The Official Publication of the County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas
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 […]
The Jones County Courthouse was built with brick and Pecos red sandstone in 1910 and reflects a Beaux-Arts style, as etched by designer Elmer George Withers. The Seventh Texas Legislature created Jones County in 1858 and named the county after Anson Jones, the last president of the Republic of Texas. The Civil War, Reconstruction, and […]
The Bastrop County Courthouse was built in 1883 in a Renaissance Revival style as designed by architects Jasper N. Preston and F.E. Ruffini. The county capitol replaced the two-story 1852 courthouse, which burned in January of the same year. The original design of the red brick and stone building included pedimented gables over each […]
The Stephens County Courthouse was built in 1926 in a Classical Revival style as designed by David S. Castle. The four-story temple of justice features limestone construction, monumental primary entry stairs rising to triple-arched entry doors, and 10 columns. Although not occupied until December 1926, a grand dedication ceremony took place on the courthouse grounds […]
The Tom Green County Courthouse was built in 1928 in a Classical Revival style as designed by architect Anton Korn. The county capitol, fashioned of brick and cast stone, cost approximately $240,000 to raise. The inscription on the plaque placed by the National Register of Historic Places reads, “To the memory of the heroic pioneers […]
