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Jack County Courthouse
County Seat - Jacksboro, Texas

Jack County has had four courthouses:
1858, 1871, 1886 and 1940.

Jack County Courthouse
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, December 2005

The Present Jack County Courthouse

Date - 1940
Architect - Voelcker and Dixon
Style - Moderne
Material - Stone

The 1940 Jack County Courthouse

1940 photo courtesy of TXDoT

Architect - J.E. Flanders
Style - Second Empire
Material - native limestone

Stones from the 1886 courthouse were used to build Jacksboro City Hall.

The 1886 Jack County courthouse.
Xerox copy courtesy of the county clerk's office in the current county courthouse.

The bell and cornerstone from the 1886 Jack County courthouse are now displayed on the front lawn of the current courthouse.

Historical marker for the 1886 Jack County courthouse bell and cornerstone. Photos courtesy Terry Jeanson, April 2006