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The 1908 Fort
Bend County Courthouse
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson, May 2006 |
The 1908 Fort
Bend County Courthouse
- Richmond, Texas
Architect - C.
H. Page & Bros.
Style - Classical Revival
Material - Brick
Nearly identical to the Hays
County Courthouse in San
Marcos - built the year before. Both were by C.H. Page and Brothers,
architects. Ft. Benders bought the kit that included clock faces. |
Historical
Marker:
Fort Bend County
Courthouse
This classical
revival building is the fifth courthouse for Fort
Bend County, which was organized in 1837. The structure was designed
by C. H. Page of Austin
and dedicated in 1909. The contractor was the Texas Building Company,
also of Austin. Exterior
styling features a dome, statue, and cornices of copper. The interior
has a 3-story rotunda, mosaic tile floors, and green glazed tile wainscoting.
Additions were made to the courthouse in 1935 and 1957.
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1980 |
Fort Bend County
Courthouse Update:
"A
rededication for the 1908 courthouse was held on January 19, 2014
on the 105th anniversary of the original dedication on January 19,
1909. A meeting before the ceremony officially declared the 1908 building
as "the courthouse" and the new Justice
Center as the "auxiliary courthouse." The interior
of the 1908 courthouse was restored to its original condition.
The 1957 additions were demolished but the 1935 addition, designed
by the same architects as the 1908 building, was left standing as
it was considered architecturally compatible with the 1908 building."
- Terry
Jeanson, January 20, 2014 |
The 1908 Fort
Bend County Courthouse as it appeared in 1939
Photo
courtesy TXDoT |
Fort Bend County
Courthouse dome & clock tower
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson, April 2005 |
Third floor rotunda.
After removing several layers of old paint (at least seven in some
places) the original colors of the walls were restored. Not surprisingly,
the interior of the Fort Bend County courthouse is also similar to
the Hays
County Courthouse in San
Marcos.
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson, January 2014 |
Looking down
into the rotunda from the third floor.
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson, January 2014 |
Looking at the
rotunda skylight from the first floor.
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson, January 2014 |
Restored courtroom.
"I was told that everything but the judge's bench is original."
"The Fort Bend
County district courtroom retains its two-story height. The former
district courtroom at the Hays
County Courthouse has been split in half."
- Terry
Jeanson, January 2014 |
| "Courtroom
balcony. The balcony once extended to the north wall of the building
but was cut in half for office space and had been sealed off. Doors
were installed to open up the balcony into the room behind it."
- Terry
Jeanson, January 2014 |
The
Fort Bend County Justice Center
Photographer's Note:
Location - 1422 Eugene Heimann Circle
Designed by the architectural firm of Pierce, Goodwin, Alexander &
Linville.
It was dedicated in May of 2011 and many of the county offices were
moved there from the 1908
courthouse. |
Fort Bend County
Justice Center -
The "auxiliary courthouse."
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson, January 2014 |
The 1887 Fort
Bend County Courthouse
- Richmond, Texas
The 1887 Fort
Bend County courthouse was very similar in appearance to the 1890-91
Bandera County courthouse when it was built. The clock tower on
the 1887 courthouse was removed shortly afterwards. This courthouse
stood on Morton St., where the current Richmond City Hall sits, and
burned down ca. 1930. |
A photo of the
1887Fort Bend County courthouse hanging in a second floor hallway.
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson, January 2014 |
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