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The 1899 McCulloch
County Courthouse
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson, September 2009
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McCulloch County
Courthouse
- Brady, Texas
Date - 1899
Architect - Martin & Moodie
Style - Romanesque Revival
Material - Sandstone
It is a little unusual in that it has no clock in the clock tower,
merely four round spaces.
Photographer's Note:
The 1899 McCulloch County courthouse received an interior and exterior
restoration and was rededicated on September 5, 2009. The building
is now sporting a red roof. - Terry
Jeanson, September 2009 |
McCulloch County
Courthouse as it appeared in 1939
Photo courtesy TXDoT |
Historical
Marker:
McCulloch County
Courthouse
County organized
1876, with Brady as county seat; first
courthouse built 1879. Present courthouse (second and on same site)
completed 1900; Martin and Moodie, contractors, for "turn key" construction.
Local labor and materials were used as far as practical. Native sandstone
from local quarries. Modified Roman architecture employing arch vault.
Victorian cupola; pine woodwork, flooring, at time of construction.
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, 1967 |
Courthouse front
entrance
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson, September 2009 |
Closer view of
the courthouse's "timeless" clock tower.
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson, September 2009 |
The restored
district courtroom seen from the balcony.
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson, September 2009 |
McCulloch County
Courthouse as it appeared in 2002
Photo courtesy Barclay
Gibson |
McCulloch County
Courthouse in the early 1900s
Photo courtesy texasoldphotos.com |
McCulloch County
Courthouse tower
Photo courtesy texasoldphotos.com |
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