County: Ellis

Date: July 1963

Photographer: Grace Muilenburg/KGS

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Short description: Ellis County Courthouse in Hays. All of the limestone used in the building was quarried in Ellis County. The Works Projects Administration employed nearly 200 people to build the courthouse, which was dedicated in 1942.

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