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Ellis County Courthouse

City: Waxahachie | Region: Prairies and Lakes

Ellis County Courthouse in WaxahachiePhotographer: J. Griffis Smith

Elaborate structure of red sandstone and granite, built 1895 for then-lavish cost of $150,000. Italian artisans were imported for exterior stone carving. (Recurring face said to be Mabel Frame, railroad telegraph operator with whom one sculptor became enamored.) Clock uses windup mechanism weighing 250 pounds; bell-striker weight exceeds 800 pounds.

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