The stone-and-brick heart of every Texas county.
Constructed of orange brick with limestone details in the Classical Revival style. The building features a limestone capped parapet, a central domed cupola, entry porches supported by a cluster of columns at the corners, an entablature with ornamental brickwork, windows and a wide bracketed cornice, and the base is distinguished by heavy horizontal brick courses.
Hale County Courthouse is a courthouse in Plainview, Hale County, dedicated in 1910. It is one of 43 historic sites cataloged in Hale County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas.
The site sits at 34.1851, -101.7024 near Plainview. The nearest cataloged historic site is Montgomery Ward Building (historical marker), about 0.1 miles away. Others within a short drive include Slaughter, Colonel C. C., Mackenzie, Gen. Ranald Slidell & The Old McKenzie Trail, and Schick Opera House.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #4302000177. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
The Hale County Courthouse in Plainview, the county's third, was built in 1910 at a cost of about $60,000. Architect H. A. Overbeck, working for the firm of Martin, Byrne & Johnston, designed the Beaux-Arts building, which was constructed by the McRea Building Company. Remodeled in 1980, it is a contributing property to the Plainview Commercial Historic District.
Sources: sah-archipedia.orgsanantoniorealestatelawyer.comcountyprogress.com
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