Denton County Courthouse-on-the-Square
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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.[2] 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.[1]
Denton County Courthouse | |
Location | Public Sq. Denton, Texas |
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Coordinates | 33°12′54″N 97°7′58″W |
Area | 0.2 acres (0.081 ha) |
Built | 1895 (1895) |
Architect | Wesley Clark Dodson |
Architectural style | Romanesque |
NRHP reference No. | 77001438[1] |
TSAL No. | 220 |
RTHL No. | 1208 |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | December 20, 1977 |
Designated TSAL | May 28, 1981 |
Designated RTHL | 1970 |
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[3] 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."[4] The monument was removed on June 23, 2020, following decades of protest urging its removal,[5] with the Denton County Commissioners citing the safety of the artifact as the reason for it being removed.[5]