Texas County Progress
The Official Publication of the County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas
The Historic Harris County Courthouse was built in 1910 in a Beaux-Arts style as designed by Lang, Winchell & Barglebaugh. The county rededicated the courthouse in August 2011 following a $53.6 million restoration project that returned the courthouse to its original grandeur. County business is conducted in a modern county capitol completed in 1953 and … [Read more...] about Monuments of Justice: Harris County Courthouse
The Freestone County Courthouse was built in 1919 in a Classical Revival style as designed by W.R. Kaufman. Freestone County was carved from eastern Limestone County in 1850 and organized the following year. An eight-man committee selected Mound Prairie as the county seat; the town was eventually renamed Fairfield. The area’s rich history is … [Read more...] about Monuments of Justice: Freestone County Courthouse
The San Saba community celebrated the county’s newly restored courthouse in a rededication ceremony on March 5, 2020. The Texas Legislature created and organized San Saba County in 1856. The county was first served by a two-story frame courthouse from 1857-1878, followed by a stone structure from 1878-1910. In 1910, the city of San Saba was incorporated. County … [Read more...] about Monuments of Justice: San Saba County Courthouse
The Texas Legislature created Wood County in 1850 with Quitman as the county seat. The county first used a log courthouse on the south side of the square before building a two-story, frame structure, which burned in 1878. According to the courthouse historical marker, the county’s third courthouse, designed by the noted F.E. Ruffini, was completed in … [Read more...] about Monuments of Justice: Wood County Courthouse
On Sept. 29, 1899, the local Masonic Lodge laid the cornerstone of the current McCulloch County Courthouse, and by May of 1900 the new courthouse was move-in ready. Designed in the Romanesque Revival style, the McCulloch County capitol features flanking turrets, rusticated native sandstone walls, and a pressed metal clock tower. Interestingly, no clocks were ever … [Read more...] about Monuments of Justice: McCulloch County Courthouse
