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Monuments of Justice

Monuments of Justice: Orange County Courthouse

June 19, 2023 by Sarah L

County Seat: Orange | County Population: 84,808 (2020 Census) 

     The earliest trials in Orange County were conducted beneath shade trees or in a room above a Water Street business house shared by the Masonic Lodge. The first official temple of justice was a single-story, wooden affair on Market Street built in 1853. The courthouse doubled as a gathering place for civic meetings and religious services.       James J. Digon of … [Read more...] about Monuments of Justice: Orange County Courthouse

Monuments of Justice: Childress County Courthouse

April 1, 2023 by Sarah L

County Seat: Childress | County Population: 6,664 (2020 Census)

The Childress County Courthouse boasts a Moderne style as designed by Townes & Funk of Amarillo. The stone county capitol was completed in 1939. The county’s first courthouse burned on Oct. 21,1891, after only two weeks of use. June Rayfield Welch, author of “The Texas Courthouse Revisited,” discusses the theories behind the blaze: Some blamed Confederate veterans who … [Read more...] about Monuments of Justice: Childress County Courthouse

Monuments of Justice: Red River County Courthouse

March 1, 2023 by Sarah L

County Seat: Clarksville | County Population: 11,587 (2020 Census) 

     The Red River County Courthouse is the only intact work of architect W.H. Wilson. Completed in 1885, the building combines Renaissance Revival and Second Empire styles. The limestone courthouse includes a Mansard-roof clock tower and columns on the outside corners. The county celebrated the restoration of the courthouse interior and exterior in October 2003.       The … [Read more...] about Monuments of Justice: Red River County Courthouse

Monuments of Justice: Erath County Courthouse

January 30, 2023 by Sarah L

County Seat: Stephenville * County Population: 42,545  (2020 Census)  

   Featuring native white limestone with Pecos Red Sandstone accents, the Erath County Courthouse is known for its unique center tower and two intermediate bays topped with triangular pediments. The north entrance arch is supported by Syrian columns. The courthouse, designed by J. Riely Gordon in a Romanesque Revival style, was erected in 1891; renovations were completed in May … [Read more...] about Monuments of Justice: Erath County Courthouse

Monuments of Justice: Caldwell County Courthouse

November 6, 2022 by Sarah L

County Seat: Lockhart | County Population: 45,883 (2020 Census)

The first Caldwell County Courthouse was erected in 1848, when the county was organized and named for Mathew Caldwell, a Texas Ranger and signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence. This inaugural temple of justice was replaced in 1858 by a two-story limestone edifice measuring 65 feet by 40 feet with six offices and two rooms for storing records. By 1893, that building … [Read more...] about Monuments of Justice: Caldwell County Courthouse

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