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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

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