Courthouse

Glasscock County Courthouse

Garden City · Glasscock County · Dedicated 1909 · THC Atlas #4302000120

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

Marker Inscription

Constructed of rusticated limestone in the Classical Revival style with sheet metal cornice and ornamental pediments over double-height entry porticos supported by Doric columns.

About this site

Glasscock County Courthouse is a courthouse in Garden City, Glasscock County, dedicated in 1909. It is one of 2 courthouses documented in Glasscock County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 7 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 31.8635, -101.4804 near Garden City. The nearest cataloged historic site is Glasscock County (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Glasscock County Courthouse and Jail, Glasscock County Courthouse/Jail, and Garden City Cemetery.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #4302000120. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.

History

The Glasscock County Courthouse in Garden City was built in 1909-1910 at a cost of about $28,000 to the design of architect Edward Columbus Hosford in the Classical Revival style. It is constructed of granite and rusticated stone, with gable-front porticoes on all four sides, each supported by four two-story Doric columns. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2011 (as the Glasscock County Courthouse and Jail), designated a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark in 1993, and named a Texas State Antiquities Landmark in 2012. The county's earlier stone courthouse still stands on the property and was used as a jail after the present building was completed.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

📍 31.8635, -101.4804 · Garden City, Glasscock County

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