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Wesley Clark Dodson, Architect (1829-1914)

"Dodson, a native Alabamian, was a Civil War veteran who was wounded at Rocky Race Ridge. He returned home from the war 'broken in health and cripple,' according to 'Confederate Military History.'  Though Dodson never completely recovered from his war wounds, his work as an architect seems to have soothed his creative spirit. 
All of Dodson's courthouses were built in a 15-year period, from 1883-98, often referred to as the 'Golden Age' of courthouse construction."
From the Lampasas County courthouse website
W.C. Dodson, practicing architecture in Waco, designed 13 Texas courthouses.  Today, 6 of them exist as originally designed. 

Anderson County Courthouse

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Palestine, Texas 1885 (destroyed by fire and not rebuilt)

Coryell County Courthouse

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Gatesville, Texas 1898

Denton County Courthouse

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Denton, Texas 1896

Fannin County Courthouse

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Bonham, Texas 1889 (incorporated in 1929 & 1965 courthouses)

Hill County Courthouse

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Hillsboro, Texas 1890

Hood County Courthouse

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Granbury, Texas 1890

Houston County Courthouse

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Crockett, Texas 1883 (demolished 1938)

Hunt County Courthouse

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Greenville, Texas 1885 (demolished 1928)

Johnson County Courthouse

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Cleburne, Texas 1883 (destroyed by fire and not rebuilt)

Kaufman County Courthouse

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Kaufman, Texas 1887 (demolished 1954)

Lampasas County Courthouse

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Lampasas, Texas 1883

Parker County Courthouse

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Weatherford, Texas 1886

Wichita County Courthouse

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Wichita Falls, Texas 1886 (demolished 1915)

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