Texas County Progress
The Official Publication of the County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas
by Sarah L
Completed in 1937, the Burnet County Courthouse boasts a Moderne style as designed by Willis Environmental Engineering. The building is fashioned from local pink granite, the same kind used in the state capitol. The county added an annex in 1974. Burnet County's first temple of justice was likely a one-story, frame log cabin complete with jail room, an office and a courtroom. … [Read more...] about Monuments of Justice: Burnet County Courthouse
by Sarah L
The Sterling County Courthouse was completed in 1938 in a Texas Renaissance style with Art Deco details. The county’s first home, a two-story frame courthouse, cost about $1,800, while the second county capitol, a stone structure, was built for $25,000. The current temple of justice, partially financed by a $45,000 WPA grant, was valued at $85,000. Both the county and the … [Read more...] about Monuments of Justice: Sterling County Courthouse
by Sarah L
The Real County Courthouse was designed in a simple, pedimented Classical Revival style by A. Reuter. Fashioned of local stone, the county capitol was completed in 1917, remodeled in 1956, and expanded in the 1970s. Real County, created from Bandera, Edwards and Kerr counties, was organized in 1913. The county name honors prominent businessman and state senator Julius Real, … [Read more...] about Monuments of Justice: Real County Courthouse
by Sarah L
Coleman County’s one and only courthouse was built in 1884 and remodeled in 1852. The original county capitol was buried in the new Modern brick structure. The county, organized in 1876, and its county seat of Coleman were named for Robert Morris Coleman, a Virginia emigrant who was an aide-de-camp to General Sam Houston and signer of the Texas Declaration of … [Read more...] about Monuments of Justice: Coleman County Courthouse
by Sarah L
The Camp County Courthouse was built in 1928 as a Texas Renaissance structure complete with Classical Revival elements. The county capitol, which boasts a columned porch at the entrance, was designed by Smith and Praeger of Paris, Texas. The third-smallest county in Texas, Camp County sits among the hills of the East Texas timberlands and is heavily forested with a variety of … [Read more...] about Monuments of Justice: Camp County Courthouse
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