The Sutton County Courthouse, on Public Square in
Sonora, Texas
Sonora is a city in and the county seat of Sutton County, Texas, United States. The population was 3,027 at the 2010 census.
Geography and climate
Sonora is located at (30.568166, –100.644163).
According to the United States ...
, was built in 1891. It was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...
in 1977.
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It was designed in ]Second Empire Second Empire may refer to:
* Second British Empire, used by some historians to describe the British Empire after 1783
* Second Bulgarian Empire (1185–1396)
* Second French Empire (1852–1870)
** Second Empire architecture, an architectural styl ...
style by architect Oscar Ruffini
Oscar Ruffini (10 April 1858–18 January 1957) was an architect in San Angelo, Texas. He was the first civic architect in the city and was responsible for many buildings across West Texas in the last 20 years of the 19th century.
Early lif ...
.[ With photos. ]
It is a Texas State Antiquities Landmark
The Texas Historical Commission is an agency dedicated to historic preservation within the state of Texas. It administers the National Register of Historic Places for sites in Texas.
The commission also identifies Recorded Texas Historic La ...
and a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark (RTHL) is a designation awarded by the Texas Historical Commission for historically and architecturally significant properties in the U.S. state of Texas. RTHL is a legal designation and the highest honor the sta ...
.
See also
* National Register of Historic Places listings in Sutton County, Texas
* Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks in Sutton County
*List of county courthouses in Texas
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This is a list of county courthouses and other non-Federal courthouses in Texas, both current and former. For Federal courthouses located in Texas, see List of United States federal courthouses in Texas.
The U.S. state of Texas has 254 ...
References
External links
County courthouses in Texas
Courthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in Texas
National Register of Historic Places in Sutton County, Texas
Second Empire architecture in Texas
Government buildings completed in 1891
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