County Seat: Gainesville • County Population: 38,437 (2010 U.S. Census) The Cooke County Courthouse was built in 1911 in a Beaux Arts style as designed by Lang and Witchell. The temple of justice has undergone both interior and exterior preservation and reconstruction, as designed and constructed by Komatsu Architecture Inc. and J.C. Stoddard Construction, respectively, at … [Read more...] about Monuments of Justice: Cooke County Courthouse
Monuments of Justice
Monuments of Justice: Ochiltree County Courthouse
County Seat: Perryton • County Population: 10,223 County Judge: Earl McKinley County Commissioners: Precinct 1: Duane Pshigoda Precinct 2: Doug Barnes Precinct 3: Richard Burger Precinct 4: Dempsey Malaney The Ochiltree County Courthouse was erected in 1928 in a Texas Renaissance style as designed by Mann & Co., with an addition completed in … [Read more...] about Monuments of Justice: Ochiltree County Courthouse
Monuments of Justice – Zavala County Courthouse
County Seat: Crystal City • County Population: 11,677 The Zavala County Courthouse was completed in 1970 in a Modern style. The steel and concrete structure was financed by a $350,000 bond issue approved by voters in 1968. Zavala County was created in 1858 from Maverick and Uvalde counties and named for Lorenzo de Zavala, a veteran of the Battle of San Jacinto. The inaugural … [Read more...] about Monuments of Justice – Zavala County Courthouse
Monuments of Justice: Brown County Courthouse
County Seat: Brownwood • County Population: 38,106 (2010 Census)
The Brown County Courthouse was completed in 1917 in a Classical Revival style. Technically speaking, this temple of justice was a remodeling or “repair” of the 1884 capitol; however, the structure was so thoroughly fixed that only the vault from the original courthouse survived. In her history book, “The Texas Courthouse Revisited,” June Rayfield Welch describes how the … [Read more...] about Monuments of Justice: Brown County Courthouse
Courthouse Trails: Franklin County
Franklin County Franklin County with its narrow north-south configuration is the eighth-smallest county in Texas. The Cherokee Trace is on the eastern boundary and is intersected by the Choctaw Trail. With the well-traveled Indian routes passing through the county, there is good reason to believe that the remnants of LaSalle’s party passed through as they tried to reach … [Read more...] about Courthouse Trails: Franklin County