Glasscock County Courthouse

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Glasscock County Courthouse

Building information
Town Garden City, Texas
Country United States
Architect Edward Columbus Hosford
Client Glasscock County
Completion date 1909-1910
Cost $28,000
Style Classical Revival

The Glasscock County Courthouse is an historic courthouse building located in Garden City, Texas. Built in 1909 to 1910 at a cost of $28,000, it was designed by Georgia-born American architect Edward Columbus Hosford, who is noted for the courthouses and other buildings that he designed in Florida, Georgia and Texas. It was built of granite and rusticated stone with gable front porticoes on all sides, each of which is supported by four 2-story Doric columns. Unlike the Mason County Courthouse also designed by Hosford and built at the same time for $39,786, the Glasscock County Courthouse has no clock tower cupola in the center of its roof and its side porticoes are smaller than the other two. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

The prior courthouse, a small 2-story stone building, still stands on the property. It was used as a jail after the present courthouse was built but is now closed.[7]


[edit] References

  1. ^ Protection of Texas County Courthouses
  2. ^ Texas Courthouse Trail: Glasscock County]
  3. ^ Texas Escapes - Garden City - has picture of prior courthouse]
  4. ^ Texas Escapes: Glasscock County Courthouse]
  5. ^ Texas Courthouses: history of Glasscock County Courthouse]
  6. ^ Texas Courthouses: picture of Glasscock County Courthouse]
  7. ^ Texas Escapes - Garden City - has picture of prior courthouse

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