Courthouse

Brown County Courthouse

Brownwood · Brown County · Dedicated 1917 · THC Atlas #4302000209

The stone-and-brick heart of every Texas county.

Marker Inscription

Constructed of red brick with limestone details in the Classical Revival style. A two story colonnade sits above the arched entry loggia. The 1884 vault survives within the 1917 courthouse.

About this site

Brown County Courthouse is a courthouse in Brownwood, Brown County, dedicated in 1917. It is one of 74 historic sites cataloged in Brown County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas.

The site sits at 31.7231, -98.9803 near Brownwood. The nearest cataloged historic site is Camp Collier C.S.A. (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Fisk, Greenleaf, Brown County Jail, and Lovell-Dobbs House.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #4302000209. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.

History

The Brown County Courthouse in Brownwood was built in 1917-1918 in the Classical Revival style to designs by architect Henry T. Phelps. The new building incorporated interior walls and vaults salvaged from the county's previous courthouse, designed in 1884 by the Waco firm Dodson & Dudley. It stands on landscaped grounds at the center of Brownwood.

Sources: sah-archipedia.org atlas.thc.texas.gov countyprogress.com

📍 31.7231, -98.9803 · Brownwood, Brown County

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Historical Marker

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Historic Place

Fisk, Greenleaf, House