Glasscock County Courthouse

For the courthouse in Georgia, see Glascock County Courthouse.
Glasscock County Courthouse

Glasscock County Courthouse
General information
Architectural style Classical Revival
Town or city Garden City, Texas
Country United States
Completed 1909-1910
Cost $28,000
Client Glasscock County
Design and construction
Architect Edward Columbus Hosford

The Glasscock County Courthouse is an historic courthouse building located in Garden City, Glasscock County, 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]

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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Coordinates: 31°51′49″N 101°28′49″W / 31.8635°N 101.4804°W