W.C. Dodson

{{short description|American architect}}

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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. He traveled to Galveston, Texas from Alabama and later moved to Waco.{{cite book|last=Andrews|first=Michael|title=Historic Texas Courthouses|year=2006|publisher=Bright Sky Press|location=Austin|isbn=1931721742|page=30}}

He worked in partnership Dodson & Dudley, also.

A number of his works are listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.

Works by Dodson or the partnership include (with attribution):

• Coryell County Courthouse, Public Sq. Gatesville, TX (Dodson, W.C.), NRHP-listed{{cite web|title=Coryell County Courthouse|url=http://atlas.thc.state.tx.us/viewform.asp?atlas_num=2077001435&site_name=Coryell+County+Courthouse&class=2002|publisher=Texas Historical Commission|accessdate=September 8, 2013}}
• Denton County Courthouse-on-the-Square, Public Sq., Denton, TX (Dodson, W.C.), NRHP-listed{{cite web|title=Denton County Courthouse|url=http://atlas.thc.state.tx.us/viewform.asp?atlas_num=2077001438&site_name=Denton+County+Courthouse&class=2002|publisher=Texas Historical Commission|accessdate=September 8, 2013}}
• Fannin County Courthouse (Texas){{cite web|title=Fannin County Courthouse 1965|url=http://atlas.thc.state.tx.us/viewform.asp?atlas_num=4302002791&site_name=Fannin+County+Courthouse&class=4302|publisher=Texas Historical Commission|accessdate=September 8, 2013}}
• First Presbyterian Church, 406 Avenue A Palestine, TX (Dodson & Dudley), NRHP-listed{{cite web|title=First Presbyterian Church|url=http://atlas.thc.state.tx.us/viewform.asp?atlas_num=2098000695&site_name=First+Presbyterian+Church&class=2002|publisher=Texas Historical Commission|accessdate=September 8, 2013}}
• Hill County Courthouse, Courthouse Sq. Hillsboro, TX (Dodson, W.C.), NRHP-listed{{cite web|title=Hill County Courthouse|url=http://atlas.thc.state.tx.us/viewform.asp?atlas_num=2071000939&site_name=Hill+County+Courthouse&class=2002|publisher=Texas Historical Commission|accessdate=September 8, 2013}}
• Hill County Jail, N. Waco St. Hillsboro, TX (Dodson, W.C.), NRHP-listed{{cite web|title=Hill County Jail|url=http://atlas.thc.state.tx.us/viewform.asp?atlas_num=2081000631&site_name=Hill+County+Jail&class=2002|publisher=Texas Historical Commission|accessdate=September 8, 2013}}
• One or more works in Hood County Courthouse Historic District, Courthouse Sq., bounded by Bridge, Pearl, and Houston Sts. Granbury, TX (DODSON, W.C.), NRHP-listed{{cite web|title=Hood County Courthouse Historic District|url=http://atlas.thc.state.tx.us/viewform.asp?atlas_num=2074002080&site_name=Hood+County+Courthouse+Historic+District&class=2002|publisher=Texas Historical Commission|accessdate=September 8, 2013}}
• Lampasas County Courthouse, Bounded by S. Live Oak, E. 4th, S. Pecan, and E. 3rd Sts. Lampasas, TX (Dodson, W.C.), NRHP-listed{{cite web|title=Lampasas County Courthouse|url=http://atlas.thc.state.tx.us/viewform.asp?atlas_num=2071000944&site_name=Lampasas+County+Courthouse&class=2002|publisher=Texas Historical Commission|accessdate=September 8, 2013}}
• Lampasas Downtown Historic District, Roughly bounded by Second St., Pecan St., Fourth St. and Chestnut St. Lampasas, TX (Dodson, W.C.), NRHP-listed{{cite web|title=Lampasas Downtown Historic District|url=http://atlas.thc.state.tx.us/view_narrative.aspx?narrative=03001540.htm&title=Lampasas%20Downtown%20Historic%20District&filepath=E:\atlas_text\nr_listed\html|publisher=Texas Historical Commission|accessdate=September 8, 2013}}

• McLennan County, Texas, third Courthouse, Waco, TX, Second Empire, completed in 1857 and since demolished.{{Cite web|url=http://texascourthouses.com/project/mclennan-county-courthouse/#:~:text=Constructed%201901%2D1902%2C%20the%20McLennan,Dodson%2C%20architect.|title = McLennan County Courthouse}}
• Parker County Courthouse, Courthouse Sq. Weatherford, TX (Dodson, W.C.), NRHP-listed{{cite web|title=Parker County Courthouse|url=http://atlas.thc.state.tx.us/viewform.asp?atlas_num=2071000957&site_name=Parker+County+Courthouse&class=2002|publisher=Texas Historical Commission|accessdate=September 8, 2013}}