Mills County Courthouse
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The Mills County Courthouse, built in 1913, is an historic 3-story redbrick
Classical Revival style courthouse
building located at 1011 Fourth Street in Goldthwaite
, Texas
. Designed by San Antonio
architect Henry Truman Phelps (1871–1944), it is Mills County's second courthouse and replaced the first courthouse built in 1890, which burned in 1912.
On November 8, 2000, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places
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Brick
A brick is a block of ceramic material used in masonry construction, usually laid using various kinds of mortar. It has been regarded as one of the longest lasting and strongest building materials used throughout history.-History:...
Classical Revival style courthouse
Courthouse
A courthouse is a building that is home to a local court of law and often the regional county government as well, although this is not the case in some larger cities. The term is common in North America. In most other English speaking countries, buildings which house courts of law are simply...
building located at 1011 Fourth Street in Goldthwaite
Goldthwaite, Texas
Goldthwaite is a small city located in Mills County in Central Texas. The population was 1,802 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Mills County, which is named for John T. Mills, a justice of the Supreme Court for the Third, Seventh, and Eighth districts of the former Republic of Texas....
, Texas
Texas
Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
. Designed by San Antonio
San Antonio, Texas
San Antonio is the seventh-largest city in the United States of America and the second-largest city within the state of Texas, with a population of 1.33 million. Located in the American Southwest and the south–central part of Texas, the city serves as the seat of Bexar County. In 2011,...
architect Henry Truman Phelps (1871–1944), it is Mills County's second courthouse and replaced the first courthouse built in 1890, which burned in 1912.
On November 8, 2000, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
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