The stone-and-brick heart of every Texas county.
The Italianate two-story building was constructed of red sandstone with a sheet metal cornice, hipped roof with dormers and a central square tower capped with a pyramidal roof. Following a fire in 1944, the second floor, tower and dormers were removed.
Kent County Courthouse (1893) is a courthouse in Clairemont, Kent County, dedicated in 1893. It is one of 8 historic sites cataloged in Kent County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas.
The site sits at 33.1668, -100.7539 near Clairemont. The nearest cataloged historic site is Old Kent County Jail (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Clairemont Cemetery, Jayton Cemetery, and First National Bank Building.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #4302000014. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
The original Kent County Courthouse was raised in the county seat of Clairemont in 1893, an Italianate sandstone building of two stories with a central square tower designed by the firm of Martin, Byrnes & Johnston. It served until the county seat moved to Jayton in the mid-1950s after a two-year court battle. The upper story later burned, but the lower story of the old capitol still stands in Clairemont.
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