Navarro County Courthouse

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Navarro County Courthouse
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Navarro County Courthouse
Location300 W. 3rd Ave.,
Corsicana, Texas
Coordinates 32°5′43″N96°28′5″W / 32.09528°N 96.46806°W / 32.09528; -96.46806 Coordinates: 32°5′43″N96°28′5″W / 32.09528°N 96.46806°W / 32.09528; -96.46806
Arealess than one acre
Built1905 (1905)
Built byGeneral Supply and Construction Co.
Architect James E. Flanders
Architectural style Beaux Arts
NRHP reference No. 04000947 [1]
TSAL No. 8200003164
RTHL No. 7236
Significant dates
Added to NRHPSeptember 10, 2004
Designated TSALJanuary 1, 2010
Designated RTHL1983

The Navarro County Courthouse is a historic courthouse in Corsicana, Texas, U.S.. It was designed in the Beaux Arts style by architect James E. Flanders, and completed in 1905 for $128,000. [2] [3] A "four-sided clock was added to the tower in 1923." [3] It was "partially restored" in 2013. [4]

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The building has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since September 10, 2004. [2]

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References

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. 1 2 "Navarro County Courthouse". National Park Service. United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved January 2, 2018.
  3. 1 2 Stringer, Tommy (2010). Corsicana. Charleston, South Carolina: Arcadia. ISBN   9780738578781. OCLC   464595949.
  4. Hightower, Brantley (2015). The Courthouses of Central Texas. Austin, Texas: University of Texas Press. p. 81. ISBN   9780292762947. OCLC   949791907.

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