The Official Publication of the County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas
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 […]
Completed in 1913, the Johnson County Courthouse is one of the state’s finest historic landmarks. Among the building’s most notable features is its highly ornamented and stunning atrium. In 1854, a log building served as the courthouse in the initial county seat of Wardville. In 1856, a wooden, one-room courthouse was raised in the second […]
The Fort Bend County Courthouse, originally built in 1908, was saved from demolition by a single vote of Commissioners Court over 30 years ago and continues to be used as a functional courthouse today. The county first partially restored this historic courthouse to its original neoclassical or “Texas Renaissance” style in 1981, employing Ray Bailey […]
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 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 […]
