roofs and dormers. A central three-stage tower rises above, capped with a clock and bell.

Why See It?

The courthouse commands attention with its soaring central clock tower and four elegant corner pavilions, each crowned with a distinctive mansard roof that showcases its refined Second Empire style.

Nearby Highlights

Lake Mineral Wells State Park – Offers scenic trails, rock climbing at Penitentiary Hollow, and peaceful lakeside views.

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