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Four second exposire per pic panorama of the Leon County Courthouse.
From http://www.texasescapes.com/CentralTexasTownsSouth/Centerville-Texas-Leon-County-Courthouse.htm"
"Leon County Courthouse - Centerville, Texas
Date - 1886
Architect - William Johnson
Style - Renaissance Revival
Material - Brick
The 1886 Courthouse stands next to the Leon County Jail on the square. A misunderstanding between county commissioners and the contractor resulted in the cost being almost double of the estimate.
The 1858 Courthouse burned in 1886 and was replaced.
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Built during the “golden age” of courthouse construction, the box-shaped building does not have the grand features of other Texas county courthouses of that time and reflects an earlier era of Texas county courthouse design. This in no way deters from the building’s appeal, but only enhances its uniqueness among the collection of the state’s historic county courthouses. The style, referred to as Renaissance Revival or Greek Revival, is characterized by repetitive features, especially around the windows. Although architect William Johnson’s name is on the building’s cornerstone, other sources, including the Texas Historical Commission, credit Houston architect George Edwin Dickey for the building’s design. It was built on the same plot of land as the previous courthouse which burned down in November of 1885. Some of the bricks from the former courthouse, which were locally made, were used in the current courthouse."
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