The stone-and-brick heart of every Texas county.
Constructed of brick and limestone in the Moderne style. The building features an elevated entry pavilion, a base distinguished by horizontal brick courses, flat brick pilasters that create vertical window bays with cast metal bas relief spandrels and a decorative limestone surround framing the entry doors.
Rusk County Courthouse is a courthouse in Henderson, Rusk County, dedicated in 1928. It is one of 184 historic sites cataloged in Rusk County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas.
The site sits at 32.1544, -94.8002 near Henderson. The nearest cataloged historic site is Morris, William Wright, Judge (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Craig, William, Rev., Henderson, and Masonic Lodge Building.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #4302000079. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
The Rusk County Courthouse in Henderson was built in 1928 to a design by the architects Curtis & Thomas, a two-story building blending Classical Revival and Art Deco influences. It replaced an 1879 Italianate courthouse by Frederick E. Ruffini, which was demolished in 1928. The courthouse was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995 as a contributing resource in the Henderson Commercial Historic District.
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