Ellis County Courthouse

Elaborate structure of red sandstone and granite, built in 1895 for the then lavish sum of 150,000 dollars. Italian artisans were imported for exterior stone carving. (Recurring face said to be Mabel Frame, railroad telegraph operator with whom one sculptor became enamored.) Clock uses windup mechanism weighing 250 pounds; bell striker weighs in at 800 pounds plus.

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