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The 1885 Parker County Courthouse
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson, October 2005 |
The
Present Parker County Courthouse
- Weatherford,
TexasDate -
1885
Architect - Dodson & Dudley
Style - Second Empire
Material
- Limestone
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark
The Parker County Courthouse
closely resembles the ones in Coryell,
Denton, Hill,
Hood and
Lampassas counties.
All were works of W. C. Dodson.
Weatherford complies with the state’s
legal request that county seats be located “within” five miles of the county’s
geographic center by putting the courthouse on the exact center and even celebrating
the spot with a decorative floor.
Photographer's
Note:
"The 1885 Parker County courthouse replaced an earlier courthouse
which burned in 1884. The 1885 courthouse was restored through the Texas Historical
Commission's Courthouse Preservation Program and rededicated on June 4, 2005."
- Terry
Jeanson
Weatherford
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Parker County Courthouse as it appeared in 1939
Photo courtesy TXDoT |
Historical
Marker TextParker
County CourthouseScene
of many noted trials. Built 1884-86. Cost $55,555.55. Fourth courthouse in history
of county, organized 1856. An oak on Fort Belknap Road was court site that year.
In this building practiced S.W.T. Lanham, who was Governor of Texas 1902-1906.
Recorded
Texas Historic Landmark, 1965. |
Parker County Courthouse
Old Postcared courtesy THC |
Parker County Courthouse Clock Tower
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson, October, 2005 |
Courtroom's windows and decorative ceiling.
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson, October, 2005 |
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The centrally located, two-story district courtroom. The compact, upper balcony
over the judge's bench is repeated over the rear doors to the courtroom. - Terry
Jeanson, October 2005 photo |
| Parker
County Courthouse in Weatherford
Photo Courtesy Lou Ann Herda, 2002
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