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[Kaufman County Courthouse in Kaufman, TX]
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Photograph of Kaufman County Courthouse in Kaufman, TX. The courthouse sits in front of a paved road which runs from the bottom left corner of the image to the right side, intersecting with a second road at the bottom of the photo. The corner of a sidewalk appears above the bottom right corner, occupied by a streetlight and a fire hydrant, as well as a short post reading "S Jackson" on its left side and "Nulserry" on its right. On the opposite side of the road, a sidewalk separates the pavement from the courthouse's lawn and is lined with parking meters. Growing in the lawn are small bushes and a few small trees, mostly planted around the three short white brick walls sitting in front of the courthouse's entrance. Two walkways run from the sidewalk, between the short walls, and up to the front doors of the courthouse, passing by a white statue on a tall rectangular base. The statue appears to be of a person holding a rifle while wearing a hat. The courthouse surrounds the statue as it consists of three tall rectangular sections, with one facing the sidewalk and sitting farther back while the other two are positioned closer to the sidewalk and overlap, in front of and on either side of the first section. All three sections have flat roof, though the middle one has a flagpole rising from its top. The section on the left is only made up by off-white bricks while the section on the right consists of brick walls and two rows of tall windows, which faces inward towards the statue. The middle section has a recessed space at its bottom that contains the front doors to the courthouse and a row of tall windows, shadowed by the wall above. One row …