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 Sterling County Courthouse
Monuments of Justice
Concho County Courthouse
The Concho County Courthouse was built in 1886 in the Second Empire style as designed by architects and brothers F.E. and Oscar Ruffini. The building was fashioned from rusticated stone that came from a quarry only a few miles away. The courthouse is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is both a Texas State Antiquities Landmark and a Recorded Texas Historic … [Read more...] about Concho County Courthouse
Coleman County Courthouse
Coleman County’s one and only courthouse was built in 1884 and remodeled in 1951-1952. The original county capitol was buried in the newer Moderne 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 Coleman County Courthouse
Hardeman County Courthouse
R.H. Stuckey designed the Hardeman County Courthouse, completed in 1908 in a Beaux-Arts style. The brick county capitol is topped by a small dome. The community rededicated the courthouse in May 2014 following a major restoration project. Hardeman County initially was created in 1858 from Fannin County but remained unsettled. The county was re-created in 1876 and was … [Read more...] about Hardeman County Courthouse