The Official Publication of the County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas
The Trinity County Courthouse was built in 1914 in a Classical Revival style. The county capitol features a full-height portico with paired Tuscan columns, as well as brick parapet, denticulation, corbelled window surrounds, and stepped wings. Trinity County was carved from Houston County in 1850. An appointed commission called for an election, and Sumpter […]
The 1915 Oldham County Courthouse in Vega was designed by O.G. Roquemore in an altered Classical Revival style. The building’s hipped roof was removed in 1967. The inaugural county capitol still stands in the original county seat of Tascosa. The 1884, sandstone structure now serves as the Julian Bivins Museum located on […]
The 1891 Colorado County Courthouse was designed by noted Texas architect Eugene Heiner in a Renaissance Revival style and is a National Register Property. In 1909, a hurricane destroyed the original tower and severely damaged the structure. The building was extensively repaired, and a new Classical Revival copper dome and tile roof replaced the […]
The 1972 Taylor County Courthouse pictured on the cover was designed by Tittle, Luther, Loving, Lee, architects. The Historic 1915 Taylor County Courthouse, built in a Classical Revival style, stands across the street from the modern structure and will undergo restoration beginning this month. Officials first conducted business in Buffalo Gap, the only town at the […]
The Historic Shelby County Courthouse is the only Irish castle-style courthouse remaining in the United States. Designed by Irishman John Joseph Emmett Gibson, the county capitol was completed in 1885 and is a National Register Property. Gibson used castles in his native Ireland for inspiration, hence the turrets, towers, and a frame cupola. While […]
