Marker Inscription
Constructed of limestone and sheet metal in the Second Empire style. The building features a bracketed cornice, a central entry bay with a broken pediment, metal shingle mansard roofs, and a tall central square clocktower.
Courthouse
Lampasas County Courthouse (1883)
The stone-and-brick heart of every Texas county.
About this site
Lampasas County Courthouse is a courthouse in Lampasas, Lampasas County, dedicated in 1883. It is one of 122 historic sites cataloged in Lampasas County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas.
The site sits at 31.0656, -98.1779 near Lampasas. The nearest cataloged historic site is Lampasas County Courthouse (historic place), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Lampasas County Courthouse, Texas Bankers Association, and Lampasas County Jail.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #4302000194. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
History
The Lampasas County Courthouse was built in 1883–1884 to the design of Waco architect W. C. Dodson, a native-limestone building in the Second Empire style with a mansard roof and a central clock tower. Among the oldest Texas courthouses still in use for county government, it was designated a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark in 1965, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and was restored in 2004.
Also at or near Lampasas, Lampasas County
“Lampasas County Courthouse” names 3 distinct records in Lampasas County. This page is the courthouse dedicated in 1883 in Lampasas. The others:
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