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Robertson County Courthouse Franklin, Texas |
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Completed - 1883
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Robertson County Courthouse Franklin, Texas |
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Completed - 1883
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COUNTY ORGANIZED: 1837 COUNTY NAMED FOR: Sterling Robertson COUNTY SEATS: Five - (Old) Franklin, Wheelock, Owensville, Calvert, Morgan (renamed Franklin) COUNTY SEAT NAMED FOR: COURTHOUSES: Five - 1837 (Old Franklin), 1850 (Wheelock), 1836 (Owensville), 1879 (Calvert ), 1883 (Franklin). STANDING: Two - 1879 brick courthouse was begun in 1875, but never finished before county seat was moved to Franklin in 1879. The building initially converted into a hotel. In 1885 it was sold to the Robert A. Brown family who used it as a private residence until 1909 when it was sold to Fannie L. Hammond. The Hammond family continued to use the building as a private residence until 1966 when it was turned into a museum. In 1995, it was sold back to the Hammond family and it is being used as the Hammond House Bed and Breakfast lodging in 2009. 1883 Second Empire courthouse. This building was remodeled in 1924 resulting in the removal of the Mansard roof and towers, and a Mission style cap was added. In 1974 additional alterations and a building addition were completed. HISTORICAL INFORMATION: Robertson County |
