Complex sentence: A three-story limestone courthouse was built in 1884, and though it was destroyed by fire in the early 1930s to make way for the present-day courthouse, the 1884 structure's east door still stands on the courthouse square.
Split into simpler sentences: A three-story limestone courthouse was built in 1884, and it was destroyed by fire in the early 1930s. The 1884 structure's east door still stands on the courthouse square.