Llano county courthouse. Llano, Texas

            This is the Llano county courthouse in Llano, Texas..;) Where else
So, I went to a garage sale over the weekend and found a round oak table with claw feet for 20 bucks. Thinking how hard is it going to be to find chairs.;) I check craigslist for Austin and find this girl who is has a table and 4 chairs for 60 bucks. While I'm talking to her I find out she's a student and moving in with her boy friend..I wish her the best of luck. It was the least I could do. Anyway, I'm thinking they probably need the money so I say"I really only want the chair, I'll pay what you're asking and maybe you can sell the table and make more money. She say, "Who would buy a table"..lol..I said, "Hey, I'm that guy". Can you believe she wouldn't sell it to me because I really didn't want the table?? Here's some facts about the courthouse. Seems like they've had a lot of fires. Must have been a thing in the early days of electricity.
The four courthouses of Llano County[edit]
The present courthouse is Llano County's fourth, one of which was only for temporary purposes.
1859–1880 courthouse[edit]
The original 1859 box-like structure courthouse burned down in 1880, destroying all the county records.[5]
1880–1885 temporary courthouse[edit]
Architect C.S. Jones and builder J. K. Finely erected the $1550 a temporary courthouse in 1880, pending the construction of a permanent structure. Its two rooms contained a fireproof vault, with one room being for county administrative personnel, and the second room for the legal and law enforcement personnel.
1885–1892 courthouse[edit]
A new courthouse was erected in 1885, designed by architect Alfred Giles, who also designed the Brooks County Courthouse, Fredericksburg Memorial Library, Kendall County Courthouse, Live Oak County Courthouse, Presidio County Courthouse, Wilson County Courthouse, as well as courthouses in the counties of Goliad and Kerr The structure mirrored exactly the 1882 Gillespie County courthouse, and was temporarily rented for church services. This structure burned down January 22, 1892.[6] County records were saved. Remains of the building were sold.[7]
1893–present courthouse[edit]
The current two-story courthouse was designed in a Romanesque Revival style by A.O. Watson and Jacob Larmour. Watson also designed the DeWitt County courthouse. The firm of J. A. and G. H. Wilson of Sulphur Springs, Texas, was awarded the contract for a brick building trimmed with granite, at a cost of $47,000.[8]
Construction of the present-day courthouse was completed on August 1, 1893. A foundation of granite supports the marble and granite columns, with a brick and stone exterior. F. Heierman and Bros. of Austin manufactured the interior iron stairway treads. Ornamental newels and balusters are of wood. The tower with colonnades and cupola was placed in the southwest corner, accessible only on the south and west. The roof of each corner pavilion section is pyramidal, with the main section truncated pyramid. A clock was added to the tower at a later date.
   

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