Marker Inscription
Constructed of rusticated ashlar limestone in the Moderne style with shell limestone and metal details including ornamental metal window grills.
Courthouse
Cherokee County Courthouse
The stone-and-brick heart of every Texas county.
About this site
Cherokee County Courthouse is a courthouse in Rusk, Cherokee County, dedicated in 1941. It is one of 245 historic sites cataloged in Cherokee County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas.
The site sits at 31.7955, -95.1499 near Rusk. The nearest cataloged historic site is Cherokee County C.S.A. (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include First United Methodist Church of Rusk, First Presbyterian Church of Rusk, and Perkins, James I. and Myrta Blake, House.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #4302000205. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
History
The Cherokee County Courthouse in Rusk is the fourth to serve the county and was built in 1940-1941 with assistance from the federal Works Progress Administration. Designed by the architectural firm Gill & Bennett, the building is faced in native red and white limestone and features a central block flanked by two-and-one-half-story wings, large windows, and decorative Art Deco grillwork. It was designated a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark in 1991.
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Nearby in Cherokee County
Historical Marker
Cherokee County C.S.A.
Rusk · 1963
Historical Marker
First United Methodist Church of Rusk
Rusk · 1986
Historical Marker
First Presbyterian Church of Rusk
Rusk · 1986
Historical Marker
Cherokee County Courthouse
Rusk · 1991
Historical Marker
Cherokee County
Rusk · 1986
Historical Marker
Bachelor Girl's Library Club
Rusk · 1992
Historic Place
Perkins, James I. and Myrta Blake, House
Rusk · 2002
Historical Marker
Union Hotel/Bracken House/Acme Hotel
Rusk