Atascosa County Courthouse (1986)

Atascosa County was created from Bexar County in 1856. The first county seat was at Navatasco, on land donated by Jose Antonio Navarro, and the county's first courthouse was a log cabin. The county seat was moved to Pleasanton in 1858, and a frame courthouse was erected. A second courthouse was built in 1868, followed by a third, a red rock structure in 1885. When a special election resulted in the relocation of the county seat to Jourdanton in 1910, the county officers were first housed in rented quarters. The following year the Gordon-Jones Company began construction on a new courthouse. Completed in 1912, the building was designed by San Antonio architect Henry T. Phelps (1881-1945), who would also design the Atascosa County Jail in 1915. The two-story brick building has identical entries at each side. Mission Revival-style detail includes curvilinear parapets and occasional Renaissance motifs, accomplished with cast-stone highlights, metal balustrades, and tile roofing. The corners of the building are turned with three-story tower bays, each topped by an open belvedere. Later alterations to the courthouse replaced original windows and installed an elevator opposite the original stairwell. Texas Sesquicentennial 1836-1986.

Atascosa County Courthouse is a historical marker in Jourdanton, Atascosa County, dedicated in 1986. It is one of 39 historical markers documented in Atascosa County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 126 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 28.9197, -98.5458 near Jourdanton. The nearest cataloged historic site is Atascosa County Courthouse (historic place), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Atascosa County Courthouse (1912), Atascosa County, and Martin Abstract Company.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5013000224. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.