Courthouses of Brown County

Brown County, created in 1856 and organized two years later, has had four courthouses. Pioneer settler Welcome William Chandler donated land for the first courthouse, a log cabin. The county moved the building twice, first two miles to the Billy Connell Farm, then to this site after Greenleaf Fisk's donation of land for a new townsite resolved an 1868 dispute. Commissioners also added a second story to the structure. A combination courthouse and jail built in 1876 served only four years before it burned. Waco architectural firm Dodson & Dudley designed a new building in 1884. The current Classical Revival courthouse, built in 1917-18, incorporated interior walls and vaults from the prior structure. (2007)

Courthouses of Brown County is a historical marker in Brownwood, Brown County, dedicated in 2007. It is one of 54 historical markers documented in Brown County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 74 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 30.6310, -97.6667 near Brownwood. The nearest cataloged historic site is Zephyr Cemetery (cemetery), about 97 miles away. Others within a short drive include Zephyr Cemetery, Connell, and Elkins Cemetery.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5507014008. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.