LIST OF COUNTIES IN TEXAS
SAN AUGUSTINE COUNTY
County Seat: San Augustine
Built: 1928
Style: Classical Revival
Status: active courthouse
Note: Presently being restored.
SAN SABA COUNTY
County Seat: San Saba
Built: 1911
Style: Texas Renaissance
Status: active courthouse
View: Enlarge Drone-view
Note: Presently being renovated
SCHLEICHER COUNTY
County Seat: Eldorado
Built: 1924
Style: Classical Revival
Status: active courthouse
View: Enlarge
Note: 2nd courthouse
Jail: Historic jail
SHACKELFORD COUNTY
County Seat: Albany
Built: 1883
Style: Second Empire
Status: active courthouse
SHELBY COUNTY
County Seat: Center
Built: 1885
Style: Contemporary
Status: active courthouse
Jail: Old county jail
Note: The only Irish Castle designed
courthouse in Texas.
SOMERVELL COUNTY
County Seat: Glen Rose
Built: 1894
Style: Romanesque Revival
Status: active courthouse
Note: National Register of Historic Places
STEPHENS COUNTY
County Seat: Breckenridge
Built: 1926
Style: Classical Revival
Status: active courthouse
SWISHER COUNTY
County Seat: Tulia
Built: 1909/62
Style: Texas Renaissance/Modern
Status: Courthouse under renovation in 2017.
View: Enlarge
Note: The 1909 courthouse remodeled in 1962
to modern style.
TARRANT COUNTY
County Seat: Fort Worth
Built: 1895
Style: Renaissance Revival
Status: active courthouse
TAYLOR COUNTY
County Seat: Abilene (pictured is first Taylor
County courthouse at Buffalo Gap)
Built: 1879
Status: part of Buffalo Gap Historical Village
Note: County seat was moved from Buffalo Gap
to Abilene in 1882. The county recently
received a construction grant for full
restoration.
THROCKMORTON COUNTY
County Seat: Throckmorton
Built: 1890
Style: Italianate
Status: active courthouse
Note: National Register of Historic Places
Renovated in 2014.
TOM GREEN COUNTY
County Seat: San Angelo
Built: 1928
Style: Classical Revival
Status: active courthouse
TRAVIS COUNTY
County Seat: Austin
Built: 1930
Style: Moderne
Status: active courthouse
Note: Third courthouse for Travis
UPSHUR COUNTY
County Seat: Gilmer
Built: 1933
Style: Modern
Status: active courthouse
View: Enlarge
Note: Foundation repaired in 2015. This court-
house is similar to the one in Young
County at Graham.
UPTON COUNTY
County Seat: Rankin
Built: 1926
Style: Contemporary
Status: active courthouse
VAN ZANDT COUNTY
County Seat: Canton
Built: 1937
Style: Contemporary
Status: active courthouse
Note: Built during the depression
to provide jobs.
WHARTON COUNTY
Active courthouse in the county seat of Wharton. It was rededicated in
2007 after three years of being restored. Designed by Alfred Giles
and built in 1889.
WILBARGER COUNTY
County Seat: Vernon
Built: 1928
Style: Classical Revival
Status: active courthouse
View: Enlarge
WILLIAMSON COUNTY
County Seat: Georgetown
Built: 1911
Style: Beaux-Arts
Status: active courthouse
Note: The fifth courthouse for Williamson County is
presently being restored to it's 1910 original
plans.
WISE COUNTY
County Seat: Decatur
Built: 1896
Style: Romanesque Revival
Status: active courthouse
Note: National Register of Historic Places
WOOD COUNTY
County Seat: Quitman
Built: 1925
Style: Classical
Status: active courthouse
YOUNG COUNTY
County Seat: Graham
Built: 1932
Style: Contemporary
Status: active courthouse
CAPITOLS OF TEXAS
1936 Washington-on-the-Brazos
1936 Columbia-on-the-Brazos
1837-1839 Houston (Main St. & Texas Ave.)
1839-1853 Austin (Eighth & Colorado St.)
1853-1881 Austin (Capitol Square) - destroyed by fire.
1883-1888 Austin (1000 Block of Congress Ave.) - temporary
1888-present Austin (Congress & 11th St)
END OF HISTORIC COURTHOUSES IN TEXAS
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