Marker Inscription
The original red brick and limestone Classical Revival style courthouse was altered in 1968 with orange brick, aluminum panels and glass to the current Modern style.
Courthouse
Cochran County Courthouse
The stone-and-brick heart of every Texas county.
About this site
Cochran County Courthouse is a courthouse in Morton, Cochran County, dedicated in 1926. It is one of 7 historic sites cataloged in Cochran County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas.
The site sits at 33.7258, -102.7597 near Morton. The nearest cataloged historic site is Cochran County (historical marker), about 0.1 miles away. Others within a short drive include Morton Memorial Cemetery, Morton Memorial Cemetery, and Buffalo Soldier Tragedy of 1877.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #4302002303. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
History
The Cochran County Courthouse in Morton was built in 1926, soon after the county was organized in 1924 and Morton chosen as county seat. Designed by architect W. R. Kaufman in a Texas Renaissance style, the two-story building was substantially remodeled in a modern idiom in 1968, when an addition by Stiles, Roberts and Messersmith was also constructed. It remains the seat of county government on landscaped grounds at the center of Morton.
Sources: sanantoniorealestatelawyer.com254texascourthouses.net
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