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The Courthouse-on-the-Square Museum focuses on the history and culture of Denton County. Exhibits include African American and Hispanic heritage, farming, weapons, dolls, Southwest American Indian and Denton County pottery, furniture, and special collections of American pressed blue glass, thimbles, Pecan folk art and quilts.
Location of Denton County in Texas. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Denton County, Texas. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Denton County, Texas. There are four districts and 13 individual properties listed on the National ...
Pages in category "National Register of Historic Places in Denton County, Texas" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The County History Collection contains over 600 county and city histories of Texas. The Weaver Collections are The Weaver Collection of Children's and Juvenile Literature, with particular strengths in 19th century educational books, folk tales, illustrated works, etc., and the Weaver Pop-Up and Movable Books Collection, which includes pieces ...
The oldest continuous site still inhabited by a county courthouse is in Liberty County, where its courthouse has stood—although rebuilt—since 1831. [ 15 ] In 1971 and 1972, two Texas Courthouse Acts were passed, which require the county to notify the Texas Historical Commission (THC) of any plans to remodel or destroy historic courthouses ...
Dallas County Courthouse - Old Red Museum. The list of museums in North Texas encompasses museums defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing.
Denton County Courthouse-on-the-Square. Wesley Clark Dodson (1829–1914), most often known as W.C. Dodson, was an architect of Waco, Texas.Dodson fought for the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War.
On February 1, 2018, Denton County leaders voted 12–3 to keep the statue, but to add a plaque denouncing slavery and a video kiosk explaining the city's racial history and progress, which was never added or completed. [10] A standalone plaque was erected nearby to provide a rationale for the monument. It read: