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 The present and fourth courthouse to grace the downtown
square was constructed beginning in January 1891.
The
chosen architect was famed courthouse designer James
Reiley Gordon, of San Antonio. The construction contract
was given to the firm of Martin, Byrnes and Johnson, of
Colorado City, Texas. The building was completed ahead
of schedule, and accepted by the Commissioner's Court on
December 1, 1891, at a total cost of $99,407.04. The
building was first lit with electricity in February 1892.
The structure is described as a masonry and stone three
story Romanesque Revival style building with a 100 foot tall
clock tower rising over the main entrance. The exterior
walls are built of blue sandstone from Muldoon, Texas, and
trimmed with red Pecos sandstone, Burnet granite, and
Belton white limestone. In the tower front, on a stone slab,
is carved an American Eagle. |
