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Denton County Courthouse-on-the-Square

About Denton County Courthouse-on-the-Square

The Denton County Courthouse-on-the-Square is the former courthouse of Denton County located in the county seat Denton, Texas. The Denton County Courthouse-on-the-Square was constructed in 1896. Tom Lovell was the building contractor. In addition to county offices, the "Courthouse-on-the-Square Museum" also calls it home. The courthouse is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

The Courthouse is also the final resting place of John B. Denton, the county's and city's namesake.

In 1918, a monument to Confederate Soldiers was gifted to Denton by the local chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy and placed on the grounds of the Courthouse-on-the-Square. The monument was titled "Our Confederate Soldiers" and contained separate drinking water fountains at the base, with one side etched "whites" and the other "colored." The monument was removed on June 23, 2020, following decades of protest urging its removal, with the Denton County Commissioners citing the safety of the artifact as the reason for it being removed.

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Architect
Wesley Clark Dodson

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  1. Denton County Courthouse-on-the-Square, Texas01TexasAaron Jacobs on en.wikipedia · CC BY-SA 2.5
  2. Denton historic courthouse02Denton historic courthousePreserve America · Public domain
  3. Snow on Denton courthouse03Snow on Denton courthouseVictor Chapa from Denton, USA · CC BY 2.0
  4. Denton courthouse confederate statue04Denton courthouse confederate statueRich Anderson from Denton, United States · CC BY-SA 2.0
  5. Denton County Courthouse-on-the-Square night hdr05Night hdrClint Miller · CC BY-SA 2.0
  6. Denton County Courthouse-on-the-Square perspective distortion06Perspective distortionRich Anderson from Denton, United States · CC BY-SA 2.0

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