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| Throckmorton
County
has had two courthouses: 1879 and 1891, both in Throckmorton.
(Williamsburg was the first county seat, but when the county was officially
organized in 1879, the county seat was moved to Throckmorton
and the first courthouse was built there.) |
Throckmorton
County Courthouse
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson March 2015 |
The Present
Throckmorton County Courthouse
Throckmorton, Texas
Date
- 1890
Architect - Martin, Byrnes and Johnston
Style - Italianate design
Material - Stone
Annex - Built 1938
The courthouse was restored with about $2.4 million provided through
a grant from the Texas Historic Courthouse Preservation Program and
approximately $2.8 million from the county. The courthouse was rededicated
on March 12, 2015. |
"This photo
of the 1890 Throckmorton County courthouse with its original tower
is hanging on the wall inside the front entrance."
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson, April 2006 |
Throckmorton
County Courthouse as it appeared in 1939
Photo courtesy TXDoT |
Historical
Marker:
THROCKMORTON
COUNTY COURTHOUSE
The Texas legislature
created Throckmorton
County - named for pioneer doctor William E. Throckmorton - in
1858, with organization delayed until 1879. F.E. Conrad donated land
for the town square and built a frame courthouse on this site. The
firm of Martin, Byrne and Johnston designed this 1890-93 courthouse
built by J.L. DeWees and Jacob Rath. The two-story Italianate-style
building features polychromatic walls of quarried sandstone, quoins,
pilasters, horizontal bands, arched doors and windows and a Mansard
roof with brackets, pediments and a square cupola. A matching annex
was built in 1938.*
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 2008
Marker is property of the state of Texas
*Note - During the 2014 restoration,
the square cupola was replaced by a reconstruction of the original
cupola and the west side annex was demolished. |
Throckmorton
County Courthouse historical marker
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson, March 2011 |
The reconstructed
cupola sporting the courthouse's original weather vane. The cupola
was installed on June 12, 2014 but had to be removed briefly in August
of 2014 to repair a gap between the cupola and its pedestal
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson, March 2015 |
The courthouse's
original weather vane.
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson, March 2015 |
The rear side
of the courthouse, now restored.
The demolition of the annex has reopened the rear entrance which had
been sealed up when the annex was built.
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson, March 2015 |
The rear (west
side) showing the 1938 annex.
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson, March 2011 |
Upstairs courtroom
before the restoration
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson, March 2011 |
Standing at the
south side entrance looking north after the restoration
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson, March 2015 |
Standing at the
south side entrance looking north before the restoration
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson, March 2011 |
Throckmorton
County courthouse front entrance
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson, April 2006 |
Throckmorton
County Courthouse in 2002
Photo courtesy Jack Williams |
Another early
view of the Throckmorton County Courthouse
Postcard courtesy www.rootsweb.com/ %7Etxpstcrd/ |
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