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Wilson County Courthouse and Jail
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The Wilson County Courthouse in 2008
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Wilson County Courthouse and Jail
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| Location: | Public Square Floresville, Texas |
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| Built: | 1884 Coutrhouse 1887 Jail |
| Architect: | Alfred Giles James Riely Gordon |
| Architectural style: | Italianate |
| Governing body: | Wilson County |
| NRHP Reference#: | 78003001[1] |
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| Added to NRHP: | May 5, 1978 |
| Designated RTHL: | 1984 |
The Wilson County Courthouse and Jail are located in Floresville, Texas. They were added to the National Register of Historic Places in Texas in 1978 and as a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark in 1984.
Architect Alfred Giles used local brick for the Italianate design. The courthouse was remodeled in the 1930s, when the bricks were plastered over,[2] and again in the1950's.[3] Giles also designed the Brooks County Courthouse, Fredericksburg Memorial Library, Live Oak County Courthouse, Presidio County Courthouse, Webb County Courthouse as well as courthouses in the counties of Goliad and Kerr. In 1909, Giles designed the facade of the Kendall County Courthouse.[4] He also designed the 1885 Llano County courthouse, which burned down in 1892.[5][6]
In use until 1974, the white brick and stucco cubic jail was designed in 1887 by James Riely Gordon and built at the NE corner of the square.[7] Contractor B.B. Reid erected the building for $14,000. General living quarters are on the ground floor, with the prisoner cells on the second floor separated from the second-floor bedrooms. Pauly Jail Building and Manufacturing Company manfactured the pre-fab cell blocks.[8]
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