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Goliad County
Courthouse with the restored clock tower and turrets
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, 1964.
Photo courtesy Barclay
Gibson, July 2005 |
The Present
Goliad County Courthouse
- Goliad, Texas
Date - 1894
Architect - English architect Alfred
Giles
Style - Second Empire
Material - Stone and brick
The building originally had a clock tower and turrets that were
removed in a 1942 hurricane. They were finally replaced in
2003.
An earlier tornado
in 1902 forced the courthouse to be used as a hospital and morgue
(plaque on courthouse lawn).
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Historical Marker:
Goliad County
Courthouse
Built 1894. Cost
$67,888.95. Limestone and brick from 1870 courthouse were used in
this, the fourth one built since county's creation in 1836. Used as
hospital after 1902 cyclone. A 1942 storm tore off central clock tower.
Enlarged in 1964. Preserving carved staircases, walnut wainscots.
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, 1964. |
Goliad County
Courthouse as it appeared in 1939
Photo courtesy TXDoT |
Goliad County
Courthouse with the restored clock tower
Photo courtesy Brandi Barthels, Goliad Economic Development Coordinator,
October 2005 |
Goliad County
Courthouse after restoration of clock tower and cupolas in 2003
Photo courtesy Labahia Photography, 2003 |
Old postcard
showing Goliad County Courthouse without the clock tower
Postcard courtesy rootsweb.com/ %7Etxpstcrd/ |
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Goliad
County Courthouse detail
TE photos, 2001
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