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Gillespie County Texas

Gillespie County Courthouse
Gillespie County Seat - Fredericksburg, Texas

Gillespie County has had three courthouses: 1854, 1882 and 1939

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Gillespie County Courthouse, Fredericksburg, Texas
Gillespie County Courthouse as it appeared in 1939

Photo courtesy TXDoT

The Present Gillespie County Courthouse - Fredericksburg

Date - 1939
Architect - Edward Stein
Style - Moderne
Material - Brick
Gillespie County Courthouse, Fredericksburg, Texas
Another view of the Gillespie County Courthouse

1950s postcard courtesy THC

The Former Gillespie County Courthouse c.1882 - Fredericksburg
Now used as the Gillespie County Library.
On the Public Square near the current courthouse.
Designed by Alfred Giles, English Architect turned Texas Sheep Rancher

"...with its formal balance, heavy decorative consoles, and Classical roof slopes, [it possesses] the dignity characteristic of Renaissance Revival buildings." - Williard B. Robinson, Texas Public Buildings of the Nineteenth Century
1882 Gillespie County Courthouse, 1882 Gillespie County courthouse, Fredericksburg, Texas
The 1882 Gillespie County courthouse
Photo courtesy Terry Jeanson, January 2006
1882 Gillespie Cunty courthouse
The 1882 Gillespie County Courthouse

Photo Courtesy Shannon Yarbrough, May 2005
Former Gillespie County courthouse, now a library in  Fredericksburg
The 1882 Gillespie County Courthouse

Postcard circa 1930 courtesy THC
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