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GOLIAD COUNTY COURTHOUSE
County Seat - Goliad, Texas

Goliad County has had four courthouses
Restored Goliad County Courthouse,  Goliad, Texas
Goliad County Courthouse with the restored clock tower and turrets
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, July 2005

The Present Goliad County Courthouse - Goliad, Texas

Date - 1894
Architect - English architect Alfred Giles
Style - Second Empire
Material - Stone and brick

The building originally had a clock tower and turrets that were removed in a 1942 hurricane. They were finally replaced in 2003.

An earlier tornado in 1902 forced the courthouse to be used as a hospital and morgue (plaque on courthouse lawn).

Restored Goliad County Courthouse,  Goliad, Texas, 2005
Goliad County Courthouse with the restored clock tower

Photo courtesy Brandi Barthels, Goliad Economic Development Coordinator, October 2005
Goliad County Clock tower, Goliad, Texas
Goliad County Courthouse clock tower

Photo courtesy Brandi Barthels, Goliad Economic Development Coordinator, October 2005
Goliad County Courthouse vintage photo
Goliad County Courthouse as it appeared in 1939

Photo courtesy TXDoT
Goliad County Courthouse without clock tower
Old postcard showing Goliad County Courthouse without the clock tower

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Goliad County Courthouse aerial view

Goliad County Courthouse after restoration of clock tower and cupolas in 2003

Photo courtesy Labahia Photography, 2003
Goliad County Courthouse
Goliad County Courthouse
Goliad County Courthouse detail

TE photo, 2001

 

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