| Mason County Courthouse | |
| Nrhp Type: | cp |
| Partof: | Mason Historic District |
| Designated Other1: | TSAL |
| Designated Other1 Date: | January 1, 1992 |
| Designated Other1 Number: | 8200000457 |
| Designated Other1 Num Position: | bottom |
| Designated Other2: | RTHL |
| Designated Other2 Date: | 1988 |
| Designated Other2 Number: | 11286 |
| Designated Other2 Num Position: | bottom |
| Map Label: | Mason County Courthouse |
| Locmap Relief: | yes |
| Mapframe: | yes |
| Mapframe-Marker: | building |
| Mapframe-Zoom: | 12 |
| Mapframe-Caption: | Interactive map showing the location of Mason County Courthouse |
| Coordinates: | 30.7483°N -99.2319°W |
| Built: | - |
| Added: | September 17, 1974 |
| Partof Refnum: | 74002086 |
The Mason County Courthouse is an historic courthouse building located in Mason, Texas. Built in 1909 to 1910 at a cost of $39,786, it was designed by Georgia-born American architect Edward Columbus Hosford, who is noted for the courthouses and other buildings that he designed in Florida, Georgia and Texas. Mutual Construction Company of Louisville, Kentucky built it of Fredericksburg granite and rusticated stone. There are gable front porticoes on all four sides, each or which is supported by four 2-story Doric columns.[1] [2] [3] [4]
The building is a contributing property in the Mason Historic District which was added to the National Register of Historic Places on September 17, 1974.[5]
The courthouse was razed by an arsonist's fire on the evening of February 4, 2021. The stone exterior was all that remained following the fire. At the time of the fire, the county records had been temporarily relocated to another location to facilitate future renovations to the building.[6] [7]